Metaphor Admirers Gifts

I don't know when they're letting me out of the joint, man.

"Let that worm go."

Reading my Critics

Why we need poetry. . .

Meat Grinder

'WD-40 un-sticks things that should move and duct tape makes things that shouldn't move, stop.'

Race track - with the race being to apply the white lines between lanes

"Puss in cement boots"

Nails pinning down the hammer that usually strikes them.

'Hello Colin, I'm Arthur, any idea what all the fuss is about?'

"He was a big man, but he moved like a cat."

Man selling 'pearls of wisdom'.

'I'd put it on the back burner, but the stove's been repossessed.'

"We had a brainstorm - I hope it's a brainchild."

'When I said I would move mountains for you, it was just a figure of speech!'

When Tia Carmen says... "A smooth sea never made a skilled mariner" it means "I can fix it with a hammer."

Out of control

"See what you get for thinking outside the fishbowl!"

"My God! There goes middle management."

"You know what I think, babe? Seven on the Richter scale."

"And I suppose you forgot to bring home the milk."

"Honestly, I thought you were a metaphor."

A Poem about Sand

'Are we watching business news or sports news?'

"Good news. You know that elephant in the room we never talk about? He's now in the other room."

Naming that Impala

"Do you have a shoe for roaming and prowling?"

Rats deserting a sinking ship

"I'm the bluebird of low expectations."

Sharp Eyes

'I don't suppose I need to remind anyone that when I use the term 'bite the bullet,' I mean it metaphorically.'

'Are those physical or metaphorical thunderclouds moving in.'

'Stick and Carrot Business Incentive Consultants.'

"Naturally you have trouble getting in touch with your innermost feelings. You're a hollow choclate bunny."

"I'm more interested in hearing about the eggs you're hiding from yourself."