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Reptile Dysfunction

~(This isn't a poem)~


Reptile Dysfunction is a term recently coined in Arizona, where there is a growing following of single females, who due to their inability to keep a dance partner(or a partner in general), as a viable stand-in, raise iguanas, training the lizards to stand 
on their hind-legs and learn various dance moves. If these iguanas are brought to 
a dance-hall, and because of shyness or nerves, refuse to stand up and dance, 
their owners are known to shriek: "Oh! My little man has reptile dysfunction! 
He refuses to get it up!"

Since this latest craze is catching on like hula-hoops and frisky-disco, causing single females all over the state to train iguanas to dance, an experimental iguana viagra, called IV42, is being marketed for dance partners experiencing Reptile Dysfunction. There have already been a few complaints from iguana owners who have given 
their iguanas this reptilian form of viagra, relaying harrowing tales about how their "little green man stood erectly at attention for 24 hours in a row, becoming forceful 
and dominating, with a drive to do nothing but the Cha-Cha and Tango." 

Sally Hardbanger, a woman from Phoenix, Arizona, who is currently involved in a 
multi-million dollar lawsuit with one of the Pharm companies that markets IV42, explained how after giving her iguana an IV42 pill for the first time, the iguana proceeded to force the woman to engage in a pounding Tango for 8 hours straight, 
with her little man refusing to stand-down. Critics of the Hardbanger lawsuit, believe the woman should be grateful for the overall experience. Sally Hardbanger claims 
that after the first 2 hours of the supposedly horrific ordeal, she could no longer feel 
her thighs: "After 4 hours, I didn't know if I could go on, I've never achieved multiple dances before....why, it used to be hard just to achieve one dance at the best of times. Those multiple dances just kept coming and coming and coming! That day, 
I truly thought I saw God."








*This flash-fiction was inspired by Frank Herrera's Soup-blog.




February 7th, 2013

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  1. Date: 4/27/2013 7:24:00 PM

    Very amusing Chris, I'll beware wandering far in AZ, lol.

  1. Date: 4/4/2013 7:06:00 PM

    Nicely done, Chris!

  1. Date: 3/24/2013 9:00:00 AM

    hahahaha, nice work, you rascal, you!!! I had me a good laugh on this one and I'm still laughing while writing this comment. Hey, where do I get those pills? I also want to see God. You might like to have a look-see at my "Vanishing Organ". My character gave up too easily because we don't have IV42 here. I see a couple of Afrikaans comments here, my mother tongue. Whoopety-whoop-whoop!!!!

  1. Date: 3/23/2013 4:52:00 AM

    HaHaHa... Soos die een advertensie hier noem: "Drink jou rou eier, voordat jou kobra 'n erdwurm word.....".... Ek het lekker gelag vir hierdie skets. Su

  1. Date: 2/20/2013 2:19:00 PM

    Wild, just wild, and 'The truth is stranger than fiction...' J.A.B. %

  1. Date: 2/14/2013 1:00:00 PM

    lol, love this one, Chris - I needed a laugh today. Yes, that's true about Wordsworth's Daffodils - or so they say...

  1. Date: 2/13/2013 8:19:00 PM

    The spitting cobra used to hiss before its reptile dysfunction. : ) I can't understand why TPS keep featuring that senryu (?)... It was written as a joke. What can I do?

  1. Date: 2/13/2013 9:32:00 AM

    Sally Hardbanger, eh? LOL!

    Aechtner Avatar Chris D. Aechtner Date: 2/13/2013 7:31:00 PM Block poet from commenting on your poetry

    Ek wil hê jy moet hard Banger....en diep.
  1. Date: 2/12/2013 8:22:00 PM

    Waaaa ahahahhahaa! ...Sally Hardbanger!!! ...Ek dink dat ek my broek nat!!! Baie snaaks!

    Aechtner Avatar Chris D. Aechtner Date: 2/13/2013 7:27:00 PM Block poet from commenting on your poetry

    Christine - beter vertaler?! Wat is jy impliseer? Ek sou veel eerder vertaal jou vel met my lippe.
    O. Avatar Ruben O. Date: 2/13/2013 10:32:00 AM Block poet from commenting on your poetry

    @ Christine: Nie a goeie vertaler? Ek het gedink dat ek het a drietalige digter! LOL!
    Ueri Avatar Christine Ueri Date: 2/13/2013 9:26:00 AM Block poet from commenting on your poetry

