Ice Box Incident
Ice Box Incident
Something is not quite right today
Tall, silver, side by side food storage
Refrigerator fell to the floor of its own accord
No earthquake or human intervention found
The old brick house was simple in every way
Ordinary you could say
Every day the same and nothing happens
The refrigerator crawled along the kitchen floor
As they are so inclined to do to tell the truth
I see no crime in that
But when it plowed through the door
Such force employed and no decorum
Well that's another story all together
Cold food storage should not be malicious
Authorities would have to be called in
Perhaps a priest or two to exercise the thing
You can never be too safe when there is sin
Refrigerator rolled down the street
Into the lake until it sank
Some say its suicide or a mistake
A parrot in a cage now fills the empty space
Where ice box once resided
The kitchen will never be the same
I miss my food to tell the truth
And want an end to all these matters
And Polly only wants a cracker
Copyright © Earl Schumacker | Year Posted 2016
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