Bathos or Sohtab? by Dave Morehouse

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Bathos or Sohtab?

by Dave Morehouse

Posted: 26 April 2012
Word Count: 148
Summary: These are a couple I submitted last month for a "Backwards" theme publication. They may border on bathos...or they may not. sorry to "mail it in" this week but the concept was a genuine struggle for me.

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This morning
For a laugh
I put my pants
On different.

Butt in front
Zips behind
Uncomfortable
Oddly exciting.

Advantages:
Wallet pocket
Where I need it
Knee bags hidden

Thinking this might
Catch on until
In the Restroom
I ask for help
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Indecision

Twelve thirty – smile at Susie, return to desk

Twelve ten – eat two bologna with mustard sandwiches

Noon – decide not to kick chair

Eleven forty five – toss noose over beam

Eleven forty one – chug two shots of Jack D

Ten fifty five – make an excuse, go to office basement

Ten thirty four – Johnson account is gone for good

Ten thirty three – scream “good for nothing bastard”, hang up

Nine fifty – Susie buzzes “RJ is on hold regarding the bids”

Nine twenty – finish last of the Krispy Kremes

Nine oh five – arrive fashionably late

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V`yonne at 15:52 on 26 April 2012 Report this post

I like the backwards trousers one but the other is wonderful - did they get accepted? Next time you win we could do witha bit of backward thinking ;