Monkeys on the keys

you know the thing about monkeys

tapping on keys
with nail tips
siliconed on Thursday
last week
trying to figure out
how many
monkeys it would
take to get
the message to you
and how many years

after all,
it ain't Shakespeare.

Author's Note

Reviews

[Einstein Noodle]

i like the sarcasm and humor in this .. not sure at the moment who to assign the "monkey" role to .. i i kind of want the last line to read "it (aint) Shakespeare" .. hmmmmmmm silicone nails ..... makes me think a bit of plastic phoniness is implied ... but in the end .. she is trying to get the message through .. so i think better of her .. men can be and are ...pretty ignorant at times ;) again... i like the sarcasm and humor ..not easy things to accomplish in my opinion
E.

[Lyn Anderson]

You may be right about the ain't. I just have a personal abhorrence for the word, so tend not even to think of it.

[Einstein Noodle]

ahahaha ..it's pretty long on colloquial ..."isn't" it :)))))))

[Lyn Anderson]

I can honestly say I don't remember ever hearing it except in movies and books ...

[Einstein Noodle]

interesting ...not sure that i have either, Lyn ...except for emphasis when i was young and "hanging out" with my buddies ... at home i am sure i would be corrected if i ever did use it ... love and peace

[willweb]

The funny thing is I heard they put a group of monkeys in a room with computers and what they typed was posted and CVG stole it and claimed on another site he had written it. And this time they believed him. :) Really, sometimes it doesn't matter how you present it, they won't get it.

[Lyn Anderson]

Ha ha, he would claim to have written it, and think it was brilliant just the same.:)

[Coyote Poetry]

Monkeys. That is interesting. Nice photo and I like the tone of emotion in the poem. Thank you for sharing the excellent poetry.
Coyote

[Lyn Anderson]

The story behind this piece is a very emotionally shallow thing.

[Coyote Poetry]

You left me with question and I did like the poem.

[s y e]

Last two lines are classic, I loved this one!

[Lyn Anderson]

thanks Noodle, I appreciate your read and review.

[Jennie Baron]

Very clever! I like this one a lot.

[Lyn Anderson]

Thank you for that. I appreciate it.

[Matching Socks]

OMG, I don't know the thing about the monkeys.
What is it? Am I the one not getting the message?
:D ok, ok, I will STOP flirting with you ASAP.

[Lyn Anderson]

The whole thing about if you put a certain number of monkeys in a room with a certain number of typewriters for enough time they would tap out a play ...

[MomzillaNC]

Look up "Infinite monkey theorem in popular culture" on Wikipedia

[Matching Socks]

I'll take Algebra for $1000 please Alex...
Pop culture is obviously not my forté. :D

[Lyn Anderson]

Thanks for that, I don't know why I didn't think to say it that way ... You are so wonderfully precise and logical.

[MomzillaNC]

Hey, I just Googled it!

[Lyn Anderson]

I had a boyfriend once who used to quote such things and it's one of the things that stuck in my head. I am one of those people who retains useless facts, it's fine as an adult, but I took a lot of flack for it as a kid.

[MomzillaNC]

I have all kinds of esoteric tidbits rambling around in my memory. It was great for Trivial Pursuit!

[MomzillaNC]

If we all needed Shakespeare to get the message across… well, we'd have no over population issues! Imagine if we all just HAD to be romanced to iambic pentameter!! Oi! :D

[Lyn Anderson]

Thanks for the read and review.

[MomzillaNC]

You're welcome.

[The Rock And Roll Cowbo..]

You can be direct with someone and still will not get the point. Draw them a picture and they just want to color it, LOL Nice one.

[Lyn Anderson]

Thank you, I see you detected the sarcasm in my keystrokes.

[The Rock And Roll Cowboy(REBEL WITH A CAUSE)]

Yes I did, and I was shocked, I never known you to be sarcadtic ;)

[Rachelle]

Sometimes, some people are just plain deaf or blind - more than those who have real special needs. Sensitivity and good old-fashioned courteousness are cultivated in some and in others, none at all.

[Lyn Anderson]

You are right about that.

[Rene Salinas]

Well if it doesn't have 3d's pop ups and mobile moving around I don't blame him. I don't get it either. See is all about the world of signs apparently. Oh but you don't see the signs I have been told many times which is exactly what the writing says.

Oblovious is a planet full of males


Thankyou

[Lyn Anderson]

Ha ha how did you know the intended recipient was a male?

[Rene Salinas]

I've seen him walking around on the same planet as me... it figured....