Once upon a blind date
the year’d grown old,
gilded flakes fell and
twinkling bug-catcher
parking lights unveiled
piles of leaf disbelief,
hoarder’s tendencies.
No one told us not to–
One, two, three
swallow.
Happiness is hollow.
Crappily ever after,
a sorta fairytale disaster.
© khartless 2021, All Rights Reserved
Quadrille #140: Let’s Go To The Fair! Join us.
Yard Sale of Thoughts 
Crappily ever after … love it! 🤣💕
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yeah 😀 so funny!
❤
David
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Thank you. I should write more sorta fairytales. Theres’ lot of mischief to be had, no doubt.
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Life does take the punch out of happiness! Very nicely done.
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Oh the fair is in fairy. Clever.
Thanks for dropping by to read mine
Much💛love
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Thank you very much, Gillena. 💜
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That’s an epic poem, K. What an ending. Awesome.
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Thank you kindly, Jeff. It was fun this unfairytale.
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You’re most welcome, K. Always. Indeed.
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Haha love the ending 😀 brilliant poem
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Thank you. I’ so glad you stopped by. Appreciate your kind words.
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Nice poem! I love the phrase “Crappily ever after”, adds a kinda funny touch to the poem ❤
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Your last couplet transforms this very good poem into an excellent one. Love it!
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Why thank you, Hobbo. I have been overly busy today, but it was great to end the day with seeing this super kind comment.
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You are super welcome!
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Hollow happiness. Ain’t it always, eh?
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“Once upon a blind date” and “crappily ever after” are fantastic
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Thank you very kindly, JYP. I enjoyed making a mess of things.
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The ending made me think of jumping into piled leaves and discovering a dog had been there first…
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Exactly, Jane. You nailed this fairytale. Sorry for my delay in response. I appreciate you reading and commenting here.
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🙂
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Clever wordplay. Some people seem to live more of those crappily ever after lives than others.
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This is hysterical! I love it.
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Thanks, Misky. I’m so glad you enjoyed it and I apologize for the long delayed response. Had quite a hysterical day here. 😉
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🥰
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Paints a suitably sardonjc pcture…
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So clever!
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Thank you kindly, Linda. Sorry for the delay in responding. A long day here.
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I understand;I spent most of the day updating my Mac which took forever.
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I like the idea of un-fairytale 🙂 very original, succinct and crisp! 💝💝
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Good poem. 🙂
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Thank you 😉
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A blind date is too often a recipe for disaster… especially if a promising start turns out to be more manure than a man.
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😂 Indeed. Huzzah! Thanks for reading, Björn.
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