My Aunt Martha

 

1.

 

My Aunt Martha

Went to the farm

And with her

She took

An Aesthetician,

A Biology textbook,

A cadaver dog,

Energy bars,

Frequent flyer points,

Guitar strings,

G-string panties,

German chocolate cake,

Harissa,                                                    

Daddy issues,

Killer instincts,

Licorice,

Mnemonic devices,

Neuroses,

Organizational charts,

Political pamphlets,

Quiz show transcripts,

A lover named Rhonda,

Social anxieties,

Tantric ambitions,

Ukuleles,

Sweater vests,

Work boots,

A xylophone,

A yard of silk,

And zucchini plants.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2.

 

My Aunt Martha

Came back

From the farm

And with her

She brought

A bushel of zucchini,

A younger version of Rhonda named Rhoda,

X-rated schemes,

Wild dreams,

A vision board,

Uncontrollable urges,

Ticket stubs,

Annotated scores for percussion instruments,

Retail therapy agendas,

Quince jelly,

Poems about identity theft,

Burlap sacks filled with onions,

New potatoes,

A slavish manservant,

Lemongrass,

Kettledrums,

Jodhpurs,

Incident reports,

Huckleberries,

Grandiose ideas,

Fever dreams,

Envelopes,

Diaries,

Canola oil,

Blue bowling balls,

And an anvil.