Words Are Also Like

Thorin N. Tatge

To “Words Are Like” by They Might Be Giants

Words are like

A box of salt

A treasure vault

A malt

Words are like

A little boy

A viceroy

A toy

Words are like

A space cadet

A healthy sweat

A fighter jet

A pet

Words are like

A trampoline

A shade of green

A magazine

A queen

Words are like

A tin of Spam

A diaphragm

A lamb

Words are like…

A sewage plant

An angry rant

An ant

Words are like

A radio

A picture show

An Oreo

A crow

Words are like…

A kangaroo

A city zoo

A tube of glue

A shoe

Words are like

A wrecking ball

A shopping mall

A wall

Words are like

A tool of speech

A rocky beach

A peach

Words are like

A rabid bat

A messy flat

A welcome mat

A gnat

Words are like

A crumb of bread

The living dead

A letterhead

A sled

Words are like

A living room

A hecatomb

A broom

Words are like

A block of cheese

A pair of threes

A breeze

Words are like…

The time of day

A house of clay

A bad soufflé

A tray

Words are like…

An ampersand

A helping hand

A pile of sand

A gland.