I wrote this over twenty years ago in college...
--FALICE IN WUNDERLAND--
PART ONE: HIS STORY
His name is Matthew, his room is blue
He never goes out, he has nothing to do
His neighbor comes over, her name is Pearl
He will not see her, she is only a girl
He looks at a chair, he sees a snake
He pinches himself, he is awake
He stares at the snake, it is just as he feared
He cannot believe, the snake has a beard
The snake says “Hey, little Matt is my name.
Would you sit down? We can play a game.
Look into my eyes, look into them deep.
If you feel tired, please go to sleep.”
He saw the snake's eyes, they grew very wide
As did his mouth, where Matt fell inside
Matt slept and awoke, he became quite confused
His room was now gone, he was not amused
He found a path, he decided to walk
He meets a grey crab, it calls itself “Talk”
He says he is scared, it says “Never fear.”
He asks where he is, it answers “Right here.”
Matt wants to leave, Talk says “Let's go.”
Matt wonders where, Talk says “I don't know.”
Matt seems to ponder, why Talk is so small
Talk says “It's dark.” then says “Don't stall.”
PART TWO: HIS OLD MAN
Matt picks up Talk, they walk quite a ways
They find a bar, it's called “Thirty Days”
They go on inside, there sits a bartender
He is serving a drink, to a title defender
The men turn their heads, they both look alike
Joey wears trunks, the other is Mike
Mike pours a drink, he gives it to Matt
Joey says “Say, kid, you know where yer at?”
Matt shrugs his shoulders, Mike says “It's okay.
The first one's on me, you don't have to pay.”
Matt takes a drink, it doesn't taste well
Joey says “Hey, kid, it's only the smell.”
Matt drinks the rest, he feels quite warm
Joey takes note of, the change in Matt's form
“Geez, look at you!” says Mike in surprise
He points out to Matt, his increase in size
Matt is just twelve, now he looks twenty-four
And Talk also grew, he was put on the floor
Joey says “Hey, kid, let's see how ya handle.
Let's see how ya fight. Put me out like a candle.”
Matt shakes his head, Talk says “Go ahead.”
Matt puts on gloves, Mike says “Yer dead.”
Matt climbs in the ring, Joey knocks him out
“He ain't no man!” the twins laugh and shout
PART THREE: HIS NEW TOY
Matt wakes at dawn, he feels quite sore
He does not remember, his fight from before
Talk says “Hey Matt, why not stand up?
You must be hungry. We never did sup.”
Matt tries his body, it felt so heavy
What luck, they found, a convertible Chevy
They enter the car, to drive it was easy
Matt though it fun, a voice says “You're sleazy!”
Matt was confused, he then saw a fish
It says “I will do whatever you wish.”
Matt looks with glee, he wants to go home
Talk blurts out quickly “Let's hear a poem.”
The fish starts her story “This is so grand.
This is the tale of a wonderful land.
A world full of flowers, a world full of bees,
A world where the birds do as they please.
The flowers hung out in a place called the “Grove”.
The bees would cruise up in the Buicks they drove.
The flowers and bees would then get together.
They would do magic on old car seat leather.
The birds always watched for mystical passion.
If they found bees, their brains they would bash in.”
When the story was done, the fish disappeared
Matt only cared, for the city they neared
PART FOUR: HIS DISCOVERY
Matt drives into town, it's really quite big
Talk says “Don't you feel like a twig?”
“I'm sure that next to buildings I'm small,”
But Matt adds “yet, I still feel tall.”
They stop at a club, they go on inside
The place is called, “Somewhere to Hide”
Matt gets a beer, Talk has a scotch
Talk says “This place smells like a crotch.”
Matt says “Don't worry, there's nothing to fear.
We'll just look around while I finish my beer.”
Matt is bumped by, a cigarette girl
She says “Oh, hi, my name is Shirl.”
Matt and Shirl talk, they get along well
Matt asks to dance Shirl says “That's swell.”
They dance for hours, they drink just as long
Talk sees them kiss, “Here's where it goes wrong.”
A small man in plaid, approaches the two
“You're fired, Shirl! Now as for you...
I'll kick your butt, I'll beat your head,
I'll make you wish that you were dead!”
The man in plaid grows, he bursts from his clothes
His skin is plaid, too, from his head to his toes
The plaid man is coming, Matt sees his eyes
When plaid man arrives, Matt starts to rise
PART FIVE: HIS REPUTATION
The plaid man plans, to break Matt's neck
Talk grabs a glass, and says “What the heck.”
Talk pours a shot, Matt drinks it quick
Matt drops the glass, his head feels thick
Matt seems to vanish, the plaid man is lost
Matt has been saved, but what was the cost
Talk says “You shrank away from your fears.
Give courage a try, and see what appears.”
