Poem Number 1693

Under the over throw

Press Dubelly sat delibertly
under the over pass
making a quick quirky decision
to over throw the under pass
and then when the war was done
rename the thing
"The over throw".
Which was fine
by me because I had no idea
that anyone who is anyone at all
would have a name
such as press.
Maybe if mom and dad
had the last name
of release
it might have been
easy to understand
the naming of a child
Press.
So there he sat
under the over pass
plotting the over throw
of the over pass
so he could rename it
the over throw.
People do it all the time anyway,
he reasoned so reasonably
to his self
while eating a cheese sandwhich.
As the crumbs of bread and cheese
which normally would stick
to such sticky fingers
as Press often had
from doing what his name means
which is to apply pressure,
but no one ever said stop,
which resulted
in continually having sticky fingers
unfortunately.
Stick fingers now fully engaged
with cheese and bread
with which one can make
a very bready snap
if you put your mind to it,
and came up with a plan.
First he would wage wordy warfare
against the powers that be
at city hall,
then when lost in a state
of confused confusion
he would deftly strike
and use his name to announce
that the owner ship
had changed hands to his hands
so then the war would be done
and then he could paint the over
pass the color he liked
and with great fanciful fanfare
rename the over pass
to the over throw,
then he wouldn't feel so bad
when he threw the crusts of bread
which he didn't much like
off the side of the over throw.
---
wendy