Eclipsed By An Egg Poem by Robin Bennett

Every now and then-
I fall apart.
Torn to shreds, like the
limp ragdoll that I am,
I fall into quilted pieces-

All the king's horses,
and all the king's men,
flee to rescue of-
a foolish chicken egg!
Anything for Humpty Dumpty.

Even broken, that damn egg-
has a purpose. Scrambled,
he still made sense. When,
I break, it looks like a crime,
scene.

I've got a first aid kit, for
times just like these.
I won it on ebay
last winter.

All complete, with my-
very own crazy glue, and
cache of crazy pills. Each pill,
color coded for revamping
my moods. I can go from
full out miserable to,
happy as a lark in
five minutes.

Come evening,
when tomorrow has already
reached Asia, I shall try
again to mend this
rag tag doll.
Yet again.