Rain of Frogs
Ross Balcom
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| "Rain of Frogs" Ink on Paper By J. Artemus Gordon |
unexpected
as a rain of frogs
a Fortean love
anomalous and phenomenal
rain of frogs
rain of frogs
your one became many:
white bellies flashing
wet bodies falling
on my highway
smashed by cars
sliding in your guts
(let me eat your sweet guts
let me roll in them)
rain of frogs
rain of frogs
amphibian eyes rolling
that's the look of love
(give me love *ribbit, ribbit*
give me love)
rain of frogs
rain of frogs
pounding my head
rocking my brain
sweet is the rain
sweet is the rain
keep falling forever
froggies keep falling
don't ever stop
Poet's Notes: Among the strange phenomena investigated by American writer and researcher Charles Fort (1874-1932) were falls of animals from the sky, including masses of frogs. A frog freak, I have in this poem analogized the thrill of love to a rain of frogs. The adjective "Fortean" (not a word of my invention) refers to paranormal phenomena, of which Fort wrote with great style, wit, and originality.
Editor’s Note: Enjoy a biography of Charles Fort here http://www.forteana.org/html/fortbiog.html. Also, apparently raining frogs is an actual thing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4uN5elpiDsk&frags=pl%2Cwn.
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