A Very Poetic Finish

Teddy.15

 

 

Right under Cedric’s house

lived an enormous alligator

a pet he kept secret, for many years

 

until one day

the alligator got fed up with steak

and wanted to try something sweet

so up he came to greet his master…

 

murder? yes… but not much mystery

 

the police said

general belief was this…

 

there was more than one reptile down there

unfortunately

(they haven’t managed to trace the second one yet)

 

the NYPD Notes…

 

they are still searching for a few gentlemen

who were neighbors

they were playing strip poker at the time

 at least four of them are believed to be British

apparently, they were all poets…

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  • Goldfinch60

    He wasn't a barber was he Teddy? LOL

    Andy

    • Teddy.15

      Obviously it wasn't you! 🤣

    • sorenbarrett

      Nothing like getting down to the bare bones I find it interesting that poets were playing strip poker. I guess that is because they have to bare all. As a child, I had a pet alligator. It was back when it was legal to buy baby alligators in the US. He wouldn’t eat, so I had to force feed him by taking a piece of hamburger, rolling it into a ball pry and open his mouth and ramming it down his throat with The eraser end of a pencil as if he were a musket. Oh well enough trivia. Loved your poem. It made me smile and told a good story.

      • Teddy.15

        My goodness wasn't expecting such a confession from you dearest sorrenbarret, could it have been one of your alligators then lol. 🤣 Thank you as always you wonderful fully dressed poet. 🌹

      • Tony36

        Love it

        • Teddy.15

          ah glad to know it's not you dear Tony36 🤣 tha k you sir. 🌹

          • Tony36

            You're welcome

          • MendedFences27

            And also a poetic lunch. Gruesome, yet comical. Alligators devouring poets, they get indigestion and burp sonnets. If we devour poets maybe we'll be able to burp a few lines.
            Well, a very interesting tale, told nicely with tongue in cheek. - Phil A.

            • Teddy.15

              lOl I wish I could simply burp a sonnet dear Phil, thanks so much for the wonderful imagery and sound.. 🤣

            • Cheeky Missy

              La! Poetic indeed! What on earth was so "sweet" about eating his owner?! And Brits yielding behind doors to the indulgence of strip poker netted them an ungodly end?!!! Poetic to the extreme.

              • Teddy.15

                Thank you so much Cheeky Missy, glad to see you have a wonderful sense of humour like mine, us woman have to shake it up and try to deter the male from it's species even in poetic form lol

              • Thomas W Case

                So funny, sweet Teddy. I needed a good laugh.

                • Teddy.15

                  lol tha k you my dear Thomas, happy to be of service my friend. 🌹

                • Doggerel Dave

                  Came to this late, Teddy - sorry. Your surrealistic nonsense made me larf.
                  Not a rhyme in sight..... couldn't be a poet didn't see or hear a thing.....

                  • Teddy.15

                    lol oh Dave what a disappointment, you're still here. (Wink) 🤣

                    • Doggerel Dave

                      Ah - You be my alibi (wink wink)😇

                      • Teddy.15

                        Depends on my mood lol 🤣

                        • Doggerel Dave

                          Uh ha - be easy to say as how women are fickle, but such a sexist comment would neva cross my mind..........



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