O GRIEVOUS PICKLE PANTS

"O Grievous Pickle Pants," Montana BLACK spray paint, art marker, and acrylic paint on 4" x 6" recycled cardboard postcard.

One of the cards I sent out as part of my "O Eschaton" series of poems for the 2021 Poetry Postcard Fest.

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O GRIEVOUS PICKLE PANTS

O Grievous Pickle Pants (yes, I named it)
of the Western Lands (yes, you claimed it)

you polished your jar to a crystal shine
as it glittered with the dense brine within.

What sweet dreams will we savor together?
What outposts will we flavor forever?

You have nine circles of afterlife to fill
with denizens collected from various planes

of existence, whether known or unknown,
imagined or realized, deflated or firm.

Know this: even if it never works out in the end
it doesn’t matter, sings the forgetfulness…

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All artwork and poems by Troy Kehm-Goins © 2021 Troy's Work Table Publishing.