THE OPPOSITE OF EVERYTHING

Logs sinkwhile metals float.Dogs meowwhile cats bark.Private signs say “Trespasserswelcome”while doormats say “Do not enter.”Worms flywhile birds burrow.Trees grow undergroundwhile potatoes grow upside down.And all this is nonsense,but the opposite is too!

META

I am writing a poemabout a poemin which the poemis about a poem!

TONGUE-TIED

I am jumping ropeas if I were the Pope,flying cartwheels full of hope,except there’s no way to slopedown the tangled rope,even when you’re the Pope.

WRITING

Try devouringa runaway pieyou find irresistiblebut don’t know why.

BONE FLUTES

Flutes made of bonesHave very strange tones.

EXISTENTIAL CRISIS

I am going to tell youa really long story . . .TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTHHHHHHHHHHHHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEENNNNNNNNNNNDDDDDDDDDDD.

MONEY

Money money moneyMoney money moneyMoney money moneyWhy don’t we forgetabout buying moneywith our own moneyand live life instead?

STARS

Starsupon starsupon starsupon stars,as if the sky had scars.

LONG AND SHORT

A football field is long,but a bug is short.A bug is long,but a cell is short.A cell is long,but an atom is short.An atom is long,but . . .

HOT CHOCOLATE

Right after a snowstorm,the valleys are no longer torn,and a blanket of white is born,though the blanket is never warm.

FLIES

Zipping here and there with dirty feet,landing on a birthday cake,electric swatters and regular swatters,hands clapping long after the candleshavegone out.

PARADOX

What if the world was upside downbut while it was upside downit was also right-side up!

MATERIALISM

Nobody cares about the greatoutdoors,only their own puny properties . . .a leak in the ceiling,someone to mow the lawn,a broken air conditioner . . .People will pay for these things,but no one stops to wonder aboutspecieson the verge of extinction:Galapagos tortoises,Leatherback sea turtles,Giant pandas,Blue whales,Asian elephants . . .