Chain Mail Fantasies

hints of folded dreams pressed together
words strung out to encourage
testimonials a child knows are lies
calculated off kilter appeals

walking on words
balance beam narrows
grab anyone close
dampen resonant vibrations

opium word traps
publish or perish
jump through email hoops
open up another can of spam

primitive brain to prick processes
invoke anonymous messages
forward to ten
in an hour
just in case the curse
or blessing
could come true

give me your email
sometimes after midnight
my expectations overtake me
tension in tears from songs in commercials
pay now or pay later
stone to symbolize
love should last forever

no, I was not cut out for this
laying in a square
black velvet lined box
on display
my proportions are too thin
not enough depth to scintillate
my table's not level
girdle cracks showing

taken out with tweezers
lighted magnifying glass examination
my many facets reveal karat flaws

only a fool would mount me
better off crushed
manufactured into a blade
slice through marble

don't look at me
use me to get what you want done
just don't close the lid
I deserve more than claustrophobia
and nightmares

no obligation to touch me
a click
accesses chain mail thoughts
no virus
plain text
no return reply requested
please forward to 10 others so
all my dreams come true


©polarpaul 2006