dragon sister ate my ipod

for Frieda

It was an ordinary day.
But sometimes,
ordinary days
turn into extraordinary ones.
I heard a rustle
by the trees
or maybe, it was a
sneeze
either way, it gave
my heart a squeeze
when I saw woman
who looked not quite
right ...
twisted skin and bone,
muscle sinew half woman
half dragon or ferocious beast,
she smiled at me
if such atrocities
could be called a smile
and asked in a voice
more akin to nails
on a chalkboard
and almost as intelligible,
"Give me that thing",
at first I thought she meant
my ring but then I saw
she wanted to sing,
and so, not without
great sadness and trepidation
did I offer my ipod in exchange
for my salvation
to this hideous thing.

an hour later I am on hold with Apple
trying to get my unit disconnected --
yes, it was stolen,
can't you see,
I explain patiently
a dragon sister took my ipod,
she seems partial to Rob Zombie ...

Author's Note

This was a challenge issued by Frieda to make something of this bizarre pic.

Reviews

[kublakhan27]

Haha I love the dry humour in this piece, and I take elements of both of you from it...Frieda is a muse...love the inverted rhymes as well...I enjoyed this one for sure...well done KL.

[Lyn Anderson]

Thanks so much, I actually had a lot of fun living up to Frieda's challenge on this image

[kublakhan27]

Haha She challenges me too, especially on the collabs...that's why I call her a muse...

[willweb]

Another challenge I assume. Well you aced it KLGoode. This was fun and I love the ending. yes it is always fun coming by here.

[Lyn Anderson]

Thanks, it was a stretch, this image, but I do like how it turned out

[Rita L. Sev]

Hahaha! No such thing as ordinary days around here - this is hilariously twisted! Makes me mis my iPod a little, too... (broke a bottle of hard cider on it...) Thanks for the laugh today, KL!

[Lyn Anderson]

That's awesome from the twisted comedy sister herself

[jane7z]

Freakin love it lol ! Your bit twisted imagination urns a poem into a short short story and yet conveys a lot. My fave so far K L

[Lyn Anderson]

Thanks. It was a challenge to write to the image Frieda gave me

[Baby Ricochet]

Love the smile atrocities lines. Once I dropped my Ipod in the toilet. You know the damn thing still works.

[Lyn Anderson]

Thanks. Awesome, those are my favourites too. Yeah, i pods can be durable suckers. I washed mine and it worked until I lost it.

[John Anderson]

I love it! You have such a rich imagination

[Lyn Anderson]

Thanks so much. Specifically building to this image certainly stretched my limits.

[AprilRN1210]

so, it looks like you rose to your challenge as well, ma'am... very nicely done.. You are a stinker for making me hang on each line waiting to see what would happen next.. That made it that much more dramatic.. but of course, you knew that already...... The playful rhymes made it fun...... even in the darkness- sarcastic humor still reigned queen.. I enjoyed this amusing piece.

[Lyn Anderson]

thanks so much, it was pretty fun, and that image was a bizarre one, that is for sure.

[AprilRN1210]

yes, well you did it justice; I was thoroughly entertained.. but the naughtiness of leaving me hanging on each line, makes me wanna go dangle some apostrophes somewhere... :P

[redzone]

You know zombies ride dragons and use iPod to talk and sing.. true, honest!! And Ms. Frieda zombie has been going around to everyone she knows trying to get them to give up their iPod.. sorry she was able to get yours. Call Apple back and tell them it was Frieda and they will send you a new one post haste.... then you and Frieda can call each other and sing Rob Zombie songs...

You did good with her challenge KL
~~redzone

[Lyn Anderson]

Thanks so much. I have yet to get the pics of her eating her red stilettos.

[redzone]

She ate them!!??? Please please send me those pictures when you get them. This I must see HA!! You know how much she just "LOVES" those stilettos.. it's how you can tell Frieda apart from those other zombies, her zombie hobble is more a zombie swagger in them red stilettos..

[Shirlena]

lol...I really like this one too but I don't have an ipod and wouldn't know the first thing about it but maybe I should look into it...I might get an adventure out of it after reading your poem KL. This was fantasy extraordinaire.

[Lyn Anderson]

Thanks so much, the cooky people around here like to issue me challenges, and I can't pass them up. This was a fun graphic to postulate on. I am sure you would be very good at this sort of challenge, as your style of poetry lends well to improv.

[Matching Socks]

If you're music wasn't so delicious maybe she would not have eaten it?
Just saying. :)

I like this one a lot.

[Lyn Anderson]

My music is delicious for sure. :)