Today I'm feeling "sophistical"
So I want to talk about my listicle
Not just any list it's
A majestical listicle far from anything domestical
If you think you got up in the morning and you missed
A tryst
Because you forgot to jot down
"Serpent that hissed"
On the same list that Toad and Frog had used
40 years ago
That blew away in the wind
A list so rare that thousands of years ago in Lasco
Amongst dripping stalactites and
Mega-marvelous drawings
An artist forgot to jot down how many tusks
A mammouth could tusk?
On my listicle I want a friendship with a twist that
One cannot resist like
A seat belt that fastens when
You first get on the plane
A list that will include:
The best colors for harmony
The 10 best ways to clean snow off a windshield
The most disturbing uses of bird imagery in Shakespeare
The happiest city in the most miserable climate
The unlikeliest mirror distortion in a house of mirrors
The most appreciated teddy bear that
Has been given to a child that has it all.
The best review for a restaurant that has not yet opened
The most female-oriented engineering school with the most
Male-oriented financial aid
A list providing emotional experiences whilst walking
Barefoot over sandy rocks
And not to forget the Rafaello's commissioned list of paintings from
Pope Julius the II to paint the 4 Papal rooms in any order
Or lastly
Whilst trying to get a glimpse of a Jim Dine artwork at the
Venice Bienale, a list that would give one 3 one liners to explain
to a Finnish and Columbian couple that
Their crunching and discarding of peanut shells on the floor of
The Arsenal
Is wholly inappropriate
Regardless of the fact that they bought the bag of peanuts in a
Finnish Superette
ON SALE
Marked "Georgia Peanuts" in large blue letters.
The couple should expeditiously place the peanuts in a backpack
Strapped around the Front of the belly to avoid security issues
In a precious and crowded artspace.
With such a list, I may start my day
I shall paint my list as Coleridge painted his listless ship in the Mariner
So that the wind may not blow it away.
