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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 Login to Reply 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. Login to Reply 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 :) Login to Reply 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 Login to Reply 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 Login to Reply 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. Login to Reply 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 Login to Reply 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! Login to Reply Line Gauthier Date: 3/14/2019 1:12:00 PM Thanks for your delightful visit and compliment, Michelle.