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ModernChinaski in Poetry & Free Verse

Man on the Moon

Colorless Green Ideas Sleep Furiously 

In meadows unseen

Sensical logic leaves for lunch

And is replaced by his cousin.

Structure flies out the window

on his way to catch a plane

Unbridled nonsense becomes the bride and groom 

at his sisters wedding. 

An audience applauds and flees the theatre

before the show has even begun 

The actors criticize the audience

after seeing their own performance

Wingless birds soar under the Earth

Finless fish swim in the sky

Love dances under the moonlight with hate

The sun casts a shadow over the Earth.

In a room, a madman is sane

A sane man is mad

Madness laughs at his companions

And they laugh along

The man on the moon's act has concluded

The show started after it ended

The audience is baffled by what they have witnessed

and they wonder if they'll ever be the same.