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Rated: E · Poetry · Family · #808411
Writer's cramp entry for 1/29/04
The New Prompt is:
According to a newsreport on CNN we are creative when it comes to calling in for a day off...

Write a POEM for why you missed a day of Writer's Cramp.

Reality...What a Concept



The weather doctor said six inches
We got twelve.
All hail the mighty snowblower
The weather doctor said just a dusting
We got 6 more inches.
All hail the mighty snowblower.

Patience’s car got stuck in the driveway
Keys in the ignition, car running, door’s locked.
All hail the mighty snowblower
Patience’s car got stuck again,
And again.
All hail the mighty snowblower.

The weather doctor said four more inches
We got eight inches.
All hail the mighty snowblower.
The weather doctor said storm over.
We got six more inches.
All hail the mighty snowblower.

Patiences car got stuck in the driveway…again.
Keys in ignition, car running, door locked…in gear
All hail the mighty snowblower.
Patience’s car got stuck again…and again
And again.
All hail the mighty snowblower.

Be creative the prompt said
Why, when reality is so much better?
All hail the mighty snowblower.
Twenty four hours to write for the Cramp?
You want to hear about cramps?
All hail the...awww, give it up already.



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