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SILENT DEATH
Man! I've got a gassy dog,
a dauchund shaped just like a log,
who likes to lie about and fart.
He's got it right down to an art.
Silent but deadly is his way
(he could run a skunk away).
Maybe it's a sign he's older;
his gas has gotten worse and bolder.
All the walls are now off-white,
no longer are they pure and bright,
but we save on insecticide.
The bugs that don't die run and hide.
He can empty out a crowded room
quicker than the clap of doom
a methane type of tidal wave
enough to send you to your grave.
Sniff....well there he goes again,
so I'll hold my breath and strain
to get out another line
before I have to.............aaaaarrgh!
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weirdelf
Wed, 2012-02-22 23:46
Love it!
Not wussie at all and hilarious, yet with depth, yes, depth, he is nearing death and you have incorporated that sad fact so subtly. A fine poem.
cheers,
Jess
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scribbler
Wed, 2012-02-22 23:55
Hi Jess
If it makes you smile it achieved its goal lol. Just remembered I promised to post a social commentary poem. Reckon it'll have to wait for tomorrow now.............stan
scribbler
Thu, 2012-02-23 08:34
hi Mark
Just shows poetry can explode from anywhere lol...........stan
Nordic cloud
Thu, 2012-02-23 12:06
..a fun comic strip or short film.
And I have just written about a fart, from an old lady but the dog got the blame!!
You wag Stan, good fun.
Dachshund? We had one called Missy, or "Miss Otis....regrets she's unable to lunch today, Madame...etc" I know the character of them, darned independent and very loveable.
Would make a fun comic strip or short film.
Ann :)
"The image of yourself which you see in a mirror Is dead,
but the reflection of the moon on water, lives." Kenzan.
scribbler
Thu, 2012-02-23 16:39
Hi Ann
Our dog is named Oscar as in Oscar Meyer Weiner dog lol. Glad you got a chuckle..........stan
Candlewitch
Thu, 2012-02-23 13:20
Dear Stan,
He can empty out a room
quicker than the clap of doom
a methane type of tidal wave
enough to send you to your grave
my cats fart too! it is worst when they are in my lap and let one of those silent but deadly ones loose! It permiates the whole room! Phew...
good poem!
always, Cat
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scribbler
Thu, 2012-02-23 16:41
Hey Mark
Don't expect we'll have to wait too long for a gaseous cat poem...........stan
scribbler
Thu, 2012-02-23 16:40
Hello Cat
Cat litter boxes are bad enough without the gas addition lol...........stan
weirdelf
Thu, 2012-02-23 14:41
A Montey Python sketch
"Busy day! Just spent 3 hours burying the cat, silly thing wouldn't keep still, but I was was going on holiday to Tidbury and you would want to find a dead cat, would you?"
cheers,
Jess
A new workshop on the most important element of poetry-
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scribbler
Thu, 2012-02-23 16:43
LOL
That reminds me of a coffee table book I once read titled "100 things to do with a dead cat".........stan
jane210660
Wed, 2016-06-08 09:22
Hahaha
Hahaha
Your updating again. Just love it. I think I have your dog's brother here..... :-) Jxx
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scribbler
Wed, 2016-06-08 20:04
Hi
We just sold our house because the walls became permeated with odor lol. Just kidding. He was bad but not quite That bad lol...........stan