What goes up must come down
The skeletons in your closet
They are to be worried about
Those things will come out in the wash
What to do what to do--there's hope
Why were they in the wash machine
Who was watching this bloody act
Did you heed Tide cleans things better
There's hope those dry bones get whiter
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- Poem Copyright, Jimmiehov 2020, All Rights Reserved
- I am linked with Magaly Guerrero with Weekly Scribbles in the Writers and Poets United site at https://poetsandstorytellersunited.blogspot.com/2020/02/weekly-scribblings-6-turn-cliche-into.html?m=1
- Magaly has asked for us to write using a cliche or cliches to write. I used several. On the above link she has a list of cliches we use, GO THERE to see how many are in your working repertoire.
- A Ditty Poem, http://buffysilverman.com/how-to-write-a-ditty/
OH, those first two lines ~ chilling.
ReplyDeleteAgree!
DeleteHA -- at first I read your title as "dirty poem" and it seemed to fit as it was about laundry!
ReplyDeleteI’m very glad that I am not the only one who thought that. Lol!
DeleteJim, the skeleton stanza holds a mixture of hope and threat for me, depending who the speaker is and the sort of skeletons in the closet.
ReplyDeleteNeatly done and lots of fun!
ReplyDelete... quite mysterious!
ReplyDeleteThis is absolutely brilliant!💝 I especially like; "The skeletons in your closet/They are to be worried about
ReplyDelete/Those things will come out in the wash." So true.
I bet those skeletons make a racket in the washing machine!
ReplyDeleteOh, not sure all skeletons can be bleached clean of their secrets, but we can hope. :)
ReplyDeleteI have this image of bones tumbling around in a washing machine. Clatter, clatter, clatter!
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