What Goes Up Must Come Down

What Goes Up Must Come Down



Up, up, and away the Marvel Comics Super Hero chants as 
brother and sister watching squeal in delight! 

The boy jumps up, pillow case laying across his back and tied at the neck
for a cape and starts mimicking flying as he races around the living room.

He screams...look at me...look at me, I can fly... Zroom!...Zroom!...

His older sister at the wise age of 8 laughs and starts teasing him. No you 
can't fly you're too dumb!...dumb!...dumb!...The innocent games children play. 

The boy yells back, oh yes I can...Zroom!...Zroom!...No you can't!...Yes I can!...

Then fly for real you big stupid head!...The boy now close to tears runs into 
the backyard screaming, " I'll show you I can fly!" and runs out the door.

A couple of minutes pass and the girl hears her brother yelling for her to come
outside and see for herself. Curious she heads out back and hears "Up here Dummy!"

Then he jumps off of the roof, arms spread out, pillow case cape out just like
Superman. Well almost like Superman instead he fell face first into the ground!

He landed screaming...My leg!...My Leg!...

You see what goes up must come down, a valuable lesson learned 
that day and luckily the little boy only broke one of his legs.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2016


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Date: 3/28/2016 3:33:00 PM
Awesome win, Brian... Linda
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Date: 3/1/2016 7:51:00 PM
Very entertaining with a lot of thought. I used to do the same but never jumped from the roof! Enjoyed the read my friend:)
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Brian Davey
Date: 3/1/2016 10:51:00 PM
I jumped myself but luckily my outcome was a little better than the little boy's in my poem. Glad you enjoyed it and thank you for reading
Date: 3/1/2016 6:03:00 PM
Cool nice story wrapped inside this contest theme. Also teaching a lesson in a poetic form with this tale I really like this one
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Brian Davey
Date: 3/1/2016 10:50:00 PM
Thank you again I think every little boy has had an experience like this in one form or another
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