Today I...

[wayfaringwordhack]

 went for a short stroll and:

saw 
the almost-full moon, hanging over coconut trees
in front of which sat
a sunbird, metallic-green feathered head flashing in the setting sun, atop a small acacia 
islets sitting in a sky-colored sea
the cows going home, ie a herd of zebus crashing out of the bushes to my right, taking a sharp right turn and meandering down the paved road in front of me before taking another right about a quarter of a mile down the road...all without the guiding hand of a herdsman.

heard
said sunbird singing to said moon
bare feet slapping as boys and girls ran down the hill past me
giant bats squabbling over roosts
zebus lowing
kittens mewling
"Madame, someone stole my bike!"
"Rastafari man!"

smelled
wet moss and rain damp fallen leaves
a crushed lime leaf
the leaves, berries, and flowers of a bush that reminds me sharply of a place I lived as a child

felt
the stings of spiders that I disturbed being too curious about the plants around me
an ant stinging my toe when I tried to get too close to some flowers.
the tiny hairs on the stem of a creeping vine covered with vibrant pink, teardrop shaped blooms.

tasted
er, I was a good girl and didn't stick anything in my mouth.


Just thought I would share that

Comments

[mindseas.livejournal.com]

This post is a poem.

[mnfaure.livejournal.com]

Thanks! :)

[clarentine]

I like the juxtaposition of:

kittens mewling
"Madame, someone stole my bike!"

[mnfaure.livejournal.com]

*lol*

I don't know why, but I deliberately didn't try to pretty this up. Just wrote down the sensory memories as they occured to me, word reps and all, but I was pretty fond of that bit you quoted, too. :P

[clarentine]

The image is working pretty well with the early 70s rock I'm listening to on Pandora this morning. (The Beatles just finished singing She Said She Said.) All those psychedelic kitties....

[mnfaure.livejournal.com]

As long as the music is the only psychedelic thing you are indulging in from the 70s. :P

[clarentine]

No kitties here. >:-)

[mnfaure.livejournal.com]

bwahaha

[rabiagale.livejournal.com]

:D

tasted
er, I was a good girl and didn't stick anything in my mouth.

Good, otherwise I'd have had to read you The Hungriest Boy in the World, about a kid who had a habit of doing just that and inadvertently swallowed the Hunger Monster one day.

[mnfaure.livejournal.com]

Yeah, Julien's always acting like a mom, telling me, "Don't stick that in your mouth!" :P