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Open Poetry #24

The week I sold my feet

dan wood
Junior Member

since 2002-11-23

Posts 15

0 posted 2003-01-18 06:31 AM

I decided this week to sell both my feet to a dealer I know in Milan
So on Monday I flew via Spain and Peru on a plane made of rice cakes and spam.
I stayed over night in a China mans kite which he flew by the string of his vest
I dreamt of the sea and a paranoid tree but I cannot remember the rest.

On Tuesday I sailed by boat, ship and whale through the treacherous bay of black rock
And Wednesday was fine tasting African wine through a tube that was glued to a sock.
I pitched up my tent which intrinsically meant that Thursday was spent on the floor
So the evening was hell and as darkness fell I thought how can I take anymore?

By Friday I’d found myself stuck to the ground as I’d camped on a field of glue
I spent most of the day picking large clumps of hay from a hole in the sole of my shoe.
Saturday morning reality’s dawning tomorrow my feet would be sold
My concerns are still growing, it’s freezing and snowing so surely my stumps will be cold.

Sunday arrives so I boil up some chives which help when I slice off my feet
They remove all the pain but turn you insane which is always a kind of a treat.
After doing the deal I started to feel that my journey had been but a waste
Just twenty pence richer I look like a picture of monkeys devouring fish paste.

Midnitesun