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The Landlord Calls

There’s a tabby ally cat And a very scabby rat And a vampire bat And a very hungry gnat And a horrid little brat And they lived in a flat Where a man in a hat Saw a stain on the mat It’s an awful splat Like a small cow pat So we need to chat Because where we’re at And from where I’m sat There’s some tit for tat Like a democrat Or a diplomat With a caveat To avoid a spat Re your habitat There’s a well known stat When a pike meets sprat That the sprat says drat Can I pay for that And with cash begat… Secretariat

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Date: 10/3/2023 7:50:00 PM
Tit for tat. Sheet for shat... Keep smiling, Terry.
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Date: 10/1/2023 5:09:00 PM
This monorhyme got at it.
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Terry Flood
Date: 10/2/2023 2:53:00 PM
It’s the kind of dumb ass thing I concoct when ideas are few… sometimes…. only sometimes, the result is… um… intriguing, hilarious or just plain bonkers… and I’m happy with each of those eventualities. Cheers, David
Date: 9/30/2023 1:14:00 PM
And that is that! Fun write Terry! Debx
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Date: 9/30/2023 4:09:00 PM
One of two I posted almost as a joke (to gauge response… the other was so dreadful I deleted it). Chuffed you enjoyed this, Deb X
Date: 9/30/2023 11:46:00 AM
I’m sure you had as much fun writing this as I had reading it, Terry!
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Terry Flood
Date: 9/30/2023 11:50:00 AM
I was almost literally scratching my head for inspiration, Ilene. Nothing would gel so I simply started writing ‘stuff’. Eventually decided to go down the monorhyme route. Glad you enjoyed
Date: 9/29/2023 5:08:00 PM
That’s quite a monorhyming list of what amounts to scat. Except for Secretariat. He was a winner!!
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Date: 9/29/2023 5:18:00 PM
I used secretariat loosely. It’s often referred to as ‘governmental’ but to me it’s where secretarial work is done. Just a scribble in an otherwise empty headed moment.

Book: Shattered Sighs