Kim has issued a challenging challenge for
Tuesday Poetics. Write a dramatic monologue,
she asks, and thrill her and chill her with our evil plans.
What’s more, we’re to do this in rhyming couplets
and anapestic format. Forgive me for foregoing
anapest!
Submitted to dVerse Tuesday Poetics
May 2, 2017
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I am happy for this chance to vent
My modicum of murderous intent
I fear it has potential, you see
To become a regular killing spree.
I want to dispose of more than one
Oh, many will go before I’m done
I’ll watch them fall like dominoes
And go the way of all my foes
A poisonous spray will do the task
I won’t inhale, I’ll wear a mask
It won’t take long til it’s all complete
And my victory will be so sweet.
Then. sitting back in my easy chair
I’ll cherish my view beyond compare
Free of the blight of those yellow scions
Oh, how I hate those dandelions.
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A blog for the midnight epiphanies and idle thoughts of a hopeless wordaholic.
My mind was going to politics until I read the last two lines. Very nice!
ReplyDeleteI'm all in with you there Beverly. I spent a few days hoeing them down and now I want to see them all die. That was great!!!
ReplyDeleteUntil the end, I was with ya. I was fantasizing about finally getting rid of the German roaches that are plaguing my house.
ReplyDeleteThis is treat, Beverly, and not just a modicum of murderous intent!
ReplyDeletePoor dandelions. An you have a flavour of Browning in there, especially in the lines:
'A poisonous spray will do the task
I won’t inhale, I’ll wear a mask
It won’t take long til it’s all complete
And I’ll celebrate my victory sweet'!
Sorry, should say 'a treat' - it's getting late over here!
ReplyDeleteOh how charming! Die, dandelions, die!
ReplyDeleteThank you for this delightful mind play
ReplyDeleteI love those yellow dandelions in the fields ~ Your ending made me smile Bev ~ I thought it was all bloody and gore ~
ReplyDeleteTeehee! This is awesome! Great surprise ending!
ReplyDeleteHa... yes they might look cheerful and smiley. But they are difficult to contro....
ReplyDeleteThe last line took me by surprise! At first I was pleased it was only dandelions were going to cop it, then I thought, but I like dandelions!
ReplyDeleteoh no...dandelion massacre...i like them more than some humans ;)
ReplyDeleteHa! I first thought aphids...suspenseful indeed ;)
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