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Fowl Play (previously titled 'Ducks')



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Thu Mar 23, 2017 6:10 am
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Hattable says...



So this starts in April?


Last time on NaPoWriMo!!
2016 - lost in flashes - poetry of the garbage kind!


I'll do better this time, I promise
Last edited by Hattable on Wed Apr 05, 2017 4:50 am, edited 1 time in total.
"I remember I posted Klingon and it made the mods super hard" -Willard

Prok once said something about Nate and apple pie. I forget the context.
  





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Mon Apr 03, 2017 5:42 am
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Hattable says...



oops missed the first day

april fools
"I remember I posted Klingon and it made the mods super hard" -Willard

Prok once said something about Nate and apple pie. I forget the context.
  





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Tue Apr 04, 2017 7:55 pm
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Hattable says...



ok so here's one finally but it's ba-a-ad, i was just trying to post one before i went too long without one

1. Disgracing dinosaurs
Spoiler! :
What does it matter,
that birds have wings
and feet immune
to electricity,
if they can't even
breathe fire

Who cares about feathers
and beautiful colors;
designs on their plumage,
like a soft mosaic
or rippling tapestry —
who cares,
when they only have
two wings

Why bother with poultry
and birds of prey
when they're nothing
like they used to be —
when they're now,
so much farther than before,
from dragons

Whatever happened
to dinosaurs;
t.rex and iguanodon?
So, they were killed by a rock,
but at least
they could probably
have seen glass

And I bet they weren't
so easily manipulated
by bread crumbs,
like their descendants are
today
"I remember I posted Klingon and it made the mods super hard" -Willard

Prok once said something about Nate and apple pie. I forget the context.
  





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Tue Apr 04, 2017 7:56 pm
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Hattable says...



also this one which i technically wrote the night before napo i think so i dunno if it'd count but hey if you for some reason wanted to see my other attempt at poemtry

1. 2. Wow-Ducks
Spoiler! :
Wow! What a world,
with bread falling
from the sky
Wow! What a world,
fellow waterfowl
floating by

Wow! What a world,
for a duck to see.
And wow, I think
it might be all for me!

Wow, check out
these dummies,
tossing me their food.
I can get that all myself —
but you knew that,
right, dude?
"I remember I posted Klingon and it made the mods super hard" -Willard

Prok once said something about Nate and apple pie. I forget the context.
  





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Mon Apr 24, 2017 8:43 am
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Hattable says...



according to my research, it takes twenty days to puke up a third steaming trash pile for napo. SAD. unfortunate

also the bird theme is lost and has been for the past twenty days i've attempted this third addition. i started a monster poem a few days ago but it's not done and i'm not sure how to write the rest of it yet so i don't know if it'll be presentable enough in time for napo-end but yeah

Numero 3
the hopeless-hobo-mobile
--
Don't you think it matters
that your breath smells so bad,
or that you're eating a corn dog
in the backseat of my car — ?

I know you lost your job,
“like a week ago”, but
every time you call it a week,
another day passes by.

And I wouldn't mind you
crashing at my place so much,
if it weren't for the fact that
this car is the only “my place” there is.

But now you think it's “ours”,
like you have a stake in it.
And sure, it's nice, that we switch driving each night
because all the legal parking spots are taken.

But I can't stand any of it much longer.
Each night that I drive,
harsh headlights are all that keep me awake
through the night.

And you might not see it,
with your lazy head
buried in a paper fast-food bag —
heck, I didn't for a while —

but every time I'm at the wheel these days,
pulling an all-nighter to keep us
out of any more trouble
I consider careening off a cliff somewhere.

But I can't do that with you, snoring,
unaware and unwilling,
sprawled across the backseat,
muttering dialogue from your dreams.

So please, friend; leave my car,
and get your life together
while you can.
I really think, unlike me, you might still have a chance.
"I remember I posted Klingon and it made the mods super hard" -Willard

Prok once said something about Nate and apple pie. I forget the context.
  








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