ALONG FOR THE RIDE

Imaginary Garden With Real Toads

This ship is sinking fast

women and Chaldeans

into the lifeboats!

Lucky for me 
the Evil Jungle Princess

is along for the ride
oozing poetry

from every pore

mischievously cryptic

grin inducing
a morbid fixation

(like Jackson Browne)

with lawyers in love

the wayward 

esoteric word

dropping out of the blue

and landing where you'd least expect 

like a North Korean missile 

gone wonky into the sea  

Look it up, peasants!

I can hear her say

Turning pit bosses
from pit bulls
into puppy dogs
the Princess floats 
through the crowd

Roulette as a spectator sport
is infinitely more economical
the house advantage 
reduced to zilch 
the grizzled veterans 
laying it on the line
grimace and groan
as The Princess calls out
psychically selected numbers
from the sidelines 
too early in the game for money
where your mouth is but not for
wild thing...I think you MOVE me!

And yes he's likely crazy

we agreed
but it makes for some intriguing times

as everything he throws up

as a distraction

merely results in another

call to action 

though I've tried to stay

above the fray

in my detached and graceful way

for if Nietzche is right

and we live the exact same life

over and over

then I'm for grinnin'

toastin'
and singin'

let that wheel spin round
just one more time!