Alice’s Produce

~ Alice of Wonderland’s unknown origin story ~


Original DDE™ surrealistic art: “Alice’s Produce Stand” by: rob kistner © 1/23/24
 

A veggie grower named Alice I’ve found
whose fresh veggies I consume with delight
her veggie stand is on the far side of town
gotta get more of Alice’s produce tonight

her Wonderland Risotto is simply to die for
her own homegrown mushrooms are the key
I’m off to Alice’s in hopes she has more
these other ‘shrooms I tried just don’t agree

while heading to Alice’s alone — not a care
through some tall trees I happen to glance
there’s a valley nature conceals down there
what do I see — a woodland nymph in a dance

I can not believe the wonder I see
a vision joined by singing butterfly elves
this enchanted vale is awhirl below me
mythical creatures enjoying themselves


Original DDE™ surrealistic art: “Alice’s Best Friend Poppy”
by: rob kistner © 1/23/24


Original DDE™ surrealistic art: “Blu the Rabbit Queen”
by: rob kistner © 1/23/24

dare I go down there and join in the fun
Blu and Poppy are there – I feel no fear
so down the mountainside quickly I run
burst through the trees – Alice! you’re here

Alice my dear, this is not your veggie stand
no — but follow me, hurry, let us not wait
my place is just ahead — please take my hand
you’re halucinating badly on that mushroom you ate

you feeling small, then big, is your head in a spin
I’ve something at my stand to make you feel right
then go home, make risotto — put my mushrooms in
close your eyes, take a nap, you’ll be fine tonight

I start drifting away, didn’t take but a while
as I do, I realize that I now understand
I dream Alice is saying with a huge Cheshire smile
“for ‘enlightening’ risotto try my Wonderland”


Original DDE™ surrealistic art: “Alice’s Butterfly Dance”
by: rob kistner © 1/23/24

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rob kistner © 2024

Poetry at: dVerse

 




28 thoughts on “Alice’s Produce”

    1. I had thought about inviting Grace Slick to the veggie stand, but I wanted a song less expected — buy that unforgettable bolero is now part of the indelible fabric of time — thank you for bringing it my friend… 🙂

  1. I love the rhyming and how you constructed the tale, especially this part : “I can not believe the wonder I see
    a vision joined by singing butterfly elves
    this enchanted vale is awhirl below me
    mythical creatures enjoying themselves” – it felt relaxing to imagine.

  2. Alice, gotta love her .. peddling hallucinogens way before they became “a thing.” That rabbit hole? ~ inevitable. Had she been invited, Grace would have been first in line at the veggie stand.

  3. Wow! Those magical shrooms and Wonderland Risotto — Alice and her vegetable stand before she “fell down the hole”. Me thinks she was a little high on her veggies???? Fun one, Rob!

  4. Hallucinogenic mushrooms, eh? Explains a lot I’d say!! ????????As always, love your take on the prompt and your poetic gifts that rise to every occasion.

  5. I love this, Rob! Of course I am partial to Wonderland creatures.
    This made me think of “White Rabbit”, and all sorts of produce.

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