Naughty Little Rose

I stopped to smell the roses
and a thorn stabbed me in the nose
Then an angry bee  flew up my shorts
And left me dancin on my toes
I started running for my doorstep
Sting ointment was my desparate need
But i tripped going up the steps
And it gave me bloody knees
My nose was bleeding profusely
The bee stinging me you know where
I was screaming like a wild banshee
Who was caught up in a snare
I went through the door in a mad frenzy
My wife saw my wild-eyed stare
She heard my screams of agony
Then she laughed like she didnt care
I bolted for the bathroom
I spread the ointment tween my thighs
I showered the blood off my knees and nose
Then i slipped and blackened both my eyes.
Theres a moral to my story
A life lesson very true,
When you stop to smell the roses
Maybe the roses are smelling you.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2013


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Date: 11/20/2013 8:05:00 PM
Hello Carl, you send a very good message here... , Congratulations on your win ~xox~ LINDA
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Date: 11/17/2013 10:55:00 PM
Wow u placed 1st in d contest! Dis sure is a scintillating poem! Many congrats carl!
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Date: 11/16/2013 6:07:00 PM
This write of your made me laugh out loud, and being true makes it twice as funny. Sorry for the pain you endured but it paid off by winning a 1st place win. Tell me Carl do you still smell roses? Awesome write and win! Hugs
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Date: 11/16/2013 8:06:00 AM
congrats on your win.
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Date: 11/15/2013 8:39:00 PM
This is my No.1. The theme of the contest was "Lessons in life are funny". I think your poem is very funny and there is lesson or moral to it which you spell out so it satisfies both requirements very well. I have viewed the others. Most are funny but I am left wondering what is the lesson in them. Congratulations!
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Carl Fraser
Date: 11/16/2013 1:25:00 AM
Thankyou John, i appreciate it, Carl
Date: 11/15/2013 6:36:00 PM
Oh my. I'm going to more careful in my garden. Great win. Congratulations. Love, Joyce
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Date: 11/15/2013 2:46:00 PM
Crazy, Carl. Creative and entertaining. Congrats!
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Date: 11/15/2013 6:55:00 AM
Congrats on your win.
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Date: 11/15/2013 4:37:00 AM
- Congrats on your fine win, Carl. - Have a great weekend.- oxox // Anne-Lise :)
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Date: 11/15/2013 4:12:00 AM
Congrats on the win, Carl
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Date: 11/14/2013 11:53:00 PM
this is FANTASTIC. BIG congrats on your win.
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Date: 11/12/2013 10:14:00 PM
Hahaha. Quite an ordeal you've described here. Humor poetry does it for me and this is it. Nice one, Carl. Licia :-)
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Carl Fraser
Date: 11/12/2013 10:32:00 PM
thanks licia, never did catch the bee, thanks for droppin by,Carl
Date: 11/10/2013 5:38:00 PM
Sounds like a rough day. Thanks for the laugh, sorry to laugh at your pain. They do say laughter is the best medicine but that probably won't help your tender bits.
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Carl Fraser
Date: 11/10/2013 5:42:00 PM
NP Richard, i laugh at myself all the time, thanks for reading my friend, Carl
Date: 11/10/2013 4:24:00 PM
what a humorous write, this one was fun to read, though I am sure a bee sting in certain places aren't as much fun...nicely penned :)
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Carl Fraser
Date: 11/10/2013 4:28:00 PM
Thanks for your kind comments Sandra, was just in one of those whimsical moods
Date: 11/10/2013 3:18:00 PM
- Carl, really nice to read. - That who is also a pleasure ..... that you take the time to smell the roses ... a bee sting.. survive most people :))) - A beautiful poem! - oxox // Anne-Lise :)
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Carl Fraser
Date: 11/10/2013 3:48:00 PM
Thanks so much Anne for taking time to read. Always nice to hear from you. Hope your week end is going well. Blessings Carl
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