Robert Pettit Poet Rhyme

Flying Hag

Winding up in the hospital is something nobody would need.
We can say all you fools were the victims of greed.
Captain Culpeper thought he could get away with the money.
You saw what happened after that.  All of you suffered injury.
The captain threw away the pension he earned on the force.
His daughter changed her name, and his wife filed for divorce.
He will have the book thrown at him ignominiously,
while all you other guys will get off rather lightly.
That event on the ladder was such a humiliation.
You will spend time together here for rehabilitation.

Before Mrs. Marcus, Emiline, and Monica came through the door,
Bengie threw a banana peel into the middle of the floor.
Mrs. Marcus slipped on the peel, and down to the floor she went.
An unending stream of laughing came from each injured gent.
Never had anyone seen such an amount of merriment.
Is it true the best medicine for any ailment is laughter?
We might say each one of these guys lived happily ever after.

Based on the 1963 film "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad, World"

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Andrea Dietrich January 4, 2012 at 10:40 PM A cute tale. I don't remember this but it's possible I watched it years ago when I was a kid! Is it for Deb's narrative contest?

Andrea Dietrich January 4, 2012 at 10:39 PM You are right, Robert, about that poem I posted. I meant to call it a quatern, where the repeating lines moves to a new part of each new stanza. Also, I did not stick to traditional style but varied the repeating line each time. Now let me read this poem of yours!