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.

 

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6 comments:

  1. Vérité Parlant 14 November 2009 at 18:41

    LOL. Amusing. Thank you.

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  2. Anonymous14 January 2010 at 02:08

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

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  3. Unknown5 June 2010 at 02:59

    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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  4. Christena Hammes19 December 2010 at 02:56

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

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  5. Denise14 May 2011 at 01:58

    wow! I really liked this :)

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  6. Louise Gallagher19 August 2011 at 13:03

    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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