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Let her think she’d talk even less.
But she dropped her phone,*
And felt more alone;
None answered her call of distress.
She walked into the Ice cream Parlor
with her mom, all three feet of her.
Five years old, excited and happy
with a gleam in her eyes, looking at
all the ice cream choices, she was
mesmerized.
Her mother told her," Honey you
pick your favorite one."
She said, "Mommy I want that one,
and that one, and that one!" Mommy,
softly replied, "Honey you can only
have one."
"But I want that one, and that one,
and that one!" Her mom said again,
"Darling you can only have one."
She replied again holding up her
one little finger to make a point,
she then pointed at the different
flavors individually. Mommy you
said I could only have one. So I
want one of vanilla, one of
strawberry, and one of chocolate.
Her mother realizing the confusion
in her five year old, gave in and
wondered if she was outsmarted by
her five year old.
Michael tor 10/27/2015 Olive Eloisa Guillermo: Contest All that melts in your mouth.
One day many years ago
I was in town and hungry
and almost salivating from my lips
So I thought uhmmmm
think I'll have some fish and chips
Such a delectable tantalizing meal
couldn't be bettered
So I had them open
and went outside
Pipping hot ooh
they they looked nice
I was happy as a cat
in a room full of mice.
Well, it wasn't long before
I saw 85 pigeons maybe more
Watling towards me
Well I'm a kind hearted soul
so I thought I'd give them a chip or two
for their tea.
Suddenly
one flew and flapped it's wings before my face
I dropped my chips all over the place
I'd been a sucker for the mob
and I was still hungry
with no chips to fill my gob!.
Then they casually wobbled away
I's been outsmarted yet again
by a creature with a tiny brain.
Then they flew to a building across the way
waiting for another sucker to be their prey
Then I looked down at my shoe
they left me a thank you
a pile of poo
ooohhhh!!!!!!!!.
If I could have caught them
it would have been pigeon stew
just make sure
it doesn't happen to you.
Don't mess with the mob.
Peter Dome.copyright.2013. Dec.
Banana sandwich
jam doughnut
well done steak
turn around to get a plate
from a rack
Gone!
Two little innocent faces
and wagging tails stirring back.
Peter Dome.copyright.2013. Dec.
My grandson just loves to make noise
The louder the better his toys
His batteries I hide
The noise still resides
Turns out that I hid his decoys
“Go clean your room,” Mother said
But little Fred just shook his head
Clean his room? He’d rather not
How about video games, he thought
“Go clean your room now Fred!
Or you’ll not have dinner before you go to bed!”
He thought about this quite a lot
Maybe he could sneak dinner later he wouldn’t get caught
So he said sure, he would go unfed
But Mother’s face just got quite red
“You clean your room! You shouldn’t have fought!
No you’ll go without supper whether you clean up or not!”
Well Fred thought about this in his head…
“Well then good-night Mother, I guess this means I’m off to bed!”
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