Friday, 26 June 2009

Recipe for Mischief

Ingredients

Me

Bulk

Hands

Smile

Symmetry

 

Target

Important

Serious

Ignoring

Focused

Folly, like writing, watching TV, cooking, talking.

 

Steps

 

Distract target by moving condiments to strange places.

Put salt in sugar. Balance vinegar on an edge.

Put pepper into kettle.

While target distracted by condiments, assail main folly

like scribble on paper, change channels, drop a few eggs, interrupt by singing.

Vibrate.

Look into eyes.

Say sorry.

Laugh.

Smile.

Sleep soundly.

 

6 comments:

  1. Thanks for taking my mind off my own problems for a moment. Nice poem.

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  2. When I read this, I am never sure if this is you or Andrew. Whichever one it is, thank you for making us smile. Have fun.

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  3. Wonderful, brought a smile to my face. Thank you for sharing.

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  4. wow! I really liked this :)

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  5. Some mornings, when I'm all alone in the house because everyone is away, I forget to smile on my own. Thank you for the prompt! :)

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