Cold Blooded
it just doesn't fit, this skin of mine
i think i may need a new size
or maybe it's not the sizing at all
but these foreign mammalian ties
my barometer's off, my thermometer's off
something, it just ain't quite right
this skin i am in, just as well could be fins
for me, an unfortunate plight
see the species to which i am said to belong
gages hot and cold temps from within
keeping even the vessel 'bout 98.6
regardless of where it has been
but me, that ain't so, i just ebb and i flow
sort of reptilian, i'd say
surroundings predict the temperature here
and the thoughts i'll take with me today
it's all screwed up, homo sapien style
damn, it's a hell of a mess
i turn to Frank Costello for help
i think that he said it the best
"I don't want to be a product of my environment.
I want my environment to be a product of me."
with a hop in my step and singing a song
to the warm-blooded creature i am
i take his advice and mosey along
to get myself outta this jam
17 comments:
Kudos to you. This is a great poem. I love the great rhymes and what you reveal about yourself. I'm so bad at this stuff I must bow in your presence.
That is cute, funny and fabulous!
Dude thats awesome. Really!
I have to also comment on the word verification word this time: favjug. Hehehe.
eggster - no bowing, please. i would then be like the golden calf and have to melt myself in a burning hot fire. but thank you!
katie - thanks love!
jake - thanks, friend!
that word verif is hysterical ;-)
I'd pay to see that.
Good job, Bee! I hear you, sistah! xo
egan - it wouldn't be pretty.
cin - thank you hoooney! oi - i know. sometimes i think i see my skin change color right before my eyes. ground me baby, ground me!
I loved it. Egan is right about your talent.
mary - that is so sweet! thank you :)
Wonderful!
I'm a reptile too. Well, I know you implied you had reptilian qualities, and weren't actually a reptile :)
But I thought you should know I was a reptile anyways!
seb - merci, mon ami! so glad to be in good company :)
You are a marvelous poet. Thanks for visiting my site. I shall return!
enemy of the republic - heya! thanks! and I'm so glad you stopped by. look forward to you visiting again ;-)
Just make sure you don't get out of the jam and go into the jelly jar.
Get yourself out of the whole refrigerator, even then out of the kitchen and the house.
Some people are like that: so do concentrate on setting up your environment.
Excellent poem!
flic - sound words of wisdom, flic. thanks for coming by!
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