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VAS
Member Rara Avis
since 2000-11-16
Posts 7450
Oregon

0 posted 2014-10-19 06:12 PM



FROM BAD TO WORSE,
this awful verse

calling all runners
get your hot digs here
acting out your hero
set aside your fear

pick a crypt to idolize
lie beside your fave
look beyond mere existence
into a fab’lous grave

perhaps a 5k run
will hasten your demise
then you may have eternity
more quickly as your prize

with the lengthening of ages
cemetery’s in a funk
maybe running to your end’s
better than getting drunk

dancing like Bojangles
singing as Ethel Merman
tromping ‘round the yard
as Munster’s monster Herman

antics like Charlie Chaplin
falling as Buster Keaton
will halt the cemetery’s demise
lessening longevity’s cheatin’

©Virginia Salter
October 18, 2014
inspired by news article re. Peoria’s local cemetery’s 5k run
as they were trying to get people to buy their plots

Whether on the shoal or on the shore,
I'll seek the lighthouse evermore.

© Copyright 2014 Virginia Salter - All Rights Reserved
JerryPat2
Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975
South Louisiana
1 posted 2014-10-19 06:40 PM


Hah! You did well with the rhyming, Virginia. Plus the fact that every verse put a broader smile on my face.

If they give you ruled paper write sideways.

latearrival
Member Ascendant
since 2003-03-21
Posts 5499
Florida
2 posted 2014-10-20 12:48 PM


Virginia, A fun read. Enjoyed, Jo perry
VAS
Member Rara Avis
since 2000-11-16
Posts 7450
Oregon
3 posted 2014-10-20 04:08 AM


Thanks, you two! It was a lot of fun to write.

Whether on the shoal or on the shore,
I'll seek the lighthouse evermore.

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