    Chris, Ruben...julle het albei 'n beter vertaler nodig...maar nou-ja, dit is wat gebeur as 'n mens te veel aandag aan die spoegkobra in jou broek gee...Haha!! Christopha! As ek jou in die hande kry gaan jou Bloukopkoggelmander(tjie) les opsê! Teehee! All that said, I enjoyed reading this, sure made me chuckle. :P
    Aechtner Avatar Chris D. Aechtner Date: 2/12/2013 9:47:00 PM Block poet from commenting on your poetry

    Ruben, is jy ten minste die verandering van jou broek? Ek is nie ontsteld oor die subtiliteit kommentaar, want ek was nie van plan om vir die subtiliteit met hierdie spesifieke prosa. As jy lag sommige, dit is wat ek gaan.
    O. Avatar Ruben O. Date: 2/12/2013 9:24:00 PM Block poet from commenting on your poetry

    Moenie vir my sê dat jy ontsteld vir my subtiliteit comment! Ek wou maar net om die lesers te stuur na my spoegkobra .. Nou, Im seker ek nat my broek!. : D
    Aechtner Avatar Chris D. Aechtner Date: 2/12/2013 8:54:00 PM Block poet from commenting on your poetry

    Ek is bly as jy het gevind dat hierdie prosa om snaaks te wees, selfs al is die prosa nie subtiliteit.
  1. Date: 2/12/2013 7:26:00 PM

    Soup Wonky Mail Lekker

  1. Date: 2/12/2013 7:18:00 PM

    YES!!! LOL!

  1. Date: 2/10/2013 2:18:00 PM

    wow where does one start,, on this Chris,, i wish i could achieve a 24 hr what ever, see i cant even remember,, this sure is funny, and enjoyable,, and thanks for the info, regarding your last poem...

    Aechtner Avatar Chris D. Aechtner Date: 2/12/2013 10:44:00 PM Block poet from commenting on your poetry

    Harry, I enjoyed reading your comment. So, you want to achieve having your little man dance for 24 hours, eh? Well, your surname could make one wonder just how little or big, your little man might actually be -- Ha ha! Hey, no problem regarding the info concerning my Attawapiskat poem.
  1. Date: 2/10/2013 11:47:00 AM

    :)wahahHa..funny..very funny..I think.you.won frank's price;)

    Aechtner Avatar Chris D. Aechtner Date: 2/12/2013 10:37:00 PM Block poet from commenting on your poetry

    The prize was simply having fun while writing this flash-fiction. If people had a laugh or two while reading, that is an extra bonus to the prize.
  1. Date: 2/8/2013 1:25:00 PM

    Rotflmao...i love her last name, Hardbanger. That was sneaky but brilliant! I needed that laugh!

    Aechtner Avatar Chris D. Aechtner Date: 2/12/2013 10:33:00 PM Block poet from commenting on your poetry

    Should I be worried about this!? Nah, I had fun writing this flash-fiction. Hey, if you needed a laugh, and had one at the expense of Sally Hardbanger, that is great to hear!
    ML Avatar SCRIBE ML Date: 2/8/2013 1:27:00 PM Block poet from commenting on your poetry

    Only the mind of Chris, could pull this off!
  1. Date: 2/8/2013 7:17:00 AM

    Ha Ha! This is the funniest thing I've ever read! :) Still laughing... HUgs, Catie :)

    Aechtner Avatar Chris D. Aechtner Date: 2/12/2013 10:29:00 PM Block poet from commenting on your poetry

    I am glad that you found this piece funny, Catie.
  1. Date: 2/8/2013 1:38:00 AM

    Your BEST...BLOG INSPIRATION? Ha ha A true "CHRIS A. CLASSIC"

    Aechtner Avatar Chris D. Aechtner Date: 2/12/2013 10:28:00 PM Block poet from commenting on your poetry

    Frank, thank you for inspiring this flash-fiction with your blog. I really enjoyed myself while writing it.
  1. Date: 2/7/2013 4:49:00 PM

    I got to admit, I too began rolling at the end of the first stanza- having finished your poem- and I'm still laughing as I write this:) !!!!!! Oh my..... woo!

    Aechtner Avatar Chris D. Aechtner Date: 2/12/2013 10:26:00 PM Block poet from commenting on your poetry

    That is great to 'hear', Mark. Thanks for dropping by.
  1. Date: 2/7/2013 2:13:00 PM

    Oh Chris you are a trip!This had me rolling and laughing so hard my cat eyed me suspiciously!Thanks for that!! luv,Deb

    Aechtner Avatar Chris D. Aechtner Date: 2/12/2013 10:25:00 PM Block poet from commenting on your poetry

    And thank you for reading, Deb. I am glad if you had a chuckle while reading this piece of flash-fiction.