Bathos or Sohtab?
by Dave Morehouse
Posted: Thursday, April 26, 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
----
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
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
----
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