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

[John Alexander McFadyen]

So you gave someone the brush off and they are not hearing it? As always a thought, moment in time or concept captured succinctly in verse.

[Lyn Anderson]

Yeah, definitely haven't received the message. Thank you.:)

[therisa]

Given the current rate of literacy, I would say, 10 000 000 years, give or take a century. But then again, I'm a tad cynical.

[Lyn Anderson]

Thank you Therisa for your ever insightful cynicism.

[therisa]

Your welcome, KL.

[NoelHC]

OK, about a minute!! Interesting concept, and wording.

[Lyn Anderson]

Thanks. Speed poetry with image and song. I know what I am talking about anyway:)