The magazine ad read “Get a metal detector today!”
With a photo of big diamond rings in somebody’s hand.
It said I could become a modern-day treasure hunter
By finding stuff some poor slobs lost in the sand.
It sounded good to me so I grabbed the phone to order
Until a memory from youth returned to my mind's eye
Of an old man at the beach who we used to laugh at.
I swore then I'd never be "the metal detector guy."
It also seemed very vulture-like but then I thought,
"Somebody has to find all that stuff. Why not me?”
So I sent in my money and eagerly waited its arrival.
Gold fever had struck me. Oh, how rich I would be!
When it arrived, I rushed to the beach with my new toy.
That was a year ago, and it has been anything but fun.
All I gained was severe back pain from all the digging
And a beer bottle cap collection that is second to none!
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This Is very good, thanks for your entry,
Good luck in the contest
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LOL! I really love this story. I think it must be true to be written so well. Nice rhyme scheme to it.
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Funny
Well I haven't got time to tell you why I think this is funny. However this should sum in up - My father in laws business before he retired was JJ Metal Detectors!!
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I'm not even a good beach comber, Mark. I like to be near the water, to walk feeling the wind and listening to the music of the sea, but I've never even spotted one unbroken sand dollar. I like leaving the sea to her treasures.
Maybe the caps are interesting, though. My husband has collected a few old glass coke bottles.
The poem is really a smile, though. It teaches wisdom born of experience and some sore muscles.
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Actually, I have a cheap metal detector that I bought at a garage sale but have never used, other than finding nails in my lawn so nobody steps on them. I don't have a bottle cap collection, either. This poem kind of just popped in there. I do want to get a strong detector and go treasure hunting sometime, though. If you google metal detector and see some of the crazy things people find, it's pretty exciting. I can see how people can get hooked. lol
Thanks for reading. I have printed out your latest prose pieces and am looking forward to relaxing with them.
M
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