Thursday, July 16, 2009

POEMS ABOUT ONION BAGELS HAS MOVED!

Here's an incredibly bad haiku to commemorate this historic occasion:

Please redirect links:
poemsaboutonionbagels
.com
is now up!

Wednesday, July 15, 2009

to us

we get along so famously,
like we're on access hollywood;
our conversation is so rich,
it could get thieved by robin hood

we're flirty, fun and fabulous,
like all those gay dudes on queer eye;
our chemistry is full of bangs,
like mr. wizard screwed bill nye

if he could feel the way we do,
keanu reeves would just say whoa;
we match each other perfectly,
like onion flakes and bagel dough

Tuesday, July 14, 2009

i caught her crying again

though she cleared her throat,
and sleeved
her tissue

i knew
the moment i walked in

her face was blotched as an onion bagel
and her eyes
as empty as holes

Monday, July 13, 2009

Our Top Story

Could just eating breakfast murder your dog?
I gasp at the TV, jaw hung agog
Groceries are sending our kittens to heaven!
Will your pet be next? Find out at eleven!

Harrowed, I stroke at my furrowing brow,
Searching for ways to avoid this somehow;
What could be causing these untimely deaths?
My pulse speeds to pace my quickening breaths

Too harried to sit, too nervous to eat,
My bagel untouched I let plunge to my feet;
Hour after hour I pace rings on the rug,
Damn that reporter's interest-piquing mug!

I watch all the game shows, the sitcoms and then
An exposé on cream cheese industry men;
Finally that local news theme music comes:
The dee de-dee dees, the dum du-dum dums

Smiles and makeup and teeth ear to ear,
This is what I've waited so long to hear!
If you love your pet, there are steps you must take!
We'll say what they are, right after this break!

Blast it! How long these attention whores stall!
I fling the remote, and flinch as its fall
Is broken by Fluffy, asleep on the floor;
Oh please be okay! I beg and implore

Peering much closer, I see what I dread
On top of its shoulders, and below its head;
The bagel I'd dropped has turned hard as a puck,
An oniony noose, 'round its neck now stuck

The anchor's voice pierces my ears with a chill:
Get food off the ground, 'cause bagels can kill!

Sunday, July 12, 2009

breakfast on the balcony

this brown paper bag
is warm to the touch
fingertips tickled
by hot steam and such
the heat gets so great
that i'm losing my clutch —
farewell, onion bagel
i loved you so much

Saturday, July 11, 2009

Suspicion

The bagel tournament ran long today
so the finalists will finish tomorrow;
Onion remains the odds-on favorite
but the wagers tell a different story

If onion awakens stale as a stone
in tupperware riddled with pinholes,
The poppyseed posse placing those bets
will sure have some explaining to do

Friday, July 10, 2009

considering an absence

circles concentric
hole within a whole

a fullness
around an emptiness
replacing one with the other
inside me

from crust to bread
to crust to air,
layered like the bulbs
that flavor it

it is many things
yet it is defined by what it is not

Thursday, July 9, 2009

more energizing than coffee, less filling than a bagel

please mind your handwriting
when faxing in an order

because lox onion
and lox on ion

are two entirely
different breakfasts

Wednesday, July 8, 2009

Haiku #8

Onion bagel pair
From above: infinity
Edible karma

Tuesday, July 7, 2009

The King of Pop

The King of Pop, from an early age,
Popped the greatest toasters ever popped on stage;
He toasted every bread-based food from A to Z,
(And made it look easier than 1-2-3);
The darkness dial master, he knew just how to heat it,
If you tried to outpop him, he'd tell you to go beat it;
His pops had height and distance, their artistry was killer,
Everyone would scream and shout, your toast is such a thriller!
He cooked both wheat and Wonder, 'til they took to flight,
It clearly didn't matter if his toasts were black or white;

Though no one thought his crumby reign would ever subside,
He got too many facelifts, raped some onion bagels and died.

Monday, July 6, 2009

Consider Your Resale Value Increased

If you want to smell pine trees, move to the forest,
A grove full of lemons is an olfactory bore-fest,
Flowery fragrances just aren't up to par,
And your beater should not have the scent of new car.

So if you seek fresh auto air you'll revere,
Just hang an onion bagel from your rearview mirror.

Sunday, July 5, 2009

You Asked Me to Bagel-Sit

You asked me to bagel-sit,
so why is it that
you're shocked to come home
from the place you've been at,
To find that your saucy-tongued
onion-filled brat
has been flattened and splattened
like a pestering gnat?

You asked me to bagel-sit;
upon him I sat.

Saturday, July 4, 2009

The Competitor

His belly is unbeatable
His titles, all repeatable
There's not a bagel in this world
that he would find uneatable

He needs not to bite off the crust
You'll never see him cough or fuss
He bypasses his teeth
and sends them straight to his esophagus

Dunks each ring in the water
Wins all bouts by a slaughter
And even with his onion breath
he makes out with your daughter

The victor in the square again
The answer to each prayer we send
Our bagel eating champion
makes us proud to be American

Friday, July 3, 2009

Baker's Day Off

He didn't set one foot in
the kitchen all day long
He never rolled a Ho Ho
or cream filled a Ding Dong
His body was as far from
his work as it could be
But privately his mind was
the furthest thing from free

The sandy beach reminded
him of an onioned dough
The sun's rays were an oven
turned high as it could go
And when those kids played frisbee
and gave it quite a fling
He only saw soar past him
a toasted bagel ring

Thursday, July 2, 2009

Round – A Round Sung in Three Parts, Preferably Not by a Chorus of Schoolchildren

I love you, bagel
So round and plump,
Your curvy onionness
Makes my heart thump,
Sometimes I wish that we
Could hump,
My bagel
Round and plump

Wednesday, July 1, 2009

Damn You, Silverfish, Damn You!

This is super creepy
I wanna leave the room
I feel like Indiana Jones in the Temple of Doom

My knife is all apolished
The cream cheese is ajiggle
But I'm pretty sure I saw my bagel kinda wiggle

Now I'm looking closer
My nose scrunches and scrugs
What I thought were onions are a thousand tiny bugs!