Abdul Malik Mandani Poet Free verse

Get a life

So God asked me smugly, “How did you
find the life I fashioned one for you?”
“Not very colorful, Sire,” I decried.
“My wife was homely and dull
My kids, mediocre and drab
I slogged, I struggled feeling ever gray.
An uneventful life. Unconditionally normal. 
Methinks, you did a gross injustice by me.”
“Oh, shut the … whining,” God boomed.
“Just go back and get a life!”

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Sara Kendrick March 4, 2025 at 7:12 AM Dropping by to say congratulations on your winning work. So nice to see it in the winners' list. Way to go. Like the humor. Sara K Abdul Malik Mandani March 4, 2025 at 2:02 PM Thanks Sara. Like always, I appreciate your comment.

thriveni c mysore March 2, 2025 at 7:55 PM cool humor. lovely write. congratulations on your win dear poet. cheers!!! Abdul Malik Mandani March 4, 2025 at 2:01 PM Glad that you got the humor. Thanks.

Andrea Dietrich March 2, 2025 at 2:23 PM Oh. This was SO unique and clever. The only thing that kept me from putting it higher was that you used the word smug. I tend to take things literally and I think God would never sound smug. But I can sure imagine him with. a booming voice. That last part was so funny. Congrats in my contest.

Jay Narain February 4, 2025 at 10:31 AM Aah. We all feel the same way sometimes. But we have to get a life. Abdul Malik Mandani February 6, 2025 at 3:57 PM "get a life," Yeah, that's what God told me when I saw him. Did you see Him recently? lol