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Green With Envy

I met her when I was sixteen or seventeen One old mean vicious queen called Josephine Her skin the texture of a tangerine And its color plasticine aquamarine Obsessed with her aging beauty hardly pristine Deeply tormented by the hope of cure or vaccine I vividly remember the wildest bizarre surreal scene It was in between mid-October and the eve of Halloween When she lined our trampoline with a thick coat of vaseline She made us hop like mexican jumping beans that evil queen There we were me and my friends Maureen Kathleen and Eileen She resented our youth and let us loose in an old pinball machine Sea green with envy screaming out spells of velveteen opaline This was her idea of some weird evergreen rejuvenation machine AP: Honorable Mention 2020 Submitted on March 14, 2019 for contest “GREEN” HUMOR, OLD OR NEW sponsored by CAROLYN DEVONSHIRE - RANKED 4TH

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Jan Allison

Date: 3/25/2019 6:30:00 PM

Dropping back with my congrats Line:-) hugs Jan xx

Line Gauthier
Date: 3/25/2019 8:57:00 PM

Thanks, Jan. Much appreciated.

Jennifer Proxenos

Date: 3/24/2019 8:34:00 AM

Hi Line, Your imagination is in high gear in this poem - what an evil 'queen'. Congratulations on your win. Poetry hugs, Jennifer.

Line Gauthier
Date: 3/24/2019 9:24:00 AM

Thanks for your much appreciated visit and comment, Jennifer.

Anne-Lise Andresen

Date: 3/24/2019 7:27:00 AM

- Congratulations on your win in the "Green" Humor Contest, Line :) - greeting from // Anne-Lise :)

Line Gauthier
Date: 3/24/2019 9:24:00 AM

Thank you, Sunshine. Much appreciated.

Timothy Mcguire

Date: 3/23/2019 10:30:00 PM

Good job Miss Line

Line Gauthier
Date: 3/24/2019 12:37:00 AM

Thanks, Timothy. Much appreciated.

Carolyn Devonshire

Date: 3/23/2019 8:37:00 PM

Can just imagine the three gals being "let loose in an old pinball machine," Line. Congratulations on your win! There were many great entries and judging is always a challenge. Best wishes, Carolyn

Line Gauthier
Date: 3/23/2019 9:11:00 PM

Thanks, Carolyn. I really appreciate the ranking.

Michael Craig

Date: 3/14/2019 8:38:00 PM

Did you really know this queen. She sound horrible. Nice job I hope that you when best of luck.

Line Gauthier
Date: 3/14/2019 10:41:00 PM

O I've met the best of them... the worst of them was a boss... but no queen ever made me jump like a mexican jumping bean on a slick trampoline though... other things but not that. LOL

Jan Allison

Date: 3/14/2019 2:28:00 PM

what a fun monorhyme Line. I had an old poem called green with envy but its too long for the contest so I wrote a new poem:-) hugs Jan xx

Line Gauthier
Date: 3/14/2019 3:08:00 PM

Thank you so much, Jan. I will look up your poem.

Michelle Faulkner

Date: 3/14/2019 12:48:00 PM

I love your energetic, creative rhymes! Best of luck in the contest!

Line Gauthier
Date: 3/14/2019 1:12:00 PM

Thanks for your delightful visit and compliment, Michelle.