Dramedy of Errors
Walking from the horrid old motel, and out into the smaze,
a suffocating day, worsened now, by a mocktail shade of smog
in mockumentary proportions, she flounders in a fog.
Too dazed by crazy sitcoms that seem to fill her life,
on an escalator going up or down, to nowhere in the strife.
A contrail of soundscapes, brandished against her ears
The dreamathon, of pure devotion, a mockery of years,
has vanished now in tears
This travesty, her travelogue, a prequel to self- dialogue
The modem in her brain, was in a dismal state.
Just blogs of malware, skyjacked by the haze.
Humongous fury, fills within, while flurried winds regain her wits
Chumps of drice come tumbling down to wash away her tears.
As she scurries through the clapter, dark skies have dumped the rain
that is drenching all the wasted time, directly down the drain.
She hails to find a taxicab, in the multiplex of cars,
a whizzing motorcade, can't stop to see her scars
She will focus on the chortle of all the passing feet
the sexcapade, the glitzy parade, seek shelter off street.
Some holding hands, transponding laughs and kisses in the rain
The docudrama of her life has muddied up her brain
Dumbfounded, by the cablegram, now damp within her hand
If only left to guesstimate, she truly should have known...., or planned
A dramedy of errors, this hazmat suit of words,
they should have been her own reply.... goodbye, her final word!
Astounded, it could come to this ......"So long"........was all it said
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For Deb's Contest: 8/14/14 "Portmanteau Words"
Words used:
motel---moter/hotel smaze---smoke/haze
mocktail---mockery/cocktail
mockumentary---mockery/documentary
floundered ---flounce/blunder sitcom---situation/comedy
escalator---escalate/elevator contrail---condensation/trail
soundscape---sound/landscape dreamathon---dream/marathon
travelogue---travel/dialogue prequel---preview/sequel
modem---modulator/demodulator malware---malicious/software
skyjacked---sky/hijacked humunguous----huge/monstrous
chumps---chuncks/lumps drice---dry/ice clapter---clap/laughter
taxicab---taximeter/cabriolet multiplex---multiple/complex
motorcade---motor/calvacade chortle---chuckle/snort
sexcapade---sexual/escapade glitz---glamour/ritz
transponding---transmit/respond docudrama---documentary/drama
cablegram----cable/telegram guesstimate---guess/estimate
dramedy----drama/comedy hazmat---hazard/material
goodbye----God/be/(with) ye Dumbfounded----dumb/confound
Copyright © Carrie Richards | Year Posted 2014
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