happy equinox

[tempter]

in Just-
spring when the world is mud-
luscious the little lame baloonman

whistles far and wee

and eddyandbill come
running from marbles and
piracies and it's
spring

when the world is puddle-wonderful

the queer
old baloonman whistles
far and wee
and bettyandisbel come dancing

from hop-scotch and jump-

Comments

[velcrobandit]

I was never sure what to think about the balloon guy. I figured goat-footed meant that he was going to molest little kids and that scared me.

Mud-luscious. Awesome. How do you interpret this poem?

(And is it spring already? Wowzers.)

[tempter]

It is indeed already spring, not that you could tell by the weather forecast.

The balloon guy isn't always a nice fellow, but he's definitely in the spirit of spring. (So to speak.)

[curieuse]

You just know they're going to run and dance and (oh heavens) turn into eddyandbetty and billandisbel once that guy starts hoofing around.

[tempter]

If he's in good form, it's more likely to be eddyandbettyandbillandisbel.

I never quite understood why female fertility symbols, nymphs, were beautiful women, and their male counterparts were goat-men. (Especially since goat-men aren't one of the four humours.)