The Prize
I wander the rainforest, searching,
Carefully inspecting surroundings,
To find and capture my golden prize.
At last! With care I pluck it,
And in a box I store it,
To a safe retreat I return.
After careful contemplation,
I kiss my Phyllobates terribilis
And let darkness take me away.
Carefully inspecting surroundings,
To find and capture my golden prize.
At last! With care I pluck it,
And in a box I store it,
To a safe retreat I return.
After careful contemplation,
I kiss my Phyllobates terribilis
And let darkness take me away.
11 comments:
The Kiss of death ardently persued.
Too bad Hamlet didn't live in a rainforest.
good poem.
rel
A dark kiss that one!
Good poem...something that sticks in my head and I have to think over and over again about it... something to ponder....
By the way, thanks for visiting my blog and for pointing out my typo. I appreciate that. Kissing of elderly hands is a tradition in the Philippines. It's called Mano. Here's the link to an explanation:
http://topics192.blogspot.com/2006/12/mano.html
good work. Glad to have found your blog.
Interesting take on the prompt!
Is despair, depression (or what?) in the mind of one who suicides by a long sought "golden prize"?
Hmmm, this one only came about from a line from a song, "forever kissing frogs that think they're princes"
and it led to the thought that that's kissing the wrong frog, which in turn led to the thought that there are worse frogs to kiss...
I kinda needed a reason for anyone wanting to kiss a deadly frog...
so back to my old favourite, suicide...
I must admit it's kind of an elobarate method, unless you lived nearby...but the one mentioned is suposed to be extremely quick at being fatal, so maybe a bit better than the knife, rope or tablets...
:)
Phyllobates terribilis I want to meet you. bird, beast, spider, plant?
Or maybe not.
'tis a frog my dear echo :)
It's a frog! I was wondering. Nice poem.
and they look so kissable. funny they arent poisonous when reared in captivity. i loved this. searching so hard for your own death
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