Eyes glued to the box,
There’s drama to be seen.
Then it happens at the climax,
How can they be so mean?
Time is limited,
One and a half minutes to be exact.
Then the commercials will be over,
Quick, it’s time to act.
He puts the kettle on,
As I scurry down the hall.
So quickly, that I nearly skid,
And take a dramatic fall.
Teas brewing, he hollers,
As theme music begins to play.
Frustrated I curse,
Why is the loo so far away?
As voices sound I don’t have time to flush,
It will just have to wait.
The next bit will be dramatic,
I don’t want to be too late.
As I scurry to my seat,
He sighs in disbelief,
Another set of ads eight minutes away,
The tea will be ready then, what a relief.
The A Mused Poetry Contest 9/26 – 10/2/2020
© Deb Whittam 2020
This was entertaining. I hope she washed her hands before dipping into the chip bowl
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I’m sure she did, they probably have hand sanitizer next to the TV 😊
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It’s a great poem, hope it’s not entirely true 🙂
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It’s my parents routine 😊
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Oh okay 🙂
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It’s alright, they’re nearly normal 😊
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Nearly normal is a better place to be than than the restrictive cage of Full Normal, right? 🙂
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I agree 😊
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😉
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Excellent. 🙂
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Thanks Jeff, hope it made you chuckle 🙂
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🙂 Those commercial breaks just aren’t long enough!
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I think I’ve got you a bit flummoxed with this one but I did think I was disadvantaged. I don’t watch TV, so what do I know of commercials????
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😀 I don’t watch TV, either. I was going off ads I’d seen as a child or what people have shown me form the Super Bowl.
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I’d rather read. I think we should do the misrepresentation of characters in commercial TV. 😃
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lol just found this winning poem on Chel’s blog … love your poetry, I will have to read more!
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Thanks Kate, I saw you’d moved your blog. How’s it going over there?
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lol just a vicious rumour I created Deb … opened it so easily BUT … there is no opportunity for conversation there! People can only email me direct and not read each others comments or cross fertilise as I call it.
So deleted it in a blink and about to post that I am staying a while for community 🙂
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Well that’s good, that block editor is a pain though. I’m just copying old posts and updating. It seems to be a work around. I’m looking forward to finding something artificial for this week’s challenge 😊
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there is still a back door into classic editor, when this closes I may just retire …
WP Admin, all posts, top left hand corner “New Post” box, click on your choice!
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Oh good, I think I’ll be joining you then 😑
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always a pleasure Deb!
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