Nemesis & Babies in Flowers

 

Nemesis

my shadow tried to kill me today
on waking i flicked on the light
there it was

early bird assassin
poised to strike
reaching for my hand
 
i had noticed the night before
that it had conspired with a double
and an army more
as i walked between lampposts
and car beams
 
not sure which of them follows me today
i am taking no chances
walking in alleys dark
skulking in duggeries dank
thwarting each attempt by drowning it in blackness
i am now relieved of three wallets
four creditcards
two pictures of my grandson

and forty three dollars and fifty cents
 
how my shadow knew i would be in those places
and how it negotiated its accomplices
is beyond me

famous calendar babies in flowers

aw the babies in the giant flowers

big eyes smooth skin living in plantly bowers

big bugs come and bite them to bits

scant time before the pesticide hits

the garden greenery with a nozzlish spray

that makes the babies cough choke and run away

one thinks at some point these actor kiddios

must find easier livings in commercial videos

but first they must grow some hair and brows

in order to compete with californias happy cows