by Doug Westberg
Member since:
January 4, 2007

The Lady or The Pit Bull: Decuain for Mindful Poetry Contest #17 MP2012

April 24, 2012 02:48 PM UTC
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I’m selling dictionaries door to door

With nothing but my sales case and my spiel,

A hundred possibilities in store

Behind a thousand doors, it makes me feel

Like Daniel, as my brain begins to reel.

A lady or a tiger would be great;

One chance in two is hardly a big deal.

Instead, a world of menaces awaits:

Rejection, shotguns, angry dogs and more--

That’s what I’m hiding out in the woods for.

 

prompt here

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Comments: 17

KittyKutabare aka Candy Pole Apr 24, 2012, 2:55pm UTC
delightful!!!~

Thanks for sharing in the Triple Name Club.
Doug Westberg Apr 24, 2012, 2:57pm UTC
Going door to door is exercise....? An exercise in futility....? I'm fearful a hostile husband will get exercised...? (These poems have a way of writing themselves, you know...)
Susan Budig - Mindful Poet Apr 24, 2012, 5:36pm UTC
No worries. I thought this was an exercise in perseverance.
ʚϊɞ Carol ʚϊɞ Apr 24, 2012, 3:37pm UTC
Good reasons to hideout Doug. A challenging task.

Now featured at The Surreal Circus.
Ann Marcaida Apr 24, 2012, 3:52pm UTC
I'm absolutely terrified at the idea of ever having to be a salesperson, so this rings true to me. Thanks for sharing with Gather's Luminous Writers and Artists. Featured.
A. F. Stewart Apr 24, 2012, 4:49pm UTC
Wonderfully witty.
J. Reid Apr 24, 2012, 5:09pm UTC
Smiles...

Thank you for submitting to: Not Gathering Dust!
Susan Budig - Mindful Poet Apr 24, 2012, 5:36pm UTC
Your decuain gave me a smile.

Ten lines of poetry written precisely have found a space at Mindful Poetry.
Kathryn Flynn Apr 24, 2012, 5:57pm UTC
Well done! Nowadays we can just blog, tweet and click "Like" and share. Not as exciting, but safer.
Pam Brittain Apr 24, 2012, 6:31pm UTC
You just describe me.
Angie O. Apr 24, 2012, 7:26pm UTC
I used to do Marketing Research; I would hide too. LOL Sales would be an exercise from soup to nuts.
Richard Lynn Livesay Apr 24, 2012, 8:17pm UTC
would you like the prize behind door 1, 2 or 3...? I tried Encylopedias and Cutco knives and I felt safer with the knives...great poem, Doug
JOHN BECK Apr 25, 2012, 12:00am UTC
Well done, and fun, Doug.
Mustafa Demiri Apr 25, 2012, 12:38am UTC
I love a good dictionary... a nice, old-fashioned, leather-bound trove of words... I'll take three sets!
Kathryn W. Apr 25, 2012, 12:40am UTC
eh...i gotz google. ;)
Sandy Moore Apr 25, 2012, 3:05am UTC
Don't worry, we will find you.

Thank you for sharing with Watching The Wind Blow By
elizabeth evans Apr 25, 2012, 4:03am UTC
I think being a salesman, any kind of salesman, would be a death sentence....but one going door to door would be even worse.

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