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Damn Yer Paws, Fur And Whiskers!

Prompt ▼

Prompt Card: The wind blew your umbrella inside out.

Word Cards: Limerence, Locket (You only need to use ONE of the word cards)

Wild Card: Mood: Monachopsis -n. the subtle but persistent feeling of being out of place.

Across the new-mown fields he raced,
a veritable rocket.
I swear he had a bloody watch!
(Or was it just a locket?)

It hardly mattered either way,
for that was just for starters.
He wore a suit, a hat, white gloves
and socks held up with garters.

And as the little bugger passed
He talked of fur and whiskers
and being late, while all the time
his pace got ever brisker.

The wind got up and caught his gamp1
and off the ground he lifted,
while faintly crying "Oh, my paws!"
as down the street he drifted.

I swear to God when I see Bill
I'll knee him in the goolies2,
for bringing dodgy3 home-made hooch
to last night's Friday Hooley.4.

The pounding headache's quite enough
for drinking men of habit.
But lines are crossed when I can see
a bloody talking rabbit.

Pink elephants and leprechauns
might generate some chatter,
but bunnies dressed like Mr Toad
are quite another matter.

Form: Ballad
Lines: 28

Notes ▼

It ain't great, but I did struggle with this one. I think I managed the "out of place" bit. Not so sure about the "subtle", though...

PS I must stop raiding Alice In Wonderland for ideas - that's twice in eight efforts so far.

Footnotes
1  Gamp: British term for a large umbrella.
2  Goolies: British slang for...um...a part of the male anatomy that can well do without being kneed, kicked, punched or otherwise subjected to high velocity impacts.
3  Dodgy: British slang for something suspect.
4  Hooley: Irish slang for a drunken debauch boisterous party.