Jack Ellison Poet Narrative

Outside the Box

Heard the term “outside the box”?

What box are they referring to?

Sitting in my jammies at my computer

Don't see no box, do you?

A term you hear a lot these days

What can it possibly mean

This old guy is totally confused

Totally betwixt and between

Catch phrases have always confused me

Prefer simple Dick and Jane words

So all us grandpas can decipher them

This stuff is sure for the birds

Maybe I'll get an old cardboard box

And sit me therein for a while

Then emerge and start thinking of stuff

In a clever “outside the box” style

Really that's not at all what it means

Heard someone say emphatically

To go where no man has ever gone

Think a lot more erratically

Now confused much more than ever

Think I'll lie down for a while

Till the world spins a few more times

And I get back my winning smile



© Jack Ellison 2014<>

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Timothy Hicks October 23, 2014 at 4:02 PM This was great fun, Mr. Jack! I love to contemplate about obscure sayings - it can extend poetry for miles! It's funny that you should write about this actually for I posted a poem awhile called Thinking Outside the Box. I suppose it's true what they say - great minds DO think alike! Jack Ellison October 23, 2014 at 4:08 PM Had fun with this one as I climbed out of the box... great minds indeed! Cheers!

Jack Ellison October 18, 2014 at 5:10 PM The latest saga about your super hero dragon! XXXX

Carol Eastman October 18, 2014 at 1:04 PM Hello From Acorn Falls, the home of Dragon. Where every one seems to know how to think outside of the box! Or the circle, or the triangle! Well, you understand. They can't fit anywhere, except at Acorn Fall. And the people are thinking about changing that to Mayhem Falls. Tho I can't imagine why?. We had a Dragon News Flash! The group all want to hire themselves out across the nation. Along with Dragon, when he appears as a Super Hero. And they'll be needed! I wrote about it. Jack Ellison October 18, 2014 at 5:11 PM The latest saga about your super hero dragon! XXXX

October 17, 2014 at 9:43 AM Love it

October 17, 2014 at 9:42 AM Love it .