"A Poetic Adventure"

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A poetic adventure

by David C. Price

From the shade of a cedar tree

In the valley below I could see

A clear view of a jabberwock

Galumphing down the city block.

It curved across the railroad track

Toward the children’s jumping jacks.

Oh my, how could this be

The children below were in P.E.

And didn’t see the danger lurk.

I turned a leaf to save the day

And found myself far far away.

In the valley below a baseball match.

Fans cheered as muddy tensions clashed.

Strike one, strike two the umpire yelled

But this time mighty Casey’s failed.

Oh my, how sad the scene below.

None are laughing, no one shouts

My little league heart is broken out.

I turn again some joy to find

When something rubs me from behind

But when I look there’s no one there.

A dusty coat and whiskers fill the air.

My milk is missing, my sandwich too.

This beast must have escaped the zoo.

Oh my, how strange this feeling is

Of things which are but I cannot see.

Could it be the mysterious Macavity?

A quick breeze moves me from far to near

From the flutter of pages new scenes appear

I glimpse wild geese, a purple cow, a shoe,

A snake, a hippopotamus, and thing two.

In the distance a gentle ring grows louder

As mother’s dinner bell calls me home.

My moose and I rise off the duff

And climb the dusty trail

Back to reality.