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"Bourbon Street Blues"

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"Thank God, the Mardi Gras is over
and all the tourists have gone home.
It feels so good to just relax
and spend some time alone."

"I'll have a cup of coffee
with two packs of Sweet 'n Low.
I'd love to light a cigarette
but, 'No Smoking' now, I know."

"Hey Harry! How is Betty?
I haven't seen her since the flood.
I heard she moved to Waco Texas.
Her place was mired in the mud."

"My wife went to the doctor;
She has a real bad cough.
Her health insurance really sucks
and she's getting so pissed off."

"I've been working double shifts,
trying to save a little money.
I want to leave this town so bad,
it really isn't funny."

 

"I don't need no more Katrina's;

I'm just so tired of all this crap.

All the sandbags and the flooding;

I'll pick a high place on the map."

 

"Maybe, I will move up north;

I was thinking New York State.

I'd leave this town tomorrow,

but it's so tough to relocate."


"I'm not getting any younger;
I've got cramping in my legs.
I'll have another cup of coffee
and fry me up some ham 'n eggs!"

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Write A poem about this picture I took.... words seem to fail me. by artis
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  • artis
    September 4, 2008

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    In some small magic way you took me into the very thoughts of one of these men partaking of a late night repast, served piping hot, with the cold shadows of another past they would rather not replay.

    it is not easy being a resident in a tourist attraction town, where you are always studied as one of the locals, by the crazies who visit and get far more local then you'd ever wish to see in your own backyard. Great write..Thanks for your entry.~~Artis


  • Shancy Fayre
    September 1, 2008
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    A good poet. A good poem. I enjoyed your rhyme and rhythm immensly. Shancy.


  • toomysterious
    August 22, 2008

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    Lyrical and so true to current situations, this does indeed compliment the picture. Good luck in the contest.


  • Samplette gold member
    August 22, 2008

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    A wonderful take on the picture. I would think many people feel this way after what they have been through. Great write. Best to you in the contest.
    Sam

  • Bad Bill
    August 22, 2008

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    Oh, I really like this mixture of humour and seriousness, with its narrative flow and good rhyming.
    I guess the cramping in your legs, though, may be due to eating too many high cholesterol fried ham and egg breakfasts, lol!

    Good one,
    Bill


  • daviscth silver member
    August 22, 2008
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    BRILLIANT!!!

    What a great take on this picture. Good luck....

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