Penny Paint

Bi Jou Jou said I should avoid
All thoughts of Emerald dreams
Because the Cosmic Catacombs
Had filled with jaded streams

But as he spoke my wandering mind
Was walking down a path
Inside a forest where I met
A stranger filled with wrath

She said that she'd been waiting there
For many moons at bay
I told her, I don't understand
She said, You will today

She seized my arm and instantly
My eyes filled to the brim
With tears of liquid jaded streams
That caused my head to swim

When I came to, Bi Jou Jou said,
‘Your eyes are colored green’
I laughed and said they've always been
He said, ‘But they look mean’

When he said this, my anger rose
That's when I screamed, ‘Be gone!’
And right before he could protest I snapped,
‘And take your fawn!’

My Baby Beans began to cry
But I did not feel sad
Because the stranger's jaded spell
Was cast to drive me mad

I laughed out loud and when I did
My eyes began to glow
The sky above turned sickly green
As did the ground below

‘My Polly has been color-cursed!’,
I heard Bi Jou Jou cry
Then he set off to ask my friend
To bring her colored sky

When Penny came I rolled my eyes
Then mocked her Southern drawl
‘Hey, this place that you got here,
It sure is green and all’

Many glances were exchanged
Before she finally said,
‘I now see what Bi Jou Jou meant,
You're not right in the head’

Something deep inside of me
Just had to laugh at that
That's when Penny told my Muse,
‘I guess I'm up to bat’

Suddenly a baseball field
Was formed before our eyes
And we were clad in uniforms
Which came as no surprise

And in the batter's box there stood
Miss Penny with a grin
Her stance I had to ridicule
To bring her much chagrin

Bi Jou Jou said to concentrate
And think in colored sight
Then said she only had one swing
To hit the ball just right

Bi Jou Jou threw a perfect pitch
So Penny swung the bat
And as the ball sailed through the sky
Bi Jou Jou tipped his hat

Then a loud explosion came
And colors filled the air
Their brilliance was so radiant
No rainbow could compare

Jaded streams poured out of me
As I began to cry
What caused the evil spell to break
Was Penny's colored sky.