NaPoWriMo 2018 Day 25: May Be Hazardous To Your Health

Prompt: Write a poem that takes the form of a warning label . . . for yourself! 

Still in the process of catching up (I think I'm never ever going to catch up at this point). As for warning labels, I probably should have been plastered with them from birth, to be perfectly honest. Maybe I should print this one out and stick it on my forehead.


MAY BE HAZARDOUS TO YOUR HEALTH

Take in small doses

       (her world runs at the speed of neutrinos

          thoughts racing behind her eyes like light

            shredding time in fistfuls to make room for more time)

Harmful if swallowed

       (a *swordswoman is never without a weapon

          words oscillate like over-wound springs in the cave of her throat

            trebuchet waiting to be launched in conversation)

               

Able to leap tall buildings at a single bound

      (only when friends, family, and students are involved

          otherwise it’s easier to knock them over sideways

            ‘woman’ is not a synonym for incompetent, helpless, or stupid)

            

May irritate eyes

       (get over yourself, resting bitch face is a thing

          looking pretty is not a requirement of life or intelligence

            will get up in your face if provoked. See * and **)

**Dangerous when provoked

       (see *

         reality runs on intersecting planes of books to stress ratio

            punctuated by felines, chocolate, and swords)

BEWARE! Non-Euclidean

       (disbelieves infinitely more than six possible things before breakfast

          world peace, pink elephants, no Infinity Wars spoilers

             catching up on poetry prompts

              a child that does not ask ARE WE THEEERE YET 

                every five minutes

                 in the car)