Monday, May 15, 2006

Midnight Geometry Test

I can’t draw a straight line
with a ruler,
dead sober,
150 watts bursting glass seams,
on any given day,
if my life depended on it!
But, you want me to walk one,
pitch dark,
dead drunk,
headlights whizzing by.
Sir, would it be acceptable
if I crawled
from point A to B?

13 comments:

Audur said...

Thank you Pat for your comment on my drawings. They are a surprise to me every time they come out of the pen. I like your site very much too.

Pris said...

This is so perfect, Pat. Love it!:-)

Borut said...

Funny, trying go straight...:)

Winston said...

Sometimes crawling ain't even safe enough...LOL

polona said...

ouch!
i like this even better the second time around! :)

sangeet said...

:) Love the humour in your work Pat!
Sangeet

Kai said...

interesting pat:)

did u have a wonderful weekend?

Kai said...

i did enjoy it...i got lazy....lol

Russell Ragsdale said...

Like the quote from Men In Black, "No mam, we at the FBI do not have a sense of humor that we are aware of."

Elena Horowitz-Brookes said...

Pat, I like this. It's really funny. I wonder if I could walk that line under those conditions, with nerves and knees all a-shaking, with police breathing down my neck, dead sober. Don't think so.

Kai said...

thank u pat!

have a good day:)

sage said...

Nice poems Pat. I'm going to have to come back and visit. Thanks for stopping by my site.

Pat Paulk said...

Celeste, thank you for coming by and commenting. Your artwork is beautiful!!

Pris, thanks! Thankfully it's not a real experience.

Thanks Borut!

Dunzo, thanks for commenting. You're right sometimes, it's not!!

Thank you Polona!!

Sangeet somebody has to be the south end of the horse. I do a pretty good job of it!! Thank you!!

Thnaks Kai!!

Russell, love that movie. You're right they don't!!

Thanks Boulies!! Don't think I could either.

Sage, it was a pleasure. Thanks for commenting!!