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Dumbstruck Is Me - Dk

Dumbstruck Is Me (a rhyming, acrostic kind of thing) Discombobulated, how apt the word Utterly gobsmacked by the absurd Mind numbingly mortified at the nonsensical By waking to find I’m without either testicle Silenced as side by side they’re strung together To hang on the wall there forever... and ever Running around with another man’s wife Until I returned to a well concealed knife Could not comprehend the Snip! Cut! and Sever! Knock me down with a feather I’m finding my voice is now three octaves higher She says that it’s my fault for poking the fire Mandy, it’s not fair that I lie here dumbstruck Even though I was a self serving dumbf... 10 August 2021 Contest: Dumbstruck Sponsor: Charles Messina

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Gary Radice

Date: 8/30/2021 2:14:00 AM

Congratulations Terry. This poem has balls...Well, it did have. :) Cheers - Gary.

Terry Flood
Date: 9/16/2021 11:32:00 AM

Sorry, Gary, missed your comment. Belated thanks for your congrats. Terry

Paula Goldsmith

Date: 8/29/2021 8:19:00 AM

Congratulations on your win. Way tooooo funny. Have a blessed day.............

Terry Flood
Date: 8/29/2021 2:19:00 PM

Thanks, Paula. Glad you enjoyed. Terry

Krish Radhakrishna

Date: 8/29/2021 7:37:00 AM

Terry brilliant write! great last line!! This does happen in real life! Last one I saw- there was no knife! bare hands! so thank your stars!

Terry Flood
Date: 8/29/2021 2:20:00 PM

I shall consider myself most fortunate. Glad you enjoyed, Krish. Terry

Charles Messina

Date: 8/29/2021 5:19:00 AM

Terry, I love how you did this in acrostic and that last line was just killer! Congratulations on your 2nd place win. All the best, Charlie

Terry Flood
Date: 8/29/2021 2:21:00 PM

Thanks, Charles, and thanks for the high placement. Terry

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 8/12/2021 4:44:00 PM

this is FANTASTIC humor. FAVE!!!

Terry Flood
Date: 8/12/2021 5:03:00 PM

Hey, Andrea. Thanks for the fave. So glad you liked this. At risk if repeating myself (if you read my reply to Eve) when line four appeared on screen I nearly fell out of my chair. Don’t know where it came from but once it was there I stuck with it. Thanks again. Terry

Eve Roper

Date: 8/10/2021 9:48:00 PM

hahahaha... your poems are so intresting.

Terry Flood
Date: 8/11/2021 12:44:00 AM

Hi, Eve. A classic example of a poem developing its own sense of direction. I had intended each line to be an expression of consternation as in lines 1,2,3 and 10. Line 4 appeared on screen seemingly without passing through my mind first. Whenever this happens I always try to run with it. Often (invariably) the ‘write’ knows best. Terry

L Milton Hankins

Date: 8/10/2021 7:29:00 PM

Superb, Terry. LMAO. Strange, because I used the phrase "vaginal" crevice in a poem and the only letter that showed up was the "l". So, I dutifully substituted something less "offensive." I hate censorship!!!

L Milton Hankins
Date: 8/11/2021 8:15:00 PM

That's a great suggestion, Eve. I will have to try that.

Terry Flood
Date: 8/11/2021 12:38:00 AM

No probs there, Milt... I wasn’t gonna give the censor-bots the pleasure so I deliberately ended the f word at f.... Don’t let on, but those last four lines are only even there because the rules said ‘must include the word dumbstruck’ and I wasn’t sure the downward spelling would count. Glad you enjoyed, Milt. Terry

Eve Roper
Date: 8/10/2021 9:51:00 PM

Milton, what I do is separate the letters when I write a word it is going to censor... a s s