Nonsense Is No Nonsense (Bobby Goosey Poetry) "This Poem Is Dedicated to Soledad Quietus"

 

Nonsense Is No Nonsense

What does a writer of creative fiction need? A writer needs “the noble gift of nonsense, which of all things elevates man nearest the gods.”

D.S. Mirsky

 

 Bobby Lee Goosey

This Poem Is Dedicated to Soledad Quietus

You’re the

Topmost upmost utmost

Ghost

(How I’d like to get to know you better),

Sitting on the

Upmost utmost uttermost

Post

(How I’d like to get to know you better),

Standing on the

Westmost eastmost furthermost

Coast

(How I’d like to get to know you better),

Gnawing on the

Cooked most burntmost turkeyleg

Roast.

 

How I’d like to get to know you better,

How I’d like to help you eat that roast,

Bet it tastes quite fine with burnt black toast.

 

You’re the

Utmost upmost toppermost uttermost

Lastmost vastmost

Ghost.

[excerpted from the book by U.R. Bowie: Here We Be. Where Be We?]