Patricia Cresswell Poet Free verse

The Great Ice Cream Challenge

great ice cream challenge


sitting restlessly
scanning the room and
life and the prevailing mood
I  am going to eat
that huge pot of ice cream.

But it’s not good for you.

what is anymore? still
going to eat it
all creamy and rich
might even use my fingers

It is too cold outside.

wrap up in a blanket 
put on wooly scratchy socks
going to eat it all
while the thought is fresh

Grow up, your acting like a baby

Yep! maybe rub it in my hair
I am old how much more
grown up must I get.  
Going to eat every bit

one would think at your age…

One can kiss my bippy 
pass me the spoon …..please
my only concession
I’m going in yum.

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Lim'Rik Flats August 30, 2017 at 9:02 AM My last bout with the binge//really made me cringe//so I'm back//to a lessor attack//just nibbling around the fringe. Consequences!!! Dang, they seem to mean more nowadays;-) Patricia Cresswell August 30, 2017 at 9:09 AM Good morning John. Thank you for reading and the comment. I figure its not going to kill and if it is I will probably be dead already lol. A binge now and then at my age I deserve it.

Jack Ellison August 15, 2017 at 8:24 AM I'll kiss your biddy... I volunteer! Love the format, kudoe Miss Patricia! Huggsies, Jacko xxx Jack Ellison August 15, 2017 at 12:32 PM Just went to my doc for a memory test... result: still not doing too bad! He told me to keep up the poetry! Keeps the old noggin working! Huggs and love!!! xxxxxxxx Patricia Cresswell August 15, 2017 at 9:16 AM Hi Jack it is a phrase from the comedy show in the 70's. Goldy Hawn and the rest. Loved that show. Thank you for coming over here so early. Thank you for enjoying.

Hannah Borke August 14, 2017 at 10:06 AM You reminded me of one of my favorite episodes in the Little House Books series. In "Farmer Boy", Almanzo's parents left the kids on their own for a week. They made and ate ice cream all day every day, until the sugar got used up. Patricia Cresswell August 14, 2017 at 10:17 AM I was feeling defiant about the do's and not do's at my age so I dood it. Not a regular habit for rebellion but somethings just have to be said and done. Thank you for your kind words and memory.