Kim Rodrigues Poet Free verse

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Yesterday, I was working, between two windows on the computer, when the letter "S," became stuck. Proud that I kept my cool and figured it out. The esses were hopping between the two windows. I would hit the back key and then it would happen again. Mentioned in the poem "Howard Payne," the villain on the movie "Speed."

 

Runaway S

A runaway S,   hissed on and on,
like    the Orient Express.

SSS

Thought   keyboard had gone off the rails
or   Howard Payne threatened a slow down.

            SSSSSS

Grand discovery…kept my cool.
   The letter was stuck. It hissed

SSSSSSSS

I backed up. It continued to trek
on open windows, back and forth,

                     SSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

weaving in and out. Had to stop!
To run for help would have been

SSSSS

catastrophic…so what to do…what to do
…keep my cool. Put the train in reverse

SSSSSSSSSS

pulled up the key.   Apparently
maintenance is needed   but 

S..backspace..SSSS…backspace

at least my words are not passengers
…not one was lost…the body’s intact.

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Duke Beaufort June 20, 2024 at 11:10 AM Kim, ahhhhhh, a slice of life poem! At first I thought you might be working between two windows to the outside world! You were very wise to keep your cool and I love how you say it all ending with no fatal errors! Kim Rodrigues June 20, 2024 at 7:11 PM Love your take…how you so something else at first!

Linda Alice Fowler June 15, 2024 at 5:26 PM What the S happened here? Cute write Kim! :) Kim Rodrigues June 20, 2024 at 7:09 PM LOL! Thank you, Linda!

Mike Bayles June 15, 2024 at 6:34 AM I like the humor of this poem. Kim Rodrigues June 15, 2024 at 8:18 AM Thank you so much, Mike! It was a crazy, funny moment. I was working on organizing poems.

Paige Hind June 12, 2024 at 6:06 PM Very, very clever- only you could pull something original like this off over something most of us wouldn't even think of as subject matter- :) Kim Rodrigues June 12, 2024 at 8:12 PM Thank you, Paige :)