Login   Sign Up 



 
Archive » Mickey » Work
Archive »  Poetry » General » Work

The Al-Fresco Author

by Mickey 

Posted: 22 July 2010
Word Count: 62
Font Size
 


Printable Version
Print Double spaced


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!






Favourite this work Favourite This Author


Comments by other Members



clyroroberts at 15:26 on 22 July 2010  Report this post
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.
Helpful (0) Made Me Think (0) Made Me Smile (0) Pure Genius (0)

Desormais at 15:27 on 22 July 2010  Report this post
Thank you for that! A good laugh on a grey day. Loved it.
Helpful (0) Made Me Think (0) Made Me Smile (0) Pure Genius (0)

SharpScissors at 15:36 on 22 July 2010  Report this post
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?
Helpful (0) Made Me Think (0) Made Me Smile (0) Pure Genius (0)

joanie at 21:18 on 23 July 2010  Report this post
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
Helpful (0) Made Me Think (0) Made Me Smile (0) Pure Genius (0)

V`yonne at 23:25 on 24 July 2010  Report this post
Would you like to send it to EDP? It's just the kind of thing we can use
Read the WriteWords interview with Oonah Joslin (V`yonne)
Helpful (0) Made Me Think (0) Made Me Smile (0) Pure Genius (0)

James Graham at 11:32 on 26 July 2010  Report this post
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.
Read the WriteWords interview with James Graham
Helpful (0) Made Me Think (0) Made Me Smile (0) Pure Genius (0)


To post comments you need to become a member. If you are already a member, please log in .

 






Other work by Mickey:      ...view all work by Mickey