Quickie:
I can’t keep my eyes on the paper,
Startled to see I actually have a reflection.
(I always believed that rumor about vampires)
But my mirror seems to be working fine.
Wives make up weird tales.
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Peas Float In Soup
Boling water for my instant lunch,
Maruchan noodles with chicken flavoring,
painting my nails metallic blue,
forgetting how bad blue actually tastes.
Scratching off lottery tickets,
knowing good and well I can’t win.
My bills are overdue-
A complete understatement.
A dollar a load,
when did it get so expensive?
I’ll just wear the same jeans I wore yesterday.
Covering the holes in my carpet,
with old magazine subscriptions-
It’s not like I have company to invite over.
I throw spit balls at the television,
Good Morning America,
at least I have electricity this week.
I rummage through cardboard boxes
That I never unpacked,
Not hoping to stay very long.
Weeks turn into months
when the stock market does bad.
That’s the excuse that I tell myself every morning.
Manipulating telemarketers run through the phone lines,
at least it’s not the IRS at my door.
If they knew how much I owed
on my newly shredded credit card,
they’d flee as fast as Al Gore,
in his air-polluting jet.
Nine to five really isn’t so bad,
when you think of it as a job.
Sitting on the couch, eating cheap noodles,
and watching seventies reruns.
At least there’s a beer in the fridge.
Author notes
LOL I'm in one of those moods. (I bet 99.8% of you guys can think of someone just like this)
To the contest judge:
Ignore the quickie part. It was for a previous contest that I just can't bring myself to get rid of.
A contest entry
- Poems: Quickie and... not so much by Nicole Hanna.
600 points, ended March 14, 2007, 7 entries
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest - Your Best Poems by Lj-.
300 points, ended June 10, 2007, 36 entries
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
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Comments
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Wow
I know someone like this - maybe a few people. OH the reality of this write just makes it. Very very well done. Super imagery. I was IN that apartment helping put those old magazine subscriptions on the floor. Best of luck. This is really an excellent piece.
I loved the quickie!
~Pamela
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I like the quickie part, definitely leave it.
Cool thoughts here. Love the reality.
'Luck to you. -
Oh hell yeah, I AM one minus the beer. I hate beer. LMAO I got a giggle out of this. It wasn't funny ha-ha, but it was definitely tongue-in-cheek, which I always enjoy seeing. Thanks for that.
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