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Frog-Leg Soup
Karyn Indursky
July 2012

Upon the golden brick road
was Dorothy sporting
a tank top and denim skirt...

The Tin Man needed oil...
The Lion needed courage...
and Dorothy needed the wizard.

Dorothy found the Tin Man first.
She used her W-40.
His joints began to fiddle.

They headed to the Lion,
but there was a witch,
who wasn't letting them through
without solving a riddle.

Dorothy couldn't figure it out.
The Tin Man was stumped.
This had the witch laughing.

In desperate need to shut the witch up,
Dorothy took her high-heel pumps
and knocked her out.

The Tin Man stole a bottle of water
after Dorothy unlocked the door
and they poured the water on the witch
to make her melt upon the floor.

Together, they found the Lion.
He was smiling ear to ear.
Dorothy looked so pretty.

The Tin Man was envious...
Dorothy was oblivious...
and the Lion began to chatter.

Dorothy got them to walk
with her while they discussed
finding the wizard.

Gumdrops started falling from the sky...
Skittles started to jiggle on trees...
and chocolate flowed like a river.

They decided it was a sign.
Slowly, they proceeded to swim
in the river of imaginations.

At the end of the river
was the wizard
with a glass of milk.

Dorothy chugged it.
The Tin Man got more oil...
and the Lion found the courage
to ask Dorothy out.

Dorothy was happy
to balance her sugar,
but wasn't willing to date.

The Lion wouldn't listen...
Dorothy got pissed...
and Tin Man lashed out.

Dorothy didn't want the drama...
The wizard slipped her his wand...
and they turned them into
frog-leg soup.