THE FISH AND THE HOOK

THE FISH AND THE HOOK

On a sodden stream bank

a pack lunch with gramps and me.

To teach me the art of fly casting

by an octogenarian, a dying symbol of fertility.

Casting

The bamboo rod

A Peninsula in the mist.

The line

titillating the ripples

as it skipped the waters edge,

taunting virgin gills

to a throat tearing breakfast.

An eager mouth

lurching into the morning air

swallowing the hot shrapnel  

Pain....sheer panic.

Pain....sickening pain.

The burning hook ripping the slippery esophagus

until finally digging deep into the gills.

Blood and segments of flesh

fill his mouth.

The pain...sheer pain.

Must stop the pain.

But how?

PAIN IN THE BUTT

PAIN IN THE BUTT

the face in the mirror

Oooooh what is that pain?

It starts in my back

and spreads throughout my little frame.

I yell, plead and start to cry.

Stop, stop, before I die!!!!

They may be smarter, but next time they will look

Dear old pop hurt his hand spanking my book.

In my pants it will stay

It should come in handy for another naughty day!!

PAIN IN THE TOOTH

TEETHING PAINS

The Vampire dentist

acrylic paint on canvas by Robert Margetts

Wango tango

it sure hurts

Please don’t give me Exlax

it gives me the squirts.

The other end, if you don’t mind

It’s in my mouth, not in my behind!

Changing my diaper just won’t do

I’ve got gums, but I can’t chew.

Give me a pacifier, Orajel, a shot of rum

and for God’s sake,

remove that thermometer from my bum!

THE CONSTANT PAIN

CONSTANT PAIN

Batman in pain
acrylic paint on canvas by Robert Margetts

 

When she looks straight through you

and desires another by her side.

When warmth and tenderness

lead to unhappy acceptance,

and the tears that swell

deep inside her sockets as she

lays with her back to you,

drip long into the cold night

for the other man.

And hands that once

swore partnership before a sentenced crowd

break the ring of time

and toss the circular icon upon deceits tarnished floor.

With lips that begged for

hungry connection

spit forth the fluids of the chosen

and contaminate the unborn within the uterus.

There be no such hand

that could deliver a blow and inflict

the pain that now grows between

a man and his wife.

A pain as blistering as fire

chewing the moisture off the skin.

A hurt as deep as the growing universe

constantly expanding and drifting farther apart.

And a numbness that only a bullet

in the head could awaken.

I NEED A DOCTOR



I NEED A DOCTOR

dinosaur fish
carved in pine and painted in acrylic by Robert Margetts

I’ve got ants in my pants

and a needle in my eye

I’ve got a frog in my throat

and bats in my belfry

I’ve got a charley horse

and a case of puppy love

Sometimes I’m so hungry I could eat a horse

But am too chicken to try

Sometimes my dogs hurt like the dickens

Especially when I had the chicken pox

Mommy says that I have the memory of an elephant

but Daddy says that I have the brain the size of an ant

Grandmother says that I have the speed of a cheetah

but Grandfather says that I am slow as a sloth

I monkey around

horse around

mad as a bee

and sometimes as crazy as a loon.

Yep, looks like I need to see that doctor real soon.