by No Bagles
and I do like it. I think I was just a little distracted by the overuse of --- dashes.
"grin the plaster of walls" Should that be off?
And this will give me something to think about for awhile:
What if ---
--- we are all a mistake
just ethereal spit,
a blob of seed dripping down
Valhalla's restroom wall ---
--- the undivine result
of an unknown deity's
premature ejaculation?
*no thermometer rating
the counterpoint between the physical and the philosophy. They enhance each other. Nice read.
*thermometer off
...loved this -- no two ways about it! (edit 'of' = 'off' in 2nd stanza.
Distracting in places? Yes. Engaging counterpoints? Yes. There's one line that keeps making me smile...
"adlib on a coin toss"
(Which, personally, could be a great title... for this, or something else!)