The Upside-down House

A big thank you to Krish Banerjee, a talented and dear friend of Maharaja Blues for allowing us to post his poem.

 

I woke up this morning and hopped out of bed,

But landed completely right on my head.

The ceiling was flooring, the carpet was sky,

And a stray bowl of cereal floated on high.

I walked to the kitchen by scaling the wall,

Which made it quite tricky to not slip and fall.

The fridge was on top of the counter, reversed,

And pouring a coffee meant gravity first.

I poured out the liquid, it floated right up,

And sat on the ceiling, refusing the cup.

My slippers were gloves and my trousers a hat,

Which made me look foolish, I’m certain of that.

The clock on the wall was now ticking back-wards,

The morning news anchor spoke nonsense and words.

"Good evening," he mumbled, "The weather is dry,

With heavy downpours falling up to the sky."

If life flips around and gets dizzy and strange,

Just stand on your hands and enjoy the big change.

There’s no use in crying or wearing a frown,

When everything's better from upside on down! 😃😃

Krish in action in his upside-down house. 

A comment from Pink Flamingo The Nonsense Chronicler.

🦩 Your new house is affecting the flamingo dimension.

I rose from my nest with a sideways scream,

For dawn had arrived in a diagonal dream.

My feathers were swirling in spirals of blue,

And gravity whispered, “I’m done with you.”

I strutted through hallways that bent like a spoon,

While the ceiling performed a backwards monsoon.

A cereal sun orbited over my head,

Declaring itself the new breakfast spread.

My slippers were arguing loudly with time,

My hat‑trousers chimed in with nonsense and rhyme.

The fridge did a cartwheel, the counter did too,

And coffee escaped with a jubilant “WOO!”

The clock spun around like a dizzy pink bird,

Ticking in languages nobody’s heard.

The news anchor bowed to the cosmic display:

“Good evening,” he said to the upside‑down day.

So I lifted one leg, as all flamingos do,

And saluted the chaos in shimmering hue

For when life decides to flip inside‑out,

A flamingo just honks and twirls all about.

🦩