"Tap, Tap-Tap..."

Its all in the ... beat-ing.

"Tap, Tap-Tap..."

Tap, tap-tap, tap, tap-tap...
Rod Serling's Twilight Zone
wasn't so out of place
- just time...

Tap, tap-tap, tap, tap-tap...
even the cars stay away
cobwebbed streets - minds - lives
the Cavalry came
...and was buried with full honors.

Tap, tap-tap, tap, tap-tap...
"WILL YOU STOP THAT!!!"
no, no-no, no, no-no...
--- SLAP!!!---

...yesss ma'am...

...silence...

Chris

Author's Note

"...memories - sweet and always gentle on my mind... memories..."
Tunes just echo. Tap, tap-tap...

"I can sit so still a self-winding watch - won't. Takes learning..."

Reviews

[Penlady]

I read again and your poetry speaks differently each time its read. Sad, and I remember learning to juke...

[Penlady]

I heard not tap, tap but rata-tat-tat and looked out to see the woodpecker, tapping
the tree, not really a tree, just what was left, a dried up vestage and wondered what the message was, tap-tap-tap, that redheaded bird, so absurd, yet the only thing telling me good morning.
Being quiet is wonderful, does take learning but once it clicks, how far we can go with it.

[Kenneth The Poet]

Like Morse Code, or those computers of old that spat long rolls of message tape. Nice work.

[?]

Awesome, loved it, brought a smile to my face

[Dove]

This is a great piece and it made me laugh! Fantastic job.

[sharonlee]

Yes...it does take learning.....

Shar

[Amy Bumpas]

This poem reminds me of abuse and the silence to still....

[Crystal Marie Dreier]

This is good and funny!

[J. J. Nightingale]

Tap tap tap .. someone must be at my door .. I know cause they were here , before.. will they come in ..and sit a spell .. will I remember them so well .. Some one must be at my door.. I know cause they were here before ..


Jazz ..

[Emily B]

drums . . . two days I've been be-set by drums