For L Milton Hankins Eyes Only: Oh Go On Then

Dear Milt,

I said I would...

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The eager young man was a loner
Too timid to ask out Ramona 
That outrageous flirt
Hitched up her short skirt 
He’s now got an enormous, er, um... AHA!.. Desire to phone her???

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What do you reckon? Poet Laureate? Knighthood? Fame? Fortune?
Hmmm... who organises those stars in the sidewalk?

Terry
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Edmonds  Avatar
June 25, 2021 at 12:58 PM
Guess he’s no longer a loner, after face timing Ramona… Belle :-)
Flood Avatar
June 25, 2021 at 4:01 PM
Aha, Belle, me thinks you’re a poet ;-). Terry
Radice Avatar
June 18, 2021 at 2:01 AM
..and now the Floodgates have opened... :) LOL!
Flood Avatar
June 18, 2021 at 2:42 AM
True... but now I know how to get more reads. Verily, there be madness in my method. ;-) Terry
Allison Avatar
June 17, 2021 at 3:15 PM
ha ha ha excellent ink Terry I have written limericks changing a rhyming word too - fab limerick and keep the humour flowing:-) hugs Jan xx
Hankins Avatar
June 17, 2021 at 6:40 PM
So......I take full credit for "the word" he didn't use! Or, did he just blame me for it???? No, it was entirely my doing!
Flood Avatar
June 17, 2021 at 3:57 PM
Hi Jan, I started a fake limerick in a comment to Milt and then thought, ‘Why not write it’. Making it for Milt’s eyes only was a deliberate hook. Thanks for stopping by. Terry
Cunningham Avatar
June 17, 2021 at 12:46 PM
Lol, you'll have the soup police knocking your door. I'll phone Liz, Sir Terence Flood sounds good. Tom
Allison Avatar
June 17, 2021 at 3:14 PM
That would make a change from them PC Brigade castigating my work Tom lol:-)
Flood Avatar
June 17, 2021 at 12:58 PM
My parents saw fit to christen me plain ‘Terry’ so that Liz will get a flea in her ear if she gets it wrong. Just who does she think she is? ;-) Terrence... I mean... Terry
Hankins Avatar
June 17, 2021 at 12:12 PM
I'll call them and make an appointment for your handprints right away! What's wrong with "boner?" Would it have been censured? It's a perfectly good word used every day by fourteen-year-olds! Now that you've said it's for my eyes only, every PSer will read it. LOL
Hankins Avatar
August 26, 2021 at 7:47 PM
I'll bet you did, Gary, and you're just not telling us!
Radice Avatar
June 18, 2021 at 2:01 AM
No..not me..I am not going to read it at all.. :)
Flood Avatar
June 17, 2021 at 12:53 PM
I just felt it was more amusing to guide the reader to think ‘boner’ for themselves. Maybe it’s just my sense of humour. A while back soup was telling me my poem was posted but it wasn’t appearing. So I experimented with a note titled ‘Do Not Read’. It was read by about 40 people in five minutes. Humans huh?
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