My head has gone to get some tea

If you are wondering
the answer is no
I can't find my head 
it's left me alone
it ran off with the Mad Hatter to go have some tea 
so please
do not ask me
to use my brain 
for it is off
playing a game 
one of no point
and not one sensible player
for when my head leaves me
neither of us work as well as when we are together
see when my head leaves me 
oxygen becomes thick
and jam is wall putty 
cups all belong glued to the wall
and roses are only red cause they are bloody 
the many oddities that come to me 
thoughts and revelations 
that create a whole sea
ideas made of poppy seeds 
adorned with a thick icing of strange haunting dreams 
make a pile of dust 
and ticking cuckoo clocks 
that sit 
where my brain used to be 
and while it is off 
having a merry old time
I sit here and ponder 
while my ponderer is gone 
the many things that seem upside down
purple bananas 
and a melting sun
for nothing is quite right 
when my head has gone

Inkpaw

VT

18 years old

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