A Pocket Full of Laughing Shoestrings by Anonymous Roberto I dance up waking. The washroom rings the doorbell of my heart. (...) Scrub, scrub, scrub. I exfoliate with plunging stock market quotes. The shower is no match for my umbrella, though it does open theatrical shower curtains. Let the show begin! Toaster Man... he hands me his toast. Wow! Its crunch ignites a mudslide! Shamelessly, my shoes flee before I do. (Can't teach old treads new tricks.) (...) Boom, boom, boom... The road dances like a happy worm. (...) Pedestrians slouch by with sad faces bigger than their heads. Trash cans get muchies for memos, brochures, business cards, political journals, television guides, receipts, and bank statements. (...) My trousers hijack my signature dance moves. I pawn off my cares. These pair of legs provide me with enough happiness. (...) Mailboxes, street lights, public phones, windmills, wind sounds, road turtles, fall leaves, dust devils, and imaginations dance, laugh, dance, and... laugh about dancing, and dance about laughing. Boom, boom, boom. My heartbeat ignites a woodland dance party. Like confetti, they drop snails, acorns, rain drops, sweat drops, and issues. The sky gets the word and strobes us down with bolts as she sips down her energy drink. |