WONDERLAND

 

"One pill makes you larger

Another smaller,"

is what was written on the bottle

 

I scratched my head, puzzled

to read such directions

in this fastidious, precision-driven culture

 

But then I looked around

and saw angels dancing

on the head of a pin

 

As a white rabbit rushed by

checking his watch

and sunset machines bellowed on

about civil rights and conspiracies

 

to no one in particular

I shrugged, swallowed the pill

and we all shrank into oblivion

 

together

Joseph Arechavala is a 44 year-old husband and father living a humdrum life in NJ dreaming of success as a writer. He has been writing for nearly a decade and has had several stories and poems published.

Dance to Death, Issue II

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