Synesthesia Poem by Paul Hartal

The Porcupine was happy to see the Octopus.
'Hi. What's up? ', he greeted his friend.
'Hi', said the Octopus. 'I am intrigued by synesthesia'.
'Oh, really? What's that? ' asked the Porcupine.
'Oh, you know, a condition in which a sensory experience
associated with a modality occurs when another modality
is stimulated.'
'I don't understand this', said the Porcupine.
'Oh, you know, said the Octopus, for example,
you taste a food and see a color, or you hear a sound
but you feel hot or cold.'
'Very interesting', said the Porcupine.
'It's like what happened to me the other day
when I met this chicken accompanied by a goat.
The chicken was bleeting and the goat cackled.'