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I realized all my funny stories start with, the time I got hit by ... Based on true events, and yes, at least one person was seriously injured in the making of this poem ...

Looking in the mirror, admiring the shine,
If she only had a nickle,
for every time
she got herself in a pickle ...

Cheek's swollen,
face black and blue,
shoulder scraped and oozin'
what's a girl gonna do?

Apply the makeup,
and get ready to explain,
how she got banged up,
yet again.

Just a fact of life, oh my,
on one knee,
pet a puppy,
get a shiner for each eye ...

cross the road,
wasn't far, hit by car,
bruised hip, split lip
jumped on bed, sliced head,
kicked and missed, broke wrist,
super glue, hand to shoe --
never mind Laurel and Hardy,
till she trips, it ain't a party!

Author's Note

if you can't laugh at yourself, who can you laugh at?

Reviews

[Jon Roggie]

Reminds me of one morning. Wake up, walk into the bathroom, slight ache in my head. Startled to see my hair matted with dried blood. Go back, look at my pillow, seeing more blood. Notice the edge of the chester drawer, with yet more blood on the edge. Now, did I sleep through it, or just knock myself from a dream into unconsciousness? Sorry, a bit of a ramble. One, I look back at, and laugh about. What I was trying to say was I liked this one!

[Lyn Anderson]

Thanks, so you can relate. Knew I wasn't the only one ...

[jacob erin-cilberto]

i find this to be serious if looked at a certain way...i see all the excuses someone might have used for the bruises and cuts of abuse....
sometimes though we just are all thumbs...and seem to find every castastrophe possible

[Lyn Anderson]

Yes, I suppose it could be taken that way. In this case, however, sadly, it's just my weird life.:)

[Delmar Cooper]

A lightblub moment! Recruit two other stooges...

[Lyn Anderson]

Ha ha ha I love you too.

[NoelHC]

One calamity after another, it appears your life runs parallel with Wiley E. Coyote, and his predilection to continue to use shoddy ACME products in his pursuit of the road runner. Well written, slow down and heal a bit.

[Lyn Anderson]

HA, SCREW THAT. Off to kickboxing, where I can say "you should see the other guy ..."

[Frieda P]

What I love most about you is that you can laugh at yourself, then you turn it into poetry that floats my boat....poor you, but you made it work in your favor.

[Lyn Anderson]

Funny enough, I never really realized until I was having a chat with someone who laughed and pointed out, he said, "Did you ever notice all your funny stories start out with I got hit by ..."

[Frieda P]

Well it's always a good starting point....