A Thousand Pounds Of . . .
©copyright 2005 Bonita M Quesinberry, R.C.
At eighteen I'd landed a job with the city of L. A.
working steady in their purchasing department.
Ev'ry day I could type a hundred-twenty words per minute,
quickly churning out orders without one lament.
Very soon, though, it was time for me to return to Texas;
so, on that last day I prepared my last request:
a tasty breakfast item for the local jail's prisoners.
Ah, hot oatmeal with toast makes a bad day the best.
Two weeks later, I received my final paycheck with a note;
seems I left behind my boss and friends in stitches,
for I had purchased a whopping thousand pounds of rolled CATS.
Even the inmates almost peed in their britches!
Author notes
I still haven't figured out how I hit a C, when the O is on the opposite side of the keyboard! 
Oh, well, breakfast surely would have been interesting. Now that I think of it, though, it could have been that French typewriter-- something got lost in the translation?
In a list
A contest entry
- Tell us the story (In rhyme) by cricketjeff.
3500 points, ended March 28, 67 entries
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
As the Lord says, "Laughter is medicine to the bones." There is humor in everything, if we look for it!
Comments
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Hoodwinked!
This made me laugh. I too wonder how you hit the wrong button, unless subconsciously you just didn't want to go and wanted to leave a legacy
I'm sorry for the late hoodwink, life has had me all caught up!
Glad to be here to comment, better late than never!
Shari
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Woah!
This is just what I needed to see! Rolled cats! That's a whoot. 
As 'they' say...truth is stranger than fiction! 
Thanks for this. You're good at these story poems. 
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Thank you for your entry in the contest. An unusual and quite funny little tale of one small typing error, I dread to think what may have happened had it been something else.
All the best in the contest.
Sue and Jeff
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LOLz
That's a lot of cats! About 130 or so...
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Maybe the ribbon was worn and it just appeared to be a C instead of an O. I've seen it happen on typewriters. Now on computers I have only me to blame for my wandering fingers. Was well worth the read, we all need a good laugh. Thanks for writing this.
Rose
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This is a very cute piece of poetry, you got some fast hands
I found this poem very humourous.
thanks for sharing, best to you in all you do.
Tony
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ha ha ha
funny ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- lifes little funnies - wtg SisBon - BroJoe --------- hugssssssssss
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hmmmmmmm
Maybe you just wanted them to have Chinese food hee hee. Maybe it was for Chinese triple delight. Persian, siamese and alley cat. A cute story that made me chuckle
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This is a slander on the Chinese community who do NOT eat cats. Dogs yes (very tasty, espcially poodle), rats yes (surprisngly tender), cats no.
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http://www.buzzle.com/articles/cats-on-the-menu-in-china-drawing-the-ire-of-pet-lovers.html
http://blogs.catster.com/the-cats-meow-a-cat-and-kitten-blog/cats-in-china-are-on-the-menu-and-in-the-media/2009/01/06/
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081219/ap_on_re_as/as_china_cat_protest;_ylt=AppmvgrBa_Hb7KbCXxFAH5rZn414
http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/us_world/NATL-Pet-Lovers-Protest-Cat-Meat-on-the-Menu-in-China.html
need more? I am well traveled to 24 countries and have seen this
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