RSVP has been published in All of Me Vol. V, courtesy of Shadow Spark Publishing. This arrangement pays homage to A Juicy Red Apple by Skin Up. Featured art is by Brian Kirhagis.

Listen to RSVP by Richard Charles Stevens (Juicy Red Apple Suite)

Dragonflies romanticising termites teasing
Magnifying
Analysing
Gratifying seedlings
.
The satsumas were strewn across tangerine dreams
I assume they were there to declare fruitful reap
Mangos danced tangos in hearty fandango
So far from home yet only halfway from canto
The cantaloupes sloped to provoke finger limes
Leaving clementines the hosts with most to prize

.

Wildflowers showered affectionate petals
That kissed to tell tall tales of petulant nettles

Ladybugs hugged the tall grass as they passed over cloverfields briefly to please
The centipedes eventually remembered where they’re meant to be
Suggestively the millipedes agreed
.
The camel with the hammer toe made no attempt to hide
The razzle known to dazzle in its independent stride
The ostriches were furious
And curiously keen to go full emu on the lemurs while the harmless llamas leaned
.
Drunken monkeys hung from trees
Poking fun at summer breeze
Bums on seats a stunning feat
With two left feet and tongue in cheek
.

Mother nature nurtured every wildflower foreseen
Empowered planet earth to do its worst and intervene
And while her methods may have been a little bit extreme
She certainly knew how to throw a party
.

Mother nature nurtured every wildflower foreseen
Empowered planet earth to do its worst and intervene
And while her methods may have been a little bit extreme
She certainly knew how to throw a party
.
Harmless llamas
In pyjamas
Daft bananas
Charming Dahmers
Otter hockey
Jabberwocky
Drunken monkeys
Sunken flunkies

Baffled are the badgers
While the beavers deem it heedless choking gophers unbeknownst to nosey beaks
.

There’s a yak out back waxing backs cracks and sacks

While combat wombats launch counter-attacks

The punch drunk skunks are clutching their junk

While the ferrets inherit a pheasant to clutch

.

There are terrapins developing a crush for blushing elephants

Touching up the skunks and the infernal funk is evident

Piglets in the twiglets with a thing for twitching cygnets

Cassowaries on safari making pass at Mata Hari

Knitting quips while sitting on their fences are the flies
As they vomit out their varnish just to tarnish the termites
.

Mother nature nurtured every wildflower foreseen
Empowered planet earth to do its worst and intervene
And while her methods may have been a little bit extreme
She certainly knew how to throw a party
.
Mother nature nurtured every wildflower foreseen
Empowered planet earth to do its worst and intervene
And while her methods may have been a little bit extreme
She certainly knew how to throw a party
(Party)
.

Mother nature nurtured every wildflower foreseen
Empowered planet earth to do its worst and intervene
And while her methods may have been a little bit extreme
She certainly knew how to throw a party
(Party)

.

Mother nature nurtured every wildflower foreseen
Empowered planet earth to do its worst and intervene
And while her methods may have been a little bit extreme
She certainly knew how to throw a party
.

Richard Charles Stevens

Keeper of The Crimson Quill

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