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Robert E. Jordan
Member Rara Avis

since 2008-01-25

Posts 8541
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

0 posted 2009-03-17 10:37 PM

Bones has this
shop teacher
at high school.

The shop teacher
has a weird, perverted
sense of humor.

Bones despises him.
Of course,
Bones despises all teachers,
and he hopes they despise him.

The shop teacher
has a little hand crank
magneto.

He hooks it up to
two long copper tubes.

He has his shop students line up,
holding one of the copper tubes
in each of their hands.

The shop teacher turns the crank.

One by one,
the students stop holding
the copper tubes.

Finally, only Bones remains.
Bones isn’t going to let go.
He’s not going to let
this creep beat him.

The teach gives up,
and stops turning the crank.

He tells Bones
that Bones is crazy,
and someday,
Bones is going to get
in real trouble,
and hurt himself.

Bones just smirks.

Bobby

Marchmadness
Member Rara Avis

since 2007-09-16

Posts 9271
So. El Monte, California

1 posted 2009-03-18 12:30 PM

Sounds like Bones is not the only crazy one here.
Ida

moonbeam

Member Elite

since 2005-12-24

Posts 2356

2 posted 2009-03-18 06:18 AM

Robert

Your poems always interest and provoke me. You write simply and well.

You'd like Simon Armitage I think. His "Very Simply Topping up the Brake Fluid" reminds me of this a little in its converstaional style.

Thanks.

M

Robert E. Jordan
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since 2008-01-25

Posts 8541
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

3 posted 2009-03-18 01:54 PM

Thanks dear Ida,

Let's remember, Bones is my alter ego, and he's not crazy.

I wasn't about to let that shop teacher beat me.

Love Bobby

Robert E. Jordan
Member Rara Avis

since 2008-01-25

Posts 8541
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

4 posted 2009-03-18 01:58 PM

Thanks Moonbeam,

I'll have to try out Simon Armitage. I'm not familiar with his work.

I'm pleased that you like the way I write. That's very kind of you.

Bobby

suthern

Member Seraphic

since 1999-07-29

Posts 20723
Louisiana

5 posted 2009-03-19 02:22 PM

Little did the teacher know that Bones could have taught the class if pain was on the curriculum!!

Marc-Andre
Senior Member

since 2008-12-07

Posts 501

6 posted 2009-03-19 02:32 PM

Bobby, in my opinion, this one rates among your best pieces. The narrative is engaging. And I sure can empathise with these lines:

Bones despises him.
Of course,
Bones despises all teachers,
and he hopes they despise him.

Mark

Robert E. Jordan
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since 2008-01-25

Posts 8541
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

7 posted 2009-03-19 03:53 PM

Thanks dear Suthern,

What you say is very true.

I never thought of it that way, however what that teacher was dishing out was really small potatoes.

Love Bobby

Robert E. Jordan
Member Rara Avis

since 2008-01-25

Posts 8541
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

8 posted 2009-03-19 03:55 PM

Thanks Mark,

I'm very pleased that you enjoyed the poem, and that you can empathise with those lines.

It's good to know that Bones is not alone.

Bobby

ethome
Member Patricius

since 2000-05-14

Posts 11858
New Brunswick Canada

9 posted 2009-03-20 07:10 PM

Bones already knows about real trouble more than teach knows so that's not gonna bother him.
He is tough all the same. Those cranks can dish out some unpleasant voltage.

Eric

Robert E. Jordan
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since 2008-01-25

Posts 8541
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

10 posted 2009-03-20 07:31 PM

Thanks Eric,

You have that right. I remember gritting my teeth, but I beat the creep.

Thanks for the kind words on Bones.

Bobby

Bill Charles
Member Patricius

since 2000-07-11

Posts 10619
highways, & byways, for now

11 posted 2009-03-21 12:20 PM

Bobby - I like Bones, he stands his ground and seems to know something about himself...

BC

Robert E. Jordan
Member Rara Avis

since 2008-01-25

Posts 8541
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

12 posted 2009-03-21 12:22 PM

Thanks Bill,

For the more than kind words on Bones. Bones told me to tell you, that your one of his pals.

Bobby

2islander2
Member Ascendant

since 2008-03-12

Posts 6825
by the sea

13 posted 2009-03-21 04:40 AM

Hi Bobby, I am a teacher and I don't despise Bones, thanks for the interesting poem.

regards

yann

Robert E. Jordan
Member Rara Avis

since 2008-01-25

Posts 8541
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

14 posted 2009-03-21 08:58 AM

Thanks Yann,

I'm pleased that you don't despise Bones. Many teachers do.

You might be one of the rare good ones that are on Bones side. I hope so.

Bobby

Earth Angel
Member Empyrean

since 2002-08-27

Posts 40215
Realms of Light

15 posted 2009-03-21 09:21 AM

Hmm, who's the teacher, here? Methinks Bones taught him a lesson instead of the other way around!!!

Linda

Robert E. Jordan
Member Rara Avis

since 2008-01-25

Posts 8541
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

16 posted 2009-03-21 09:39 AM

Thanks dear Linda,

Yes, this is one that Bones won. It was a constant war of us against them.

Love Bobby

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