SOME ODD POUNDS

By Tikum Mbah Azonga

The bunsen burner wasn`t there
So out of the infernal farmlands
Came shadows of death
Archaic critical thinking
And antagonistic Ezra pounds.

Copyright 2010

THE THERMOSTAT

(An odd piece of device gone haywire)

By Tikum Mbah Azonga


You can`t regulate the temperature
Even if you could, you wouldn`t
Because you have no thermostat
And the boss man isn`t here to show you the set-point
What then is programmable,if the thermostat isn`t, you may ask
Well, to find the answer, first check your cooling system
Thermostats are complicated little animals
They can trap you like an animal in a cage
And then wound you mortally, even if they`re digital
So, don`t believe every word the engineer says
Even he is scared of the thermostat
Although he can`t tell you that.

Copyright 2010

THE MAD SEARCH

By Tikum Mbah Azonga

Is anyone out there?
Is anyone hearing me at all?
Has anyone seen them?
I mean my monocotyledonous seeds
My resounding tuning fork
My boiled hydrochloric acid
My condensed sodium nitrate
And above all, my new edition bible?

Copyright 2010