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.