going underground

23 Jul 2013

going underground

ants are everywhere
and most of them are downright
industrious

then there’s the spiders
and snakes and whatever nature
wants to sally forth populating this place

ground squirrels moved in
last week
little sons a bitches

neighbor says he’s got a
groundhog
living up there
behind them bushes

wolves and foxes make for
scary noises
beyond the border trees at night

or maybe it’s just two cats without gloves
settling an old match
or better yet
an adolescent sasquatch
out looking for a snack

beneath all the commotion
subhumans thrive at
twenty-four seven bazaars
peddling flashlights and canteens
and cuban cigars
dark chocolate squares
and high-powered rifles

july two thousand thirteen
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Posted in Animals, Nature, Poetry and tagged humans, nature, poem, poetry

8 thoughts on “going underground”

archiearchive FCD on July 23, 2013 at 9:45 pm said:

Nice one – It fits in well with my misanthropic view of the world today.

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- j matthew waters on July 23, 2013 at 10:04 pm said:
  
  thanks Archie – as they say, we live in interesting times….
  
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ghostbusterbev on July 25, 2013 at 8:55 am said:

I like how your poetry always has a twist to it…like a surprise ending. Well done.

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- j matthew waters on July 25, 2013 at 12:45 pm said:
  
  Thank you, Bev, so glad you enjoyed this one!
  
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Wordifull Melanie on July 26, 2013 at 10:37 pm said:

“better yet
an adolescent sasquatch
out looking for a snack”

Lets go with that…so much more intriguing 🙂

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- j matthew waters on July 26, 2013 at 10:40 pm said:
  
  lol – you probably didn’t know I’m a big sasquatch fan (no pun intended)
  
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Lolamarina (@1Lolamarina) on October 6, 2013 at 7:17 pm said:

I am also a Sasquatch fan too!! Loved it!~

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- j matthew waters on October 6, 2013 at 7:25 pm said:
  
  Nothing like a good mystery!
  
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