Speech Bubbles

i went away

i wasn't here

i went away

for a second

dunno where

just a minute ago

and that second

not a precise indication

of any length

of time

but

i was in a place

where EVERYONE

spoke with speech bubbles

i could read

what they said

and hear

what they said

everything

anyone said

it was like

i was in

a fuckin comic book

the surreal tingles

were not lost on me

it was grouse!

in this place

every thought

was in

a little cloud

and it had

sequentially littler clouds

connecting

it

to

the

head

of

the

THINKER

so many

unguarded moments

so many

distant longings

and not one

upset person

anywhere!

i didn't question

the whys and how's

i was caught

by my first

B U B B L E

i looked up

and i read this poem

in a little cloud

above my head

i knew i had written it

but until now

i knew not what it said

it had a neat opaque

teal-ish coloured

ten point

new times roman font

pleasing

to both the eye

and the centre

that fact that it was

attached to my head

was something else

in itself

this could

have been

a perfect world

…

could

have

been

pins and needles

needles and pins

pop pop pop

the end begins

pins and needles

needles and pins

pop pop pop

nobody wins