MIND THE MUSHROOMS
A CAUTIONARY DREAM OF CUISINE
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THE DAY BEGAN AS USUAL
WITH COFFEE AND SOME TOAST
WHEN I CATCH A GLIMPSE OF SOMETHING MOVING
ALONG THE FOGGY MORNING COAST
.
WHAT’S THAT I WONDER, I SQUINT MY EYES TO SEE
A DARK FORM LURKING, AS IT HID BEHIND A TREE
WHATEVER COULD THAT BE I PONDERED
IS THERE SOMEONE WATCHING ME?
.
I SPREAD SOME JAM UPON MY TOAST
AND THOUGHT IT COULDN’T BE A GHOST
BUT OF ALL THE THINGS I EVER LOST
I MISSED MY MIND THE MOST
.
A BASKET ON THE COUNTER FILLED
WITH MUSHROOMS FROM THE FOREST
SOME WENT IN THE SOUP LAST NIGHT
ITS FLAVOR SAVORY, SO DELICIOUS
.
I PAIRED IT WITH A FINE RED WINE
AND WOULD HAVE LOVED TO SHARE IT
BUT I DINED AT HOME ALONE, ALL BY MYSELF
THEN TOOK A BOOK FROM OFF THE SHELF
.
SETTLING INTO MY COMFY CHAIR
I FELT SOME MOVEMENT IN THE AIR
THE CANDLE NEAR AND GLOWING BRIGHT
THEN BEGAN TO FLICKER
.
I HEARD A SOUND AND LOOKED AROUND
SEEING NOTHING IN PARTICULAR
ON THE TABLE NEXT TO THE BOOK
SAT A BOTTLE OF OLD VINTAGE LIQUOR
.
REACHING FOR THE TEMPTING BOTTLE
AS THE CLOCK STRUCK TEN
AND THAT IS WHEN
I WAS STARTLED, SO UNBELIEVABLY
.
I HADN’T EVEN HAD A DRINK
SINCE MY GLASS OF WINE
BUT WHAT I SAW
DROPPED MY JAW
.
AND THOUGHT, I’VE LOST MY MIND
THE BOOK I TOOK
FROM OFF THE SHELF
FLOATED UP, INTO THE AIR
.
IT HOVERED RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME
FLOATING GENTLY, WAITING THERE
THEN I HEARD A WHISPERING OF SORTS
WAS THE WIND TELLING SECRETS?
.
RIGHT INSIDE MY HEAD I HEARD IT
NOT WITH EARS AT ALL, BUT
WITHIN MY BRAIN IT WAS,
MY MIND HAD SURELY GONE AWRY
.
IT WAS SO EERILY UNCANNY
WHEN THE BOOK BEGAN TO OPEN
SPREADING LEAVES LIKE WINGS
IT DID, AND THEN BEGAN TO FLY
.
AND THE SOUND IT MADE LIKE WAVES
UPON THE ANCIENT SHORES OF TIME
ECHOING OFF THE MOUNTAINS DEEP
SO DEEP AND SO SUBLIME
.
SLOWLY FLAPPING ITS PAPER WINGS
AND CIRCLING, CIRCLING ROUND
AGAIN RETURNING IN FRONT OF ME
STILL ABOVE THE GROUND
.
WITH THE OPEN BOOK SPREADING WIDE
ELEMENTAL SYMBOLS ROSE, OFF ITS PAGES BRIGHT
AND ANCIENT SECRET FORMULAS FLOATED
LIKE A SILKY MIST, IN THE CANDLELIGHT
.
GOSSAMER,THEY PASSED THROUGH ME
WITH A SENSE OF TIMELESS WISDOM
AND THE VASTNESS OF INFINITY,
A GIFT OF TRUE DIMENSIONS
.
NEXT, THE BOOK THREW ME ROCKS AND MINERALS
WITH GEODES, GEMS, AND BRILLIANT CRYSTALS,
A SPECTRUM OF VIBRANT COLOR, IN ELECTRIC AIR
APPEARED AND DISAPPEARED BY CHANCE
.
HYPNOTIZED AND ENTRANCED
BY THE BOOK’S SURREAL DANCE
AGAIN ITS PAGES TURNED
AND WHAT APPEARED WAS REALLY WEIRD
.
SUDDENLY, SO TERRIFIED I WAS
AS CREATURES FLEW OUT FROM WITHIN
WITH SLIME AND SCALEY LIZARD SKIN
SHARP FANGS AND RAZOR CLAWS
.
GAVE ME PAUSE, WHEN THEY FLEW BY
AND DISAPPEARED WITH NOT A SCRATCH
OR BLEMISH OR SHED TEAR
AND MY FEAR WAS GONE
.
ANOTHER PAGE OF THE BOOK REVEALED
WONDERS OF THE COSMIC FIELD
CONSTELLATIONS CAME ALIVE AND
FLEW THROUGH THE ROOF INTO THE SKY
.
PLANETS, MOONS, AND SHOOTING STARS
ORBITED AROUND ME, LIKE AN ORRERY, THEN
I SAW A COMET, GOT SO DIZZY HOPING NOT TO VOMIT
AND REMINDING ME, EASY ON THE MUSHROOMS
.
-JHD
.
There are some who have no idea of a true reality, brainwashed into conformity, confining the infinite mind. Thankfully, there are many who have awakened.
About the Creator
Jon H. Davis
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Jon H. Davis, is a digital alchemist, and explorer, who documents the natural world and cultures with words, photos, and videos. Explore and discover more at Northern Lights Studio.
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