April 10, 2009

• A Silly Poem

  Background: I came across this today and was going to toss it out. It wasn’t completed, and rather silly, but my husband liked its sort of “slice of life” quality and encouraged me to finish it. I rather like the way it turned out, although it is still…well… silly.

  Revenge

  There it sat on the ledge of the deck
  a can of soda
  cool and refreshing
  waiting to be picked up
  and drained of its nectar

  as I reached for its
  bubbly effervescence
  a bee landed
  on the aluminum surface
  dipping its body
  in the sweet brown liquid

  I cursed at my misfortune
  and waited for it to scurry
  as I stewed in my thirst
  and it flew, finally satiated
  the little body heavy
  with sugary carbonation

  there was a hum and a slice
  of air molecules being parted
  and a gratifying THWACK
  of plastic meeting wood
  The thief was dead
  and my revenge satisfied

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