One Flew Over the Cuckoo Clock

Arriving all the way from 
the Black Forest which
is somewhere in Germany,
came a medium sized package,
which was made out to me, 
inside the cardboard box
was a beautiful cuckoo clock,
which apparently I had won
even though everyone had mocked,
I looked at it and thought it cute
while my husband acted like
a little kid with a new toy,
and when he wound it up
and it started cuckoo-ing
I thought he'd jump for joy,
so it started to cuckoo every single hour,
with the little animated cuckoo bird
showing up expressing his power,
the first week I heard the
cuckoo clock every single time,
especially when I was
trying very hard to sleep
or when trying to think of a rhyme,
my husband snoring loudly
as well which didn't help,
I thought of myself as someone
being serenaded by
an orchestra from hell,
when finally I arose sometime
at night during the second week,
feeling like a crazy woman
from all the lack of sleep,
going to my husbands 
locked cabinet
where he kept his glock,
I finally couldn't take it anymore
and murdered my cuckoo clock!
Copyright © | Year Posted 2016

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Robinson Jr. Avatar
October 9, 2016 at 6:50 PM
Another gem of a poem, Cheryl. Two thumbs up and three snaps. Great humorous ending. Flat out funny to the funny bone. Loved it. Girl you really got me laughing for real. Love your easy going poetic style. Keep it up, don't stop. Love and peace to you.
Hauser  Avatar
September 17, 2016 at 8:56 PM
Lol! We have one of those...haven't wound it in years
Hoffman Avatar
September 17, 2016 at 9:12 PM
Don't or you might wound up like this poem, lol!:)
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