A Bit of nonsense…by Christine Wichman (c) September 2014
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In my wildest dreams,
nothing’s as it seems…
I find Alice chasing butterflies,
and rabbits, just the same.
She says she talks to angels
Says they all know her name…
I tell her I talk to them too,
call them by their names;
Gabriel, Michael, Jophiel, and Metatron,
“I see my Angels and the clouds they’re on.”
Alice calls me a liar
and screams for the Hatter…
He’s done with his tea and building a fire.
He takes her side, admitting she’s a nutter.
Soon Leda is dancing by with her swan,
turn, step step, turn leap turn…
The Swan seems anxious, he’s
getting a sunburn.
I offer my parasol,
a hat and a fan…
he refuses it all
“I’ve done what I can.”
It’s always a shame
to be refused by Zeus…
but he’s not so easy
to please.
So I take a stroll past the neon trees,
to a shady path with a coconut breeze,
where I see Dorothy looking guilty
dangling a key to The Emerald City.
When I ask, if I can join her
she tells me the Wizard is closed today,
“Come back again, the Saturday after Saturday.”
I say, “Ok. I will…”
Then I watch her fly off with a click of her heels,
leaving me alone, with a pig that squeals.
“Dear Pig are you willing to sell for one shilling your Ring?”
Says the Piggy, I will.
The ring is made of brass and turns my finger green,
but as I stated at the start,
Nothing’s as it seems…
In My Wildest Dreams.
Sleeping Queen Publications 