“Itsy-bitsy” turned 60 today,
bombs are littered like candy wrappers,
the weatherman promises
rain after six o’clock, and
super mosquitoes
prowl Greek tenements,
blood-junky gangs looting a fix.
Headlines are diet food
for those watching
their propaganda levels.
A new world champion
ate 53 3/4 hot dogs in twelve minutes,
sixth straight title,
bare buns, no strings.
Originals are better than remakes.
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- Pat Paulk
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21 comments:
Excelent poem, all of the pollution in our heads-a mad world out there
cool poems you have here!
take care!
Heeeeeeees BACK......
53 hotdogs more than I eat in a year....
Who is itsy bitsy? Well I guess I could Google couldn't I.....
Rain, yeh Rain, I was downtown at the local Jittery Joe's and it came down in buckets.........got home and everything was dry. I guess it just rained over downtown.
Glad you are back
I just realized I have used up another keyboard. Every so often I have to buy a new one, I burn out the keys, just like a tailpipe on a car I guess.....varoooooooooooom
That is a neat poem Pat.
You are quite the writer!
Thanks for visiting my blog again.
Hope you had a great trip.
I hears that the guy that ate the hot-dogs weighs 160! I'm much bigger than that, but I could only eat 3 last night... I need practise, I guess. :)
love this one
especially like the end
(no ambiguity intended) :)
ha! i love this one!!
You kept you pen sharp. Good man!
Now I remember!Yes, I was viewing your blog just a few days ago.I enjoyed them!Keep in touch!
very good....thank u
where's AA?
Love the ending...bare buns, no strings. That's like champ. That's life. Liked it a lot.
...but lotsa poka-dots. Good to have you back. :-)
I watched the news on the Japanese guy who won the hotdog title. Mere watching of eating competitions gives me mental indigestion. Imagine how strained and bursting-at-the-seams this chap's stomach will be.
ack!
VERY VERY COOL PAT!!!
I liked your imagery and how the whole poem
told the story of our nation!!!
VERY COOL!!!!!!!!
Yes it is Sue! Thank you!!
Thanks Jel!
Nea, has to be some serious indigestion. 60th birthday of the bikini. Still need the rain here.
Thanks!!
Thank you Jon!
Samuru, I did! Thank you!!
I read that too, Andrew. Of course he only eats once every three months.
Thanks Floots!! Anymore, the ambiguity is left on the cutting table.
Thank you Polona!!
J Cosmo, I did. Thank you!!
Plus Ultra, glad I found your blog. Thanks for returning the visit!!
Thank you Kai!!
That is life! Thanks Don!
Thanks Vaughn!! Lots of polka dots, well, not as many as there used to be.
Medusa, you are right!! Thank you!!
Lee, I'm a headline junky. Always checking to make sure it's safe to walk out and get the mail.
Thanks Wink!!
Thanks for stopping by today.
A poet!
I also write poetry, but only when I'm angry, unfortunately. Otherwise I am quite uninspired. I am linking to you for a weekly poetry dose :)
This is great!
The mixture of the kinds of news that we receive at one sitting is a good reason to become 'sick' of it.
I try to watch my intake.
:)
Dear Pat, I'm linking you from my blog. Hope you're cool with that. Makes it much easier for me to refer my buddies to your writings :)
Thank you for dropping by my blog. It is a pleasure to meet you. I will be sure to bookmark your blog, and be back to visit. I love you poetry. I write a bit, but my poetry is the immature rhyming jingly type ... a lot of fun, but that's about it. There are a few littered throughout my main blog Varieties Of Life. Hope you are having a great day. Take care, Meow
A top one, Pat!
dah, haha the light bulb came on finally.......I thought maybe it was a very tiny dog
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