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A poet can always turn a bad situation into a poem!  Yup,my fun day today!

The Maelstrom Outside the Mall

THE MAELSTROM OUTSIDE THE MALL

Mellowing out at the mall,
Amidst the short and the tall
Shelves, filled with shirts and shoes,
A mixture of reds and a lot of blues.

Leaving was like a treacherous storm.
A sweeping car with a demonic form.
As I beeped my horn, he ignored the bell.
Almost hit on the driver side, we both would yell.

This wild-eyed bat, wouldn’t pull up his car.
Who knows why he took his dereliction way too far.
I couldn’t open the door. Trapped for a minute or five.
Armed with a walkie-talkie, a timely hero would arrive.

Finally I can loosen my panicked grip of fear.
Leave with the anxious shirt and shoes I wear.
I lighten the curses that plummet from my lips.
For sure, this visit to the outlet mall was quite a trip.

3/29/2018
Copyright © | Year Posted 2018

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Neumann Avatar
March 30, 2018 at 2:45 AM
True, it can always be a poem. And that is the beauty of words and reflection. The stuff I write is often so complicated and I can take a page out of your book and simplify. Thank you, Kai
Rodrigues Avatar
March 30, 2018 at 6:59 AM
Thanks, Kai!
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