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Socks From Hell

Radar(Baba)O'RileyRadar(Baba)O'Riley Posts: 947
edited February 2004 in Poetry, Prose, Music & Art
I wear socks from hell

Satan-stitched
they fit my feet well

They're quite soft
like I'm standing on moths

My feet smell sweet
Hanes can't compete

I can walk on the walls
climb raindrops like stairs
glide over gravel
without fear of a tear

I drop an anvil
on my feet
no need for advil
I feel great

Hell asks for the socks
and I say, "Take a walk."

Hell asks again
"A nag! A nag!" I yell at them

Hell doesn't ask again
but takes an axe to my shins
and cleaves and cleaves
and leaves nothing
but a red-ringed cone
of protruding bone

Hell squeezes out my feet
like two raw coals of meat
from the socks
and walks away
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  • Being EnlightenedBeing Enlightened Posts: 5,746
    Well, as long as you don't wear those hell socks with sandals! ;)

    Somehow this reminds me of a Wild E. Coyote, ACME moment. :D
    Forget your perfect offering, there is a crack in everything, that's how the light gets in. - Leonard Cohen
  • CranMalReignCranMalReign Posts: 1,928
    I enjoy the part about climbing raindrops like stairs. A nice little image in such a quirky poem.
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  • FinsburyParkCarrotsFinsburyParkCarrots Seattle, WA Posts: 12,223
    "More shoes...shoes for my friends...."

    :)
  • Radar(Baba)O'RileyRadar(Baba)O'Riley Posts: 947
    Originally posted by Being Enlightened
    Somehow this reminds me of a Wild E. Coyote, ACME moment. :D
    Meep! Meep!

    and....

    Foot the footless!
  • YellowYellow Posts: 699
    :) this is great... i like the axe to the shins part...


    gimme my f*&kin socks...
    NOW...



    :)
    It's all yellow.


  • EvilToasterElfEvilToasterElf Posts: 1,119
    I agree with CranMalReign about the raindrop line, well done, Why I picture someone dancing naked singing Pearl Jam in perfect done with hell socks on I don't know
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