Champagne Chrysalis
by divinedirtclod23
Mouthful of caterpillars,
I don’t let them
Enjoy their chrysalis before
I blow
My personality
Explodes into rooms
Like the police who kick in doors
Of brown people like me
Raised to take myself too seriously
I autograph my personality on the walls of
Everyone I meet
Hoping for impact rather than respect
I flood the basements of logic with my malapropisms of
Grace hell bent on being more free verse than haiku
Everybody likes haiku
But who remembers haiku?
My mind was cocooned until the age of 21
When I started staying up all night
Swearing the sun was up the whole time
Swallowing mouthfuls of the moon
I got drunk on myself for the first time and was
Engulfed in my multitudes
Sometimes I get too big
Perhaps that will take a toll
But for now I’m swallowing the ocean for the
Times I swallowed myself for others