December 26, 2007
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Geese, neighbor’s winter yard decoration
My poetry group has an assignment to write a poem with Sculpt, Espresso, Bleed, Pearl, Wave, A breathing related verb, Any necropolis, An unusual color, A type of animal and A type of tree.
The Office Fox
She gulps heavy espresso
from her burnt orange cup
embossed with “Visit Greenwood Cemetery”
until sounds of her wheezing cough
blankets the entire office.Co-workers call her “The Fox”
who drops pearls of insanity
with her brisk steps from place to place.
She trusts each will roll across
hardwood floor tilesand spread waves of hilarity
from cubicle to cubicle.Her boss studies the sculpt
of her breasts, noticing each bounce of her ampleness.
In his fantasy he wishes her tethered
to his heavy oak desk as she bleeds her
craziness only for him.Okay, okay, so I am stretching a good deal to work in the requirements.
Comments (15)
I really like it. Stretch away Vex, it works. Hope your holidays were merry and bright. Happy New Year!
I think you did amazingly well. Paints quite a picture, that is for sure! Would be interesting to see what the others in your group come up with. Cheers!
hey vex: I live and work in Davis, Ca. Right downtown. Are they heading here for the university?
i gotta tell ya, my boss doesn’t ‘notice’ the sculpt of my breasts (she’s a woman…
)~ but i gotta tell ya i love this stanza for sure
Her boss studies the sculpt
of her breasts, noticing each bounce of her ampleness.
In his fantasy he wishes her tethered
to his heavy oak desk as she bleeds her
craziness only for him.
perhaps only because i fantasize that smallish japanese men (who are my supervisors or even higher) might find the fullness of ME enough to make them wonder about the joys of the western world…
aha… so you have captured, in a round about way, one of my very own fantasies…
and oh, btw… i’ve not been tethered to anyone’s desk……. lately
ROFLMAO!!!
alas, you have gone and done it again… made me think far too much about a few short stanzas…
*ahem*
oh my! made me laugh……not bad, but yes a stretch…..not bad, but really not your best! Not sure I would want to work at that office! amaZing people we are.
You did well to stay on theme with that combination. I am not sure I could have done that in such a visual way. You did leave out geese, though…..JK
Oh my… you may get censers calling on you!
have a great day Bill!
I am back and here is my offering: I do not know why it is in different styles of type???
The shore accepted, then released a tired sigh
As the wave of magnificent beauty, and symmetry
Began to bleed and wash across the iridescent coral orange beach
Back to the land of its origin released eons ago.
The wave made good on its promise to sculpt from the shoreline,
A cold and briny graveyard filled with bones of whales and mariners’ skeletons,
Punctuated with a collection of splintered mahogany driftwood; aged to espresso black.
The renegade wave returns from a trip around the world.
Cool yard decoration!
“Bleeds her craziness” Please keep that! Great line.
ha ha that was great. I didn’t know half the things you were assigned. I would flunk your poetry group. RYC: Really!!!!!!! I am going to check that out for sure.
A stretch? No way! This was great! I can picture the scene perfectly.
Hi my friend, I’m sorry I have not been around much. I thak you for yoru visit and to answer your question I upgraded from a Canon 30D to a 40D and the lens I use for birding is the Canon 100-400L lens, a bit of a tough lens to use in low light but it can really sing when you get to know it and use it properly. While I’m hear I am want to say that your poem is fanatstic as is much of your work and I wish you a very good New year for 2008!
This is great Bill…you stretch rather nicely
this one made me smile big – I love the pearls of insanity.