Watching the waves come and go on the beach
I sit back and pop open a Corona
I slip my flip flops off and
sink my feet into the sand
Slowly I drift off
Only to awaken with a thud to my head
I squint my eyes to see a little girl
with a big yellow ball.
Quickly she runs off
I feel my feet getting hot
"Where the hell are my flip flops?"
I run through the hot sand looking for the little girl
with the yellow ball and asking people,
The old woman with the leather skin, the man in his speedos,
the pregnant woman with the 5 kids, the zaftig woman in a bikini
But to no avail
Finally I give up and I run through the fires of the sand
back to my spot
Low and behold in my spot is the yellow ball,
but no little girl
With a smile on my face, I sit down, pop open another corona
and wonder
"Where the hell are my flip flops?"
Author notes
Written August 6th, 2006
In a list
A contest entry
- FUNNY FUNNY FUNNY by Janice M Pickett.
400 points, ended September 21, 2007, 11 entries
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
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Comments
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That was really fun to enjoy!
Loved this background you chose too... it doesn't appear
to matter what genre you write there is much earth a
strong soul in your writes. I loved those people on the
beach, and I agree, it is an interesting community, and
I always lose on thong! usually I'm by a river...and
it's on the way to the Grand Canyon by the time i discover it gone!
loved it!
ears2hearyou
Kathleen : ))
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lol..this is great...got me smiling and wondering where the hell did the flipflop go!
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Oh This is great. Thanks for submitting it.
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haha. this is pretty funny. I like it. haha. you did a good job writing it. nice laugh... lol. keep up your good work!
Crimson -
Very funny! Is there anything more important walking thru hot beach sand than flip-flops? I think not. But, even tho you didn't find them, at least you had the cold Corona to comfort you! Great read ... thanks for sharing this one!
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this was cool and funny good write, i would be critical, but i havn't got nothing too say
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This happens to me all the time. I think grabbing another carona is the answer to it all. I like this
it is descriptive and yet pleasant a nice read
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SO CUTE!
This is what a beautiful day at the beach is all about.
Just maybe that little girl ran off with your flip-flops? 
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Very Very Funny!!
Thank goodness for blow up beach balls...
for if that was a basketball...
There would be more than a thud
Thinking of Corona...You just made me thirsty
This reminded me of those Corona commercials where the
couple is just relaxing their cares away...
and the lime poking through the neck of the bottle..
sigh....snaps back to reality....
Flip flop-slip offs....The sand was calling your
pretty toes to dig right in
Thank you for sharing this piece!!
Very funny
See, I am still laughing
Many blessings to YOU
Best wishes too
and much love~ Desire~*~
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Weird haha. <3 but good.
haha cute and entertaining. I like it. Go buy some new flip flops or something. haha. -
very entertaining, left me wanting to find out more about the little girl, and what eventually happened to the flip flops. Well done, very enjoyable.
Rory -
Things could have worked out lots worse, rather than taking your flip flops the little girl could have stolen your Corona. All aside, I liked the light hearted tone of this write and the airy texture of the composition. It cheered me up. Thanks.
Rainbows,
~RJ~ -
great read
love the beach
very humorous
great read -
A day at the beach...gotta love it. Amusing and insightful.
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lol this is very funny and extremly vivid....I can see this perfectly...where are those dang flip flops? The girl's wearing them to play dress up
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Love it, I hate it when I lose my flip-flops at the beach! Nothing worse that hot sand on the feet!
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That was wonderful! Well wrrtien, my friend. You seem to be able to write anything. Kinda reminds me of myself in way. LOL! Tropicalpunch is correct when they wrote, ' The title was VERY eye catching and the poem itself was humorus and cute.' I like this one. Keep penning, my friend! Love and hugs...
~Donna~ -
This was a great poem. The title was VERY eye catching and the poem itself was humorus and cute. Great write, thanks for sharing!
--Jeni -
well penned
keep on writing
i love flipflops
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This is so cute and funny. Brings me right to the beach, and even under the whole humor of this there seems to be a tone of consciousness for society. Kinda funny! ♥ Tink
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very nice. maybe not as funny as you would have liked but losing your flip flops does bring memories of my own and makes me giggle. the little girl was very sweet
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Very descriptive. I live on Lake Michigan and you have so perfectly described the beach goers. Your poem has a story feel to it. I love it! Peace be with you.
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Light-hearted with a soft touch
This is light hearted, but it wasn't over funny. I loved the soft aurora, with the little girl. The details wern't over done, nor were they so little you had to imagin everything. I did however get these images when i read your poem, it was like i was acxtually there. And it was a wonderful get away. Great poem, look forward to reading more poems like this one.
Autumn
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After i read it the first time I decided to pop a corona and put on my speedos. Suddenly it all made sense to me. This is pretty funny. You did a good job on this one.
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hahaha,, nice and sure is humorous ^-^ liked it very much indeed.. brings a smile uppon ur face :^^ lovely
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i loved this--it made me smile...."the pregnant women with the five kids...."--i saw it all so vividly in my mind....lol....marvelous work!! g'day and peace....:]
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Lighthearted and fun.
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ha ha this is cute, i found it enjoyable.
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