The Al-Fresco Author

by  Mickey  ( 1024 )

Posted: 22 July 2010
Word Count: 62


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Some birds have just shit on me laptop.
I was sitting outside in the sun
composing some prose
when a couple of crows
hit the gap between ‘Tab’, ‘Q’, and ‘1’
I hope when the guano has hardened
I can winkle it out with a pin.
But I’ll stop writing prose in the garden
and, when the muse strikes, I’ll stay in!






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Posted by :  clyroroberts at 15:26 on 22 July 2010
Hee Hee

This is very funny. Do you think the birds did it deliberately - I bet they did.

I wouldn't change a word of it - it's hilarious.
Posted by :  Desormais at 15:27 on 22 July 2010
Thank you for that! A good laugh on a grey day. Loved it.
Posted by :  SharpScissors at 15:36 on 22 July 2010
Ditto, very funny. I like 'winkle it out with a pin' I was doing just that with a piece of fluff on my laptop the other day. My father in law (who is known for buying useless presents) once gave us a USB powered PC hoover one year for christmas. As far as I can remember it's languishing in a drawer somewhere. Maybe you should seek one out?
Posted by :  joanie at 21:18 on 23 July 2010
Mike - I just LOVE it! The rhythm and rhymes, the 'trueness' of of it, are perfect. Well done!

The best thing is................... I KNOW that this actually happened.

joanie

Posted by :  V`yonne at 23:25 on 24 July 2010
Would you like to send it to EDP? It's just the kind of thing we can use
Posted by :  James Graham at 11:32 on 26 July 2010
It's deliberate. They target human artefacts - garden seats, car windscreens, laptops. It's a conspiracy. I have a bird table in the garden, but I'm ambivalent about the visitors - the little finches and blue-tits are pretty, but on the other hand all birds seem to do all their waking lives is eat and shit.

A perfect little gem of a humorous poem. It gives the impression of having been written immediately after the bombardment, as a way of making sure humour gets the better of grumpiness.

James.


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