Sunday, August 2, 2009

LEGGINGS HAVE BEEN NOTICEABLY ABSENT FROM THE CONVERSATION

I was once given the following creative writing prompt: Telling the absolute truth is impossible but try to do it anyway. First, write one statement you know to be absolutely true. Second, riff off that statement.

Here goes...

Stockings are hot.
whether shinny or sheer
netted or lace,
they turn my heart
into a sauna.

When she wears them
I want to shine her toenails
to a high gloss
with my tongue.

I am convinced they came
before the leg.
On the fifth day,
God shazamed them
into being
along with skies
and riverbeds

and only later
came up with oxygen,
water and calf muscles
to fill them in.



-David

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