Short Mitty Poems

Calico cat was curiously itty bitty
She had moved to Iowa from New York City
Taking a liking to her was a dog named Smitty
She was playful and fun, extremely witty

Handsome Mr. Mitty said it is such a pity.
For he also had set his cap on this cat named Titty.
Titty the calico cat penned a wonderful ditty.
About how she was moving back to New York City....

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Oh the web when we deceive
The lies we start to believe

Telling ourselves how great thou art
All bull from the start

The secret life of Walter Mitty
Real life king of the city

Your prowess on each and every field
The truth you fail to yield

Who's like you since leather ass
Its you and no other shall pass

Your obituary filled with lies
But those who knew it was no surprise...

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Eternal Hope

You speak with your eyes and I hear with my heart.
They tell of a love that never can start.

But, somewhere deep, inside of me,
This feeling will live through eternity.

So, if Walter Mitty, I must be 
Then, that will have to satisfy me.

Note: In Walter Mitty's daydreams he imagines himself to be heroic. That seems to be the common denominator throughout the tale by James Thurber.

Written by John Posey
11/03/13...

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“What is this strange place we find ourselves in 
trapped in the open we are free within”

The speedboat skipped like a stone on the lake,
The Commander took charge for the crew’s sake.

If the patient died there’d be hell to pay,
But the surgeons fawned when he saved the day.

“War thundered and whined around the dugout”,
Yet the Captain strode on with a brave shout. 

His wife brought him down from his fond muse -
“Walter Mitty, where are your overshoes?”

March 20, 2022...

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