Too Many Monkeys

By hudsonmoon

Fri, 11 Oct 2013
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9 comments
 

This city they call New York and this daily commute have been getting to me. I should have been a forest ranger. But I'll get over it. I always do. But I would look good in one of those hats.

 

Too many peas in
The pod for me
Too many taters in
The sack
To many lemons
Giving me a
Sad expression
Too many monkeys on
My back

Certificate U
Poem
Autobiography

Comments

Submitted by jolono on

I like this so much i'm gonna learn it off by heart and say it everyday!

By the way, I should have been a lumberjack.

 

Submitted by hudsonmoon on

And that's ok, Joe. You can sleep all night and work all day.

Cheers, bud.

Rich

 

Submitted by Ed Crane on

Loved this, just about sums up my feelings about big cities.

I'd rather be taken out by a Grizzly than a BMW any day. (Mind you I'd have to go  a long way to find one)

 

Submitted by hudsonmoon on

Me too, Ed. Though, when I'm home in the burbs, my worst fate would be taken out by a ravenous raccoon.

Rich

 

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

Clever! But, ah, I do feel sorry for those other hoards all feeling the same way!
Hope you get an escape to the country soon. I wonder if forest rangers ever feel lonely for the city?
Rhiannon

 

 

Submitted by hudsonmoon on

I had a three week vacation this summer, Rhiannon. And I realised how much I do not miss the city. As I approach sixty, I think I'm ready for greener pastures. And by that I don't mean I want to lay  down and die. I want to think of it as starting my second sixty years. Only this time, barefoot with a fishing pole, pen, and plenty of bait and beer. And a good woman to put up with me - which I all ready have.

Rich

 

Submitted by Silver Spun Sand on

'I am a lumberjack, and I'm OK';-)

Great stuff, as per usual, Rich.

Tina

 

Submitted by hudsonmoon on

We drink all night and we work all day. It's been years since I've seen that bit, Tina. But it's always in my head.

Rich

 

Submitted by Bee on

This is a neat poem and lovely to say. I found I wanted to read it over and over just for the fun of saying it in my mind. A well summed up sentiment, too. I hope you get your hat, at least.

Bee