Matt sees a foot, as big as a house
He has become, as small as a mouse
The plaid man stomps, to snuff out Matt's life
Plaid man yells “This is for kissing my wife!”
Now Matt was mad, he felt so abused
He wanted revenge, for being so used
His anger caused him, to become gigantic
He tore off the roof, the patrons were frantic
He grabbed the plaid man, he screamed in a fury
He dropped the plaid man, who left in a hurry
Matt shrank to normal, but Talk grew a bit
They got in in their car, it was a snug fit
Talk says “I'm proud. You kept your cool.
You didn't freak out like plaid psycho-fool.”
Matt was quite happy, he did the right thing
They drove down the road, they started to sing
PART SIX: HIS HUMANITY
Matt and Talk drive, across a blue field
Talk says “Beware of the power you wield.”
Matt turns and shrugs, in his confusion
Talk turns and says, simply “Illusion.”
They pass a hill, the grass is so green
Matt looks around, for things to be seen
They spot a turtle, atop the next rise
As they come closer, it grows large in size
It turns to the pair, its shell opens up
A man made of steel, jumps out and yells “Hup!”
Matt asks his name, He answers “I can't.”
The steel man says “My code word is A.N.T.”
Talk hops around, Matt wonders why
Until he spies, the mice in the sky
A.N.T. says “That is our own R.A.T. patrol.
They scour the air to draw out the M.O.L.E.”
Matt is bewildered, by what A.N.T. has said
Before Matt can speak, A.N.T. says “Are you dead?”
Matt answers “No, I'm not dead at all.”
Talk yells “Look out!” as mice start to fall
Some mice land on Matt, they start to excrete
They finish and drop, Matt looks like concrete
Talk calls to Matt, who does not turn back
Instead he runs to the shouts of “Attack!”
PART SEVEN: HIS INHUMANITY
Talk tries to follow, the ground starts to quake
He can't leave the car, It won't stop its shake
The sky becomes dark, but Talk doesn't care
He only knows he, must get out of there
Talk starts to grow, larger and more
So fast that he bursts, right out the door
Talk chases Matt, to a brown tortoise
Matt ran as if, he had rigor mortis
Matt opened the shell, he climbed up inside
The turtle turned back, to pummel Talk's hide
The reptile and Talk, their fight was so fierce
Talk then raised his claw, the head he did pierce
Talk tore off the shell, he took Matt out fast
Talk hoped that his luck, continued to last
Matt was a stone, statue so still
Talk yelled “You must use your full will!”
The statue shook, then fell down hard
A crack appeared, broke off a shard
The statue split, Matt was within
Talk picked up Matt, brushed clean his skin
Matt shook his fists, they became guns
He shot the A.N.T.s, down by the tons
Matt screamed and swore, spitting out dirt
Matt did not feel, blood on his shirt
PART EIGHT: HIS SENSES
Matt was possessed, he knew not his acts
Fury he spent, regardless of facts
Talk tried to stop, the violent outpour
Matt then shot Talk, his flesh he did score
Talk fell in a hole, that went without end
Matt then realized, the death of his friend
Matt was so sad, he wept many tears
He did not want, to hide from his fears
Matt saw a flame, he walked to the light
He held out his arms, he did what seemed right
He saw the guns, they melted away
Darkness had gone, to let in the day
Matt pulled away, to extinguish an arm
He was amazed that, he suffered no harm
His hands were okay, the fire died down
Matt looked at the hole, and began to frown
He wanted to leave, this outlandish place
Mat jumped in the hole, into outer space
Bright were the stars, guiding Matt's route
It was not hard, finding his out
Matt found a door, and opened it wide
Excitement then hit, his room was inside
Matt was now home, that he was sure
He won't forget, the mystery tour
PART NINE: HIS OWN
Matt took some time, to look at his room
He could not go, it felt like a womb
Matt checked the closet, to see what was there
He turned on the lights, he pulled up a chair
He went through his clothes, peered over the shelf
He saw his plaid shirts, and thought to himself
“I could not help but remember him well.
Talk taught me how to think past my shell.”
Matt would not once, wear such a thing
Ideas he now, would not so cling
He put on the shirt, and went to his dad
Who says “Oh, hi son. You came down. I'm glad.
Let's go outside. I want to ask you.
What do you think? A Chevy that's new!”
Matt thinks its cool, a convertible car
Dad wants to drive, with me someplace far
Matt asks to wait, for just half an hour
He must see Pearl, because he was sour
Matt then finds Pearl, sitting alone
He asks her if, she'll share a cone
Pearl is confused, but suddenly smiles
They ride with Matt's dad, for twenty-one miles
Dad and a Chevy, a girl and ice cream
The life of a boy, his toys and his dream.
I'm quite proud of this, though I've never had it officially published...
I hope you liked it...
