Jack Ellison Poet Narrative

The Upsies and Downsies

Life is full of “upsies” and “downsies”

When your “upsies” outnumber your “downsies”

You'll know coz you'll go around singing all day

If the reverse is true, you'll bite your neighbour's dog

Also best to hide all the knives

Lock your medicine cabinet filled with pills

And throw the key down the sewer

You can't be held criminally responsible

For setting fires in the mall

Or running nekkid through the streets

Yelling, “I want my Mommy”

So here's wishing your “upsies” are winning the battle

It's actually been a while since I did that

So they say there's still hope for me!



© Jack Ellison 2015

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Demetrios Trifiatis January 9, 2015 at 5:40 AM A stern warning for friends, neighbors and dogs! Ha-ha! Unfortunately my friend people prefer to learn from their own mistakes and not to learn for the mistakes of others! Enjoyed this wonderful, full- of- truth, poem of yours dear Jack! Excellent! Jack Ellison January 9, 2015 at 8:57 AM So you caught the part about the neighbourhood dogs! LOL A little on the silly side but just having some fun, my friend!

Jan Allison January 8, 2015 at 5:22 PM made me smile dear brother jack:-) hugs jan xx Jack Ellison January 8, 2015 at 8:36 PM Keep smiling... people will think you know something they don't! Love and hugs, Brother Jack XX

John Fleming January 8, 2015 at 9:00 AM I am still grinning, Jack...Lol!! Nicely done. :-) john. Jack Ellison January 8, 2015 at 9:16 AM Sorry! My silly side took over this morning!!! Keep on a-grinning... it's good for the soul! Cheers, Jack

Carol Eastman January 8, 2015 at 7:33 AM Everyone knows Dragons upsie days. It's when he flies. His downsies are when he crash lands into things, like the town water tower, The cell tower, ect. But his bestest downsie that turned into an upsie, was when he crashed into our TV News station. You might say he was immediately put on TV. Especially since he landed into the news set and accidently in front of the camera! So the moral to this story is... You can turn your downsie frowns into upsie smiles in the most unexpected ways... LOL Jack Ellison January 8, 2015 at 9:08 AM John Wulf has you pegged dear Carol! LOL Me and you... we could go on tour as a comedy team! What say you? XXX