The Tight Rope Walker
After John’s hamster died
he could not tell up from down,
he became a tight rope walker
tottering grimly forward
without pole or safety net
modern medicine is just a sham
couldn’t save one damn hamster
he never acknowledged
the gravity of his situation.
The challenge over at dVerse is to write a quadrille (44 word poem), incorporating the word “up”.
Stopdraggingthepanda 
Seriously…funny 😀
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Thanks Lynn
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Oh, my. How clever are those last lines? Spectacular.
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Thank you, Much appreciated.
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That is one trail I would avoid climbing. Even if I survived the gravity.
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Not one if you are afraid of heights!
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Such a twist in the situation- you have a way of putting a light hearted touch to a grave situation.
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Thanks, Grace
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A puzzle within an enigma within a conundrum. Hmmmm
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a circle within a circle…a wheel within in a wheel…wait, isn’t that a song? 😊
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I’m not sure if I understand your poem, but that picture reminds me of a time I went bowling with my kids and saw a man trying to teach his blind daughter to bowl. He was getting quite upset with her and the tone of his voice carried. I finally had to go over say to him, “Why are you doing this?” He gave me a dirty look but said nothing.
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apologies for prompting that unpleasant memory, to be honest I never looked closely at the two figures in the photo, but now that I do, I can see your point. It was taken in Monserrat, on a hiking trails, there were climbers all over the various crags. As for the poem, it’s a flight of fancy (or infancy), there is a sadder underpinning but I didn’t want to go there.
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Hahaha! Those dying hamsters can really turn your life upside down.
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That’s the problem with hamsters!
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Sometimes it’s wiser to bury your hamster and go on….
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agreed…never get attached to a hamster..
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Such stellar closing lines! ❤️
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oh, bleak, black humour…poor John…
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Ah, youth – and their recklessness. The situation does seem … grave.
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