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Silence Is Broken

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I stand at the front of the exam hall, which is in total silence. Grey desks stretch out in neat rows - they remind me of gravestones in the local cemetery, with white faced students their unwilling occupants. The only sounds that can be heard are the pages being turned over and the scrawling of pens on the paper. Exam invigilators creep around the room like mice, their hawk like eyes ensure no one is cheating. Suddenly a booming fart breaks the silence - it sounds like a machine gun that has been fired in short staccato blasts. We can clearly see the perpetrator as his face is as red as a raspberry! Muffled giggles are stifled and silence is once again restored. A true story! Noise Contest Sponsored by Shadow Hamilton 03~09~17

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Heidi Sands

Date: 3/19/2017 2:16:00 PM

Congratulations Jan! :)

Jan Allison
Date: 4/8/2017 12:25:00 PM

Thanks Heidi:-) hugs Jan xx

Maureen McGreavy The Insolent Rib

Date: 3/19/2017 1:56:00 PM

Huzzah! Fab write, would expect nothing less ;) congrats! xomo

Jan Allison
Date: 4/8/2017 12:25:00 PM

You are too kind Maureen!:-) hugs Jan xx

Roy Pett

Date: 3/19/2017 11:53:00 AM

Brilliant poem Jan, I knew it sounded like a winner, so pleased, well deserved, Roy, :)

Jan Allison
Date: 4/8/2017 12:24:00 PM

Thanks so much Roy:-) hugs Jan xx

Charlie Smith

Date: 3/19/2017 8:25:00 AM

At least it wasn't one of those Sunday school creepers that no one takes credit for, this guy will live in infamy.... congratulations Jan

Jan Allison
Date: 3/19/2017 8:55:00 AM

lol Charlie :-) hugs Jan xx

Joseph May

Date: 3/19/2017 5:53:00 AM

You have passed your exam..Congrats on your win Jan..:-)

Jan Allison
Date: 3/19/2017 8:54:00 AM

ha ha ha:-) hugs Jan xx

Shadow Hamilton

Date: 3/19/2017 2:51:00 AM

I feel for the poor guy lmao great poem Jan congrats on 3rd hugs

Jan Allison
Date: 3/19/2017 8:54:00 AM

Thanks for a great contest Shadow:-) hugs Jan xx

John Lawless

Date: 3/14/2017 4:06:00 PM

...the muffled voice of the gustatorily aggrieved.

Jan Allison
Date: 3/19/2017 8:53:00 AM

lol John:-) hugs Jan xx

James Inman

Date: 3/13/2017 6:01:00 AM

Funny Jan, but what about the lingering fragrance.

Jan Allison
Date: 3/19/2017 8:53:00 AM

ha ha ha James yes that does tend to hang around long after the initial event lol:-) hugs Jan xx

Joanna Daniel

Date: 3/12/2017 9:16:00 AM

I never expected the poem to take such a hilarious ending, Jan:) must have been embarrassing for the poor guy!!

Jan Allison
Date: 3/12/2017 10:21:00 AM

Oh you know me and poop poems Jo - I do like to have a twist at the end lol:-) hugs Jan xx

Eve Roper

Date: 3/11/2017 8:01:00 PM

Awesome, and hilarious.. did everyone put their heads down so they wouldn't be singled out.. ~*

Jan Allison
Date: 3/12/2017 5:10:00 AM

LOL Eve - the red face and smell gives it away ... its amazing how a noise like that really does reverberate round the room lol:-) hugs Jan xx

Deborah Burch

Date: 3/11/2017 3:29:00 PM

Oh Jan!! LOL!! This was gas!! Big Hugggs deb (good luck in the contest!!) :)

Jan Allison
Date: 3/11/2017 4:19:00 PM

ha ha ha LOVE that comment Deb:-) hugs Jan xx

Jean Murray

Date: 3/11/2017 2:55:00 PM

Poor chap. How will he ever live that down?

Jan Allison
Date: 3/11/2017 3:13:00 PM

I can only recall it happening twice since I've been doing the job:-) hugs Jan xx

Tatianna Leachet

Date: 3/11/2017 9:59:00 AM

This was hilarious and made me laugh a ton :) So embarrassing too

Jan Allison
Date: 3/11/2017 10:01:00 AM

Its only happened about twice since I've been doing the job lol:-) hugs Jan xx

Demetrios Trifiatis

Date: 3/11/2017 5:34:00 AM

Funny and embarrassing story at the same time dearest Jan! Fortunately it has never happened something like that when I was supervising exams! Your narration and the images in the class are superb! A seven! Many hugs xx!

Jan Allison
Date: 3/11/2017 7:41:00 AM

I have done this job for about ten or more years and its happened a couple of times lol:-) hugs jan xx

Kai Michael Neumann

Date: 3/11/2017 1:16:00 AM

This is very funny. Did the perpetrator pass the exam? Wishes, Kai

Jan Allison
Date: 3/11/2017 7:42:00 AM

ha ha ha that is a class comment :-) hugs Jan xx

Running Wolves

Date: 3/10/2017 11:12:00 PM

Oh gawd... that would be totally embarrassing. And most likely an automatic F

Jan Allison
Date: 3/11/2017 7:48:00 AM

lol Robert:-) hugs Jan xx

Maurice Yvonne

Date: 3/10/2017 8:46:00 PM

Funny? Yes! More important extremely well written. An excellent example of great free verse. A Fav! By the way I have a new poem up if you get a chance I'd love your feedback. Again you display a great ease for free verse. I am very impressed by this write that paints picture after picture to reel us in to the reality of that day. I'm not surprised but definitely in awe of your talent.

Jan Allison
Date: 3/11/2017 7:49:00 AM

You my friend are the master of free verse - me I just write poop lol:-) hugs Jan xx

Lisa Ricci

Date: 3/10/2017 4:22:00 PM

Hello Jan. Thank you for the smile that this entry brings. I needed that. You wrote with clarity and with anticipation. You have proved noise well and I think you have met the contest requirement. Well done throughout. Good luck with the contest.

Jan Allison
Date: 3/11/2017 7:50:00 AM

Thanks Lisa:-) I hope Shadow likes my take on noise lol:-) hugs Jan xx

Sara Chansarkar

Date: 3/10/2017 3:33:00 PM

haha, you are so funny Jan!

Jan Allison
Date: 3/11/2017 7:50:00 AM

Glad I made you smile Sara:-) hugs Jan xx

Doug Vinson

Date: 3/10/2017 3:05:00 PM

Ha! Jan. : ) With no hope of any secrecy, he should have marched rapidly in place. Hey, in for a penny, in for a pound. (Or, in the half-world, in one of his half-lives, was he then just alighting on the deck, having jumped off the yardarm to catch and rip the canvas sail...?)

Jan Allison
Date: 3/11/2017 7:51:00 AM

LOl Doug:-) hugs jan xx

Matthew Anish

Date: 3/10/2017 2:44:00 PM

Amusing tale you tell. You cannot control all of the bodily functions all the time! Peace & Love Matthew Anish

Jan Allison
Date: 3/11/2017 7:52:00 AM

True Matthew and in an almost silent room the effects are quite dramatic lol:-) hugs Jan xx

Roy Pett

Date: 3/10/2017 9:35:00 AM

Absolutely brilliant Jan, good luck in contest, sounds like a winner to me.

Jan Allison
Date: 3/11/2017 7:52:00 AM

ha ha ha :-) hugs Jan xx

Agnes Krampe

Date: 3/9/2017 10:07:00 PM

Priceless! Good luck in the contest, Jan.

Jan Allison
Date: 3/10/2017 9:33:00 AM

Glad you enjoyed my poem Agnes - I do try and find humour in most things and we have had this happen several times over the course of the exam season:-) hugs Jan xx

Edward Mccall

Date: 3/9/2017 6:33:00 PM

Jan that poem is hilarious I love it to my favs it goes.

Jan Allison
Date: 3/10/2017 9:32:00 AM

Thanks Edward - it is a job I adore doing and these things do happen occasionally:-) hugs Jan xx

CayCay Jennings

Date: 3/9/2017 5:47:00 PM

An awkward moment - when laughter must be suppressed, awkward shows up in a mess! What is left to say about noise after THE noise has been mentioned? A great sharing, Jan - an amusement generator. Hugs ... CayCay

Jan Allison
Date: 3/9/2017 5:54:00 PM

The memory of the noise lingers in the air lol:-) hugs Jan xx