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Tuesday, December 7, 2010

AZTEC DREAM























In an Aztec dream
we rode on a jungle wave,
did a double whammy
on a conga drum,
boomeranged to the boogie beat
of a hot marimba band
on a one night stand--
me and you
in the skunk funk
and the swamp goo.

In an Aztec dream
we climbed the Pyramid of the Moon,
you in your white negligee,
me with just a baseball cap
and my dangling
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p
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Ever the martyr,
you were offering yourself
to save the world
from massive drought
with that familiar pout.

In an Aztec dream
the wind was quiet
as the moon...
blue shadows fell
across your smile
as we ascended to the top
where the high priest waited--
his black eyes intent
upon some distant massacre.
(He was a postal worker
who only moonlighted as a high priest,
making his own supreme sacrifice
by working on Columbus day.)

In an Aztec dream
he took one look at you and said:
Sorry...we're only sacrificing VIRGINS today!

You caught me sniggering,
then slugged me in the gut,
and stormed down
those ancient steps
in that way
that you always do.

34 comments:

  1. You've gotta lay off those mushrooms, Timoteo. (LOL!)

    On second thought, don't... because we all get to go on these fun little trips with you.

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  2. It would have been worse if you hadn't singgered and instead been surprised.

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  3. Hilarious, and a total TRIP, as always! Love the baseball hat and dangling participle, love the moonlighting high priest and his supreme sacrifice and REALLY love the sniggering! So much fun!

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  4. ERIC,
    But I love my 'shrooms so!

    GLYNN and SHERRY,
    Thanks my dahlings...hope you don't mind that I left you "dangling."

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  5. Ever the martyr - ha

    Timoteo goodness you have the humor going

    Nicely done for One Shot

    Thanks from your host MDW

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  6. Also loved your ingeniously dangling participle--always popular with the ladies--and other all too true imagery. For some reason this poem reminds me of those Mexican calenders full of scantily clad Aztec women and muscular warriors by Jesus Helguera and the like. (That's a good thing.)

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  7. MDW,
    Thanks for being such a great host. Got any more beer?

    HEDGEWITCH,
    Lucky for me "participle" is such a LONG word, eh? Gotta try to find me one of them calendars for the new year! LOL

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  8. too funny! this was a delightful read!

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  9. Another great one!!!

    Love it!!

    cheers :)

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  10. Sexy and funny plus well constructed. Really liked it.

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  11. bwahahaha! Oh, you got me with that ending Tim! Perfect! Hilarious. I loved it!!!

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  12. You and I both took to our dreams this week. (Yours is a bit more exotic, but it is Aztec, after all.) I think we've gotta watch what we eat before bedtime.

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  13. As always, you just never fail to amuse. Great poem!

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  14. I thoroughly enjoyed this. Great poem!

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  15. lol, Tim! That's quite the dangle! ;) As always, a pure delight to read your work.

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  16. Sorry...we're only sacrificing VIRGINS today!
    What a line, great write

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  17. You really have an amazing talent for poetry mixed with metaphors, principles, comedy all wrapped into a magnificent piece, bravo Sir Tim

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  18. That's a dream Aztec and all
    Great one shot
    As always!

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  19. Got some for me??? This is a fun read. Nice one shot. Love and Light, Sender

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  20. Clearly, you've gone postal. Such fun, wit, lots of artistry here. xxxj

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  21. that participle is indeed, creatively dangling!

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  22. Thank you my sweet dahlings: Neva, (nice to see you back) Laura X, (thanks for the follow) M.G. Reignier, Kkrige, PattiKen (don't you know it) Teresa, PoemBlaze, Talon, Guatami,(I'm reserving a spot in my next dream for you ;) Kodjo Deynoo, Lorraine,(I bow to you my lady) Dulce, Senderupwords,(there's ALWAYS some for you ;)Emmanuel, Jen Revved, DeLi (lest we get too carried away, let's keep in mind it's not the DANGLE, it's the ANGLE!)

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  23. GABRIELA,
    How are things in old Montevideo?

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  24. Fun, wild-adventure feel to this. Good stuff.

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  25. What a fun poem. Like others, I thoroughly enjoyed the dangling participle. Reading it on my iPhone, I had to stroke the letters as the word got longer. Ha! I also like the part time high priest. So much humor and unanticipated surprises

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  26. STEVE,
    Thanks for being there!

    ARLENE,
    Glad you could "hang out" with me in my dream. You know what they say: Different strokes for different folks!

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  27. Well, that saves me from being sacrificed!

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  28. KOBICO,
    Many times over! (hee hee)

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  29. Whhooaa!! What a treat to read! Vivid as if it were my own dream! (oops)
    In any case, I am safe ... this moonlighting high priest will not even bother to entertain me with an explanation! :)

    A superb One Shot, Timoteo! Witty and darned good!

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  30. KAVITA,
    I get your drift. ;)

    KOBICO,
    Er...I meant MANY TIMES OVER I've had that same thought!

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