"Life is the dancer and you are the dance."
Eckhart Tolle

Monday, May 10, 2010

"Your box" We Write Poems prompt #1 boxes

I think I’ll put myself in a box

Tie it with a big red bow

Call the postman to pick me up

Take me overseas to your retreat

Arrival on Saturday of next to never

When I pop out with my butcher knife

You will be so happy to see me

Won’t you sugar?

Carve you up in fine little pieces

Ship you back in a small box to my dreary loft

Along with the nameless others to keep you company

All in a row lovely boxes

Streams gyrate into rivers and empty into the sea

22 comments:

  1. "All in a row lovely boxes." Oh my! A very unique response to the prompt, Pamela! What did Sugar do to deserve this dastardly end?

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  2. Ha! Marianne he was a very bad boy!
    Pamela

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  3. oh i like these keepsakes.....

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  4. OOOh.. love the ending... are you looking for more boxes?

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  5. Thinking about it ;) This idea came from a song by Lou Reed "The Gift". Thanks.
    Pamela

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  6. That was great! Gross, but great! Love the use of "butcher knife" and "lovely" in the same poem.

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  7. Thanks mypoeticlicense. I appreciate that.
    Pamela

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  8. Ah ha ha ha ha! Got what they deserved the villains! This is awesome, I love it!

    The last line is my favorite.
    Exquisite. Thanks for the smile that still cracks my face in half! ~Brenda

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  9. No problem Brenda anytime. Thanks.
    Pamela

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  10. Pamela--This is awesome! I imagine Sugar was quite, quite naughty to deserve this!!! You have some great lines in this poem..."arrival on Saturday of next to never" and the last two.

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  11. Robin,
    Thanks. I loved your poem. And yes he was very bad indeed.
    Pamela

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  12. As I was reading this I thought of that very song, though you gave it a unique twist. I love the last line too.

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  13. Pamela, this is lethal humour. It's funny, disturbing and slightly surreal. Bad bad boy!--Irene

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  14. Love the humor- great interpretation!

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  15. Francis,
    Yeah the guy's name in the song was Waldo Jeffers. But I added a twist. Thanks.
    Pamela

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  16. Irene,
    Thanks for saying so. He was very bad!
    Pamela

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  17. Patti,
    Thanks for commenting. You gotta take care of the bad boys.;)
    Pamela

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  18. This poem is sweet and disturbing at the same time. Your last line gives an interesting and surreal twist to the whole thing.

    -Nicole

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  19. Thanks Nicole I enjoyed yours as well.
    Pamela

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  20. the great Lou Reed and a Fxxxxxg dirty postman...well I take my chances with Lou Reed...I think...or maybe.....hmmmm....anyways awsome Pam

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  21. Wayne,
    Thanks my friend. I love Lou Reed and that song "The Gift" was my inspiration here. I just gave it a twist.
    Pamela

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