Oz Borns

Oz never gave the Metal Man

mettle,

but he did

find it at a souvenir stand there,

and Dorothy got a wicked

pair of vintage kicks

–made for walking–

(and her little dog, too)

but where was she even going?

(her next shin-dig)

everyone knows you only wear slippers around the house,

and the straw man,

well, the straw man.

He was proven liar

by his very incidence

now wasn’t he…

–albeit a clever one—

while the lion

(rahr, the lion)

might have whiled away

his fearful existence in peace,

a dream away a dream away

had not that trio happened upon him and

taught him he was

afraid.

I bring to you an arrow, whole, Use it, or break it, But if you choose to take it --Know-- With it also, I will go. © Karen Robiscoe @1992