The Winner

Things You Told Me

 

A drunk man in a burlap sack told me he had no regrets.

He'd lost his Sunday clothes in a drinking contest at the White House.

 

I won, he said. The president spewed on my slacks, my jacket... everything!

 

As the man stumbled into the night enjoying the cool breeze against his sack, I thought, sometimes that's what winning looks like.

 

Reviews

[Linda Marie Van Tassell]

I was watching some videos this evening of former presidents on YouTube. People are so married to their political ideology/party and become so wed to party politics, that they forget that these men are human beings. They are fathers and husbands, brothers and uncles. They are virtually assassinated in the name of politics, but none of them are all bad and certainly not as bad as politics would paint them. If you ever watch some of these videos, you will see them in a very human light. We need to stop looking at everything through the lens of politics.

[CD Campbell]

Hey, im in total agreement that winning is being able to feel a cool breeze on your sack, especially after being naked all day in the hot sun. Guess it's better to vomit on others than yourself. BTW, was this supposed to be political? Nah? Didn't think so.

[Neville]

Makes ya sick dunnit.. but then, there's no accounting for taste & sometimes judgement can be off too.. give me sensory deprivation any day of the week... nice one sir..

[Mark Tisdale]

Clever and fun, but a little too on the nose for my taste. I think you could stand to trust your reader more and allow them to find meaning without it being so strongly stated. But I do truly enjoy it.

[Arms of Sleep]

People are not very good at objectivity sometimes. When you pick a team or join a club you become very defensive and can even fool yourself. Sometimes winning is just like losing except you cheer your own downfall ;)

[jacob erin-cilberto]

figuratively and literally vomitous...
and that is all i will say, lest i get called to testify.
j.

[Christoph]

You're certainly not wrong.

[NotUsinganymore]

Very nice poem about winning. Some people appear unhappy about winning things while some seemed to enjoy it.

[Christoph]

You can't always get what you need. But if you try sometimes, well, you just might find you get what you want.

[M.]

Sad to see your book is gone! These poems are like flash fiction and very funny and clever. Your writing is top