Jonboy Jim

A humorous poem about one of my friends, whom I have touched upon before in a previous poem (The Two Epitaphs).

Jonboy Jim

 

That Jonboy Jim, a fool was he,

He was proud of it too,

Adventure-seekers everywhere

Would ask, "Now, is it true?"

"Is it true that he killed a whale

"Using only his hands?

"Is it true that he surfed the slopes

"Of treacherous quicksand?"

Jonboy Jim near did everything

That one could even do,

From breaking into the White House

To hiking in Peru.

And then one day he realized,

"There's one thing I must do.

"I have to kill a dinosaur

"But how? I wish I knew."

The men around him tried to say

That dinosaurs were dead,

But Jonboy Jim was not convinced--

"You all are fools!" he said.

He grabbed a spear, he grabbed a gun,

And then he packed some food,

He set off then for distant lands

In the lightest of moods.

 

Later, when getting on a plane at the airport, he tripped and broke his neck in the fall.

 

And thus ended the saga of JONBOY JIM!

 

End.

Author's Note

I tried to create a big buildup and then crash it down. What do you guys think?

Reviews

[DF]

That's funny. You accomplished what you set out to do from "roll your eyes silly" to the "laugh out loud" funny. I hope your friend the poem was based on really didn't trip and fall.

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lol. This is a great poem. I really like the story, what an amazing person this Jonboy only to have tripped to his death. I didn't see that coming. Nicely done!