Late with
this week's prompt as well, because yesterday was an abnormally packed Saturday here at Casa Jaquandor: we got up freakishly early (for a Saturday, anyway) to drive ninety minutes for a pancake breakfast, and then I had to grocery shop, and do two loads of laundry, and put away all of those groceries (which included dividing the 6.5-lb package of ground beef into 8-oz portions for the freezer), finishing a book that I need to review (and for which I started the day with more than 300 pages left to read), and...taking a nap or two. So I didn't get
any of the writing done yesterday that I wanted to.
This week's prompt is to write a poem using the prompt. And Jenny specifically says, "The rhyming kind", so I can't just whip off a nice bit of blank verse, either. (Nothing wrong with blank verse -- I love me some blank verse, and I find it a lot harder to write something that's not awful poetry in blank verse than a lot of people suppose is the case.) I toyed with notions for a sonnet, but...well, one idea just bobbled to the top and stayed there, so here it is. A couplet.
Epitaph for the Stupid Kid
"I'm not a chicken and I know it!"
And he did a stupid thing to show it.
I actually published this with a different second line originally, but then ten minutes later I realized I should change it, so I did. In the first version I specifically said what the stupid thing the kid did was; it occurred to me that it's best left to the imagination as to what dumb-assed thing he might do to prove his bravado that ended up being his epitaph.
ReplyDeleteI like it, and that you left it up to the imagination:@)
ReplyDeleteWhat a great use of the prompt. And I like that you left it to our imagination. Just what did that boy do? Reminds me of a saying around here "What are a redneck's last words? Watch this!" Hope you have a more relaxing Sunday! Kat
ReplyDeleteWas this kid in the latest "Jackass" movie? VERY clever take on the prompt!
ReplyDeleteI like this. Reminds me of those stupid reality TV shows and teenage videos today.
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Short and sweet! I like it! Nice job this week!
ReplyDeleteGood job ! Wish I had thought of that...I struggled with this poem...sometimes less is more !!!
ReplyDeleteWhat did he do?
ReplyDeleteGood one!~Ames
Less is more!
ReplyDeleteBrilliant! Bravo! Encore!
ReplyDeleteOh wait! No encore! This was perfectly brief!
You are so cool.