Caren Krutsinger Poet Light Verse

Can You Give That a Rest

I wake up screaming
Max the Axe has just chopped me into bits
It is not the first time
but this time I felt it.
I glare at my husband who is still clicking buttons.
Can you give that a rest? I ask.
He does not hear me.
He is in lahlah land
In video game world.
Being a detective
Solving crimes
Right and left.
He has no idea there is a real person in this room
For he is Sam Spade aka Humphry Bogart
Master detective with a Maltese Falcon
Who has not yet discovered Lauren Bacall
Living in the 60's
Over a bar in Los Angeles



Written:  April 19th, 2020    Poetry Contest: Strand Pick C, Any Theme
Sponsor:  Brian Strand                                                       Any Form

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Quoth Theraven April 20, 2020 at 9:41 AM Caren, Let the 2020 games begin. I enjoy your cheeky humor in this poem. Bogart & Bacall, May-September romance, or best of true love? -Richard Caren Krutsinger April 20, 2020 at 11:53 AM Thank you; he fantasizes being Bogart; I swear!

Ndubuisi Umezulike April 20, 2020 at 4:02 AM I MEAN IT IS FOUND IN GOD. Caren Krutsinger April 20, 2020 at 11:53 AM Truly always.

Ndubuisi Umezulike April 20, 2020 at 4:01 AM May we find this rest we're all seeking. Though no human being can give us rest. It is found in good. Caren Krutsinger April 20, 2020 at 11:53 AM True.

Gershon Wolf April 20, 2020 at 1:07 AM Max the Axe... compares favorably with Mac the Knife! Ta, ta! :) gw Caren Krutsinger April 20, 2020 at 11:53 AM I play Max the axe. It gets my adrenaline pumping, not my husband but it made a better tale that way.