Mickey Z
Cool Observer
Saturday, January 06, 2007
The greatest poem in history
(Storytelling Saturday, poetry-style)
Once upon a time...
(The one that got away)
Last week I wrote the greatest poem in history
But didn’t realize it at the time
I was on the subway...a Manhattan-bound W Train
Wrote the poem by hand in my notebook
Sloppy script
All this typing has ruined my once-proud handwriting
The rocking of the g.d. train didn’t help
Other side of the page was a to-do list for the day
got home that night and tore out the page...forgetting
the poem on the flipside
Tossed the paper in the recycle bin (like a good citizen)
Following morning: garbage trucks were here
to pick up the clear bags filled
with newspaper and cardboard
...and discarded verses
That’s precisely when I realized I’d written
the greatest poem in history
But you’re just gonna have to trust me on that…
The End
Who wants to tell us a story (in any form) in the comments section?
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Dylan sez: “I’ll let you be in my dreams if I can be in yours.”
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