On The Cutting Room Floor: At The Emerald City Soda Shoppe Poem by Mary Angela Douglas

a pale green mound of pistachio ice cream
in a pale pink dish
would be so delish

said the Cowardly Lion.
fond of shortening his words
to fit the songs

speaking a little backwards?

sideway; making the phrase fit,
natch.
showing compash, Dorothy

helped him a little to
some of the strawberry.
it's so in fash, perhaps

he exclaimed

lashing his tail back and forth
with the invisible string from the
movie set not so invisible,

in sheer happiness.
then they broke out into their
Imperial Oz Pale Green Ice Emporium

Song and other delicacies.
too bad you never saw it.
it was wondrish.

mary angela douglas 3 january 2016

P.S. Toto had some too.