The vagabond and the hitch hiker

(my first attempt to put a story in an acrostic)

T he vagabond and the hitch-hiker

H ad a common bond from the first time they met

E ventually their stories unfold as they

 

V enture together riding the rails in a rusty old box car

A n unlikely pair one would think by way of their

G arb, as the vagabond wore a ragged old black suit sporting

A matching top-hat, once

B eing a magician until his drinking got the best of him and he got ran

O ut of town after his final debut

N ow he hops trains from town to town, performing tricks for food and

D rink when ever it tickles his fancy

 

A nd, it seems the hitch-hiker worked as an amusement park clown

N ot that clowns and magicians have much in common yet perhaps they

D o to some extent, at least these two did as they both fell victim to drink

 

T oo much alchohol and they both got ran out of town

H ad the clown not been banned for having an affair with the boss's wife

E verything was fine until he met her she was such a lovely gal

 

H e fell for her charming ways, though he knew

I t would eventually get him canned if the boss found out that the

T wo of them had an affair

C hance of meeting the hitch-hiker decided to leave the road behind as

H e hopped the next train out of town and so he met the vagabond

H e and the magician had so many stories to tell they became good friends

I  imagine the old magician had much to teach the youthful clown

K eeping in mind he was the Master of the Rail's

E ventually they decided to go join the circus as a magician & clown team

R ecovering from alcohol and becoming such loyal companions

Reviews

[shadadakiya]

i love this you did a great job i really like the way you made the letters say that down the side you have a lot of talent to do that and looks so crisp great craft!!!!

[*~Imperfectly Me~*]

I like this, but it doesn't quite seem to flow right compared to your other pieces although I'm not one to talk about flow lol... it seems my older pieces flow better than my new ones.. But all together I like this... good job!

[Janyce Helen Van Es]

Ya never know what circumstance will bring two people together. This is really good. I like the way you blend the sentences together in the acrostic style. I always have to begin the sentence with each letter.

Too bad you can't write a poem about me and my mate-the hippie and the biker (at one time the two would have never joined ranks)

[Arthur Henn]

Fantastic! How in the world do you capture such good writing doing these. There is a lot of thought in this and you have a talent of working with these. Well done. A GREAT! read.

Art

[Jessi]

Wonderfully done!!! you are very talented i love this one

[Pointblank]

I like it. Your words always pull me in to wait for the ending. I enjoyed this.

[Legion]

Very good acrostic. I was wondering how you would pull that off considering how long of a title it was. Of course, that could have made it easier I suppose. Good work. :)