Saturday 3 November 2018

Ahead of you


I am ahead of you
Those were my last words
Just moments before my execution
Thinking that humour was apt
As a final cutting statement
As the crowd gaped on
All laughing at my misfortune
I made a clean break
And doffed my peaked cap
To wave goodbye quite unaware
Of the end of time

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10 comments:

  1. Oh golly, this is funny! And also not.

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  2. Tongue in cheek on this one. Acerbic wit always makes me smile

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  3. One last "clean break" Just what was needed in times like this. Fun reading. Robin.
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  4. Love the play on words in the first line!

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  5. I love the wordplay in the title, Robin, the opening line, and the 'final cutting statement'.

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  6. Wonderful wordplay in this one, Robin!❤️

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  7. To always get the last word maybe ... great play being ahead

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