C'Est La Vie, Billy

C’est la vie, Billy!

   His cheeks a deep scarlet, 
     His jaw tightened in an eerie grin,
        He stands, rooted to the spot
              While the snot in his nose
	          Like a long gooey
		      Streak of
			  Chewing-gum
				Slowly comes dripping 
					Onto his dappled T-shirt,
                            
      and his eyes, like dazzling agates,
             Fixedly follow the interminable course of
	           The red rubbery ball
                       As the projectile
                          In a deafening clash,
	                     Smashes the headmaster’s office window.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2017



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Date: 5/23/2017 6:36:00 AM
Lovely poem and interesting format. Regards. Mpho Kgaswane
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Anne-Marie Coreggia
Date: 5/23/2017 10:18:00 PM
Thank you so much for your comment Mpho Kgaswane:)
Date: 4/26/2017 10:19:00 AM
Hilarious! Greatly entertaining! Love the title too...anything french...oui! Oui!
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Anne-Marie Coreggia
Date: 4/26/2017 3:25:00 PM
I am so glad you enjoyed it Kim:)
Date: 4/22/2017 7:12:00 AM
Wonderful imagery.
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Anne-Marie Coreggia
Date: 4/23/2017 6:48:00 AM
I thought the imagery was a bit overdone, but it kept it because is reinforced the ending:)
Date: 4/12/2017 4:49:00 PM
You put this together so well, 7 for sure. I hate the thought of a snotty nose. Reminds me of the books my 9-year-old granddaughter reads: Diary of A Wimpy Kid :)
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Anne-Marie Coreggia
Date: 4/15/2017 11:52:00 AM
Thank you so much Debbie. Yeah, my kid used to read this series as well; my poem was inspired by my little brother who was in constant trouble:)
Date: 3/29/2017 4:18:00 AM
This is ingeniously constructed. Keep it up.
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Anne-Marie Coreggia
Date: 3/29/2017 5:38:00 AM
Thank you Joseph. I wrote this a very long time ago for fun. By the way, I just started reading your poetry so let me not linger here, I have many more of your poems to read, and they are truly a treat:)
Date: 3/16/2017 4:17:00 AM
Very gOod! Oh, Billy...listen...c'est la vie!! Perfect! Rita.
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Anne-Marie Coreggia
Date: 3/16/2017 6:31:00 AM
I'm glad you liked it Rita:) Amicalement
Date: 3/15/2017 9:02:00 AM
Wow - have I seen that scene many times before - Red faced Headmaster and mortified boy - Ah the memories and empathy of a observer - you have made me live that scene captured so vividly.
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Anne-Marie Coreggia
Date: 3/15/2017 11:19:00 AM
I'm glad it spoke to you Maria. Amitiés
Date: 3/15/2017 7:11:00 AM
Good Morning Anne-Marie. Wow and Wow again. Need I say more. First your words and thoughts are very expressive with passion. Second your formatting layout and execution are marvelous. Well done throughout. Such expression and power.
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Anne-Marie Coreggia
Date: 3/15/2017 8:00:00 AM
Lisa, I am at a loss for words so I will simply say: thank you from the bottom of my heart.
Date: 3/14/2017 8:17:00 PM
Fabulous descriptive write ;) (I have an overdeveloped wretch reflex and you almost set it off- this a compliment to your craft) xomo
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Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart
Date: 3/15/2017 9:32:00 AM
Oui oui! I am impressed by all art which invokes an emotional response, regardless of the nature of that response... "meh" is the worst ;)
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Anne-Marie Coreggia
Date: 3/15/2017 7:53:00 AM
Maureen, I will indeed take it as a compliment because isn't poetry supposed to move you in some way?:)
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