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Excuses Excuses

It wasn't my fault I didn't get it done This has been a truly horrible day I'm telling you it sure hasn't been fun. Oh I tried my best to do it your way The instructions got caught up in the wind This has been a truly horrible day Lost from the start, with nowhere to begin My frustration makes a whole lot of sense The instructions got caught up in the wind. The next thing, I'm sitting on a fence The white pickets ripped a hole my pants My frustration makes a whole lot of sense You're thinking this is, just a song and dance It wasn't my fault I didn't get it done The white pickets ripped a hole in my pants I'm telling you it sure hasn't been fun Excuses Contest

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Arthur Vaso

Date: 3/15/2015 9:48:00 PM

Painting fences, a trip to IKEA, all the same results for me! This made me smile!

Richard Lamoureux
Date: 3/16/2015 9:01:00 AM

;0)

Skat A

Date: 1/12/2013 12:03:00 PM

Richard, wonderful. SKAT

Debbie Guzzi

Date: 1/11/2013 3:19:00 PM

Take control of those pants!! ;)Congrad's on your win. Light & Love

Seren Roberts

Date: 1/10/2013 11:06:00 PM

Congrats ....Richard. ....Seren

Joyce Johnson

Date: 1/10/2013 8:29:00 PM

Sounds believable to me. Congratulations. love, Joyce

Richard Lamoureux
Date: 1/10/2013 11:37:00 PM

Your very sweet.

Poet Destroyer A

Date: 1/10/2013 5:54:00 PM

Richard, nice to see you on Susan's winning list... always~ PD

Richard Lamoureux
Date: 1/10/2013 11:37:00 PM

Thanks Linda.

Audonus Taylor

Date: 12/26/2012 5:25:00 PM

Great write! Such a clever idea for the Excuses contest. I am really starting to like your work the more I read it. Best of luck to you, sir!

Richard Lamoureux
Date: 1/10/2013 11:39:00 PM

Thanks Audonus, appreciate you coming back to read more.

Annie Lander

Date: 12/26/2012 10:09:00 AM

love how the poem flow it a poem worth the read....

Richard Lamoureux
Date: 1/10/2013 11:39:00 PM

Thanks Annie, nice to see you again.

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 12/25/2012 7:02:00 PM

oh, my, what an inventive way to do the Excuses contest. To weave it into a terzanelle. That takes skills!!! I hope I an think up something as clever myself for Susan's contest. You did great! It kind of made me think of the Tom Sawyer tale of him getting the other kids to paint his aunt Polly's white picket fence for him!

Richard Lamoureux
Date: 12/26/2012 9:02:00 AM

Thanks Andrea, I hope you had a great day yesterday.

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 12/25/2012 7:00:00 PM

hey, I keep forgetting to ask you. When you said your comment to "watching innocence" became a poem. Did you mean that you wrote a poem based on a comment you said to me? If so, which poem is it that I can read? maybe you just meant your comment to me was poetic. I will have to peruse the comments on that poem to see if that is it!! Now let me read this one of yours.

Richard Lamoureux
Date: 12/25/2012 7:30:00 PM

Reading your tribute poem caused me to respond with the line that became the start to my poem.

Mehnaz Veetil

Date: 12/25/2012 4:46:00 PM

It wasn't your fault , but you got this done so well. Great try with the topic. Enjoyed. love, Mehnaz

Richard Lamoureux
Date: 12/25/2012 5:04:00 PM

Thanks Mehnaz

Sukmawati Komala

Date: 12/25/2012 8:36:00 AM

Thank you Richard for stopping by and here I am wishing you a Merry Merry Christmas ,, may your day be merry and jolly ever ..:) Enjoyed so much your wonderful write :) <3 SK

Richard Lamoureux
Date: 12/25/2012 8:38:00 AM

Thanks, do you Celebrate Christmas?

Poet Destroyer A

Date: 12/24/2012 7:36:00 PM

About your poem:.... I'm finding much reason to the excuses... :-) I've heard the same song and seen my x-- do the same dance..LOL... enjoyed...pd

Richard Lamoureux
Date: 12/24/2012 9:29:00 PM

As for me, not really into excuses, I find people who have a lot of the a pain in the behind. Thanks for commenting.

Poet Destroyer A

Date: 12/24/2012 7:35:00 PM

Hello Richard, Once again, we find ourselves trapped in the Holiday Season. And, hear I am stopping by to say Hi and to wish you a Merry Christmas once again sincerely from my heart. Loving each moment I found comforting here on the soup. Thank you for any comment or support you have offered now or in the past. Love always & forever ~ PD