“This is how you do it: you sit down at the keyboard and you put one word after another until its done. It's that easy, and that hard.” ― Neil Gaiman

Thursday, February 23, 2012

so much depends

so much depends
upon

a pink lined dip
stick

drizzled with morning
urine

atop the white
sink.


submitted for Poetry Jam, "So Much Depends Upon... "

14 comments:

Mary Mansfield said...

Now that's the kind of thing the rest of your life can depend on! Nicely penned,

Bryan M. White said...

An homage to the Williams Carlos Williams poem, I take it. Nicely done.

Brian Miller said...

oh snap...yes it does...

Ray Sharp said...

Yes! Brilliant! Pregnancy test!

Mary said...

Ah yes, indeed it DOES!! Smile

nene said...

Tell this to our Republican friends. :)

Mimi Foxmorton said...

I hope everyone catches the tribute at the bottom........

You're brilliant!
;)

Peggy said...

Most definitely! Excellent. I really like this poem. Thanks for posting at PJ.

The Bug said...

I love it! What a unique response to the prompt :)

Carrie Burtt said...

This is awesome!....:-)

Helen said...

What a visual! Love this ...

Mystic_Mom said...

All I can say is, wow! Crisp, clear and yet life changes in that moment forever!

turtlememoir said...

omg - so true! and I love that you took WCW's form for your own. Very, very well done!

Laura said...

love it!