Sunny Side Up
I fell asleep on a stuffed leather box,
And woke a moment later in a bar downtown
Guzzling saltwater from the tap.
The barkeep asked what the hell I was doing,
So I told him, “Cleaning my wounds.”
Sure enough, all my teeth were gone
No telling where, though.
My tongue tripped in hole after hole,
Worried more about whistling
Than wedding photos.
I just had to get away from it all,
So I hopped on the first ferry to the new world.
After months of bitter cold, shaking, up-down
Rocking and bad jokes about seamen,
I stepped ashore, washed my feet in loam
Thick as set bacon grease
And I told myself right then and there,
This would be the start of something great.
I grabbed a spoon and a compass,
Pointed my face to the first mountain I saw
And set off to find out
If clouds tasted how I always imagined,
Or even like anything in particular.
It wasn’t long at all before I was digging
My way to the summit, and just as the sun
Broke open, sizzling and smelling sweet,
I woke to my wife standing over me,
Holding a spatula, saying,
“Scrambled, or sunny side up?”
Two writers walked into a bar: one was called Carlton, the other Wordsworth. They met up with their pal Stoker and drank large tankards of laudanum. Thankfully, there was a woman in the kitchen to set their heads straight.
Welcome back from the brink, Genius.
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I can’t even believe I was just placed in the same sentence with Wordsworth. I’m speechless. Your flattery continues to astound and humble me, Kat.
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I calls ’em the way I sees ’em.😉🐾😸
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Aww, look what you did. You put egg on Mona Lisa’s face.
I liked this poem, very clever. Woke me up 🙂
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I felt bad about that, I really did. Good morning!
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Mornin’
Isn’t it great when you have tooth dreams and wake up and they are still there?
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Such a relief. How would I eat my breakfast otherwise?
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scrambled eggs dont need teeth. btw my 6th grade teacher told me NEVER END A STORY: AND THEN I WOKE UP. what did he know??
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Thank you for visiting my page today. I read two of your poems and how refreshing they were. I’ll be back for sure. Best. Chevvy.
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