Monday, September 26, 2005

what are deadly nightshades, you ask?

deadly nightshades are only plain old nightshades until they open
 and face the sun and if you get too close, spit in your face.

deadly nightshades only open in absolute direct sunlight -
 no smog refactoring, no northern hemisphere pseudo-direct
 ambient crap. only the equator. only at a certain time of day,
 under certain atmospheric conditions.

the deadly nightshades in my living room and in your backyard
 are about as deadly as you and I. put together.

the deadly nightshades in your backyard were planted by mortal
 enemies of your parents, when they were young and arrogant
 and had many mortal enemies. now they are calmer
 and their many mortal enemies don't care so much.

but their children do. and so do you.

the deadly nightshades in my living room were planted by your parents,
 when they were young and wanted to remind me that death
 was always waving hello just out of sight. now i am older
 and my sight isn't as good as it used to be.

deadly nightshades not at the equator are only deadly if you pry
 them open and look inside.

so is that answer enough?

or must you have more?

2 comments:

iguanaDitty said...

I can never seem to get my posts to come out quite right...in this case, the default margins are really annoying.
Ah well.

Anonymous said...

A profound poem.
Thank goodness for poor eyesight.