Antics of Dream Flyers
Apoplectic
Published in
Nov 23, 2021
A poem of dreamtime flying, corresponding to the oral cues and illustration of Lensie P., 3rd grade, Poets-in-the-Schools.
Lensie, when angry, hits the ceiling
Lensie, really mad, goes through the roof
and rises like a helium balloon.
Unable to express his true feelings,
he can be nasty or aloof,
pleading, commanding, a buffoon.
He can’t take one more sneer or smear —
they’re not enough to make him ill.
That’s it, he’s had his fill!
Big as a dirigible, he’s in double-trouble
if he doesn’t let off steam.
The pressure is extreme . . .
this is overload . . . he’s going to explode!
“Apoplectic” originally published in Antics of Dream Flyers, © 2016 Margaret Honton, Sophia Books, Pueblo, CO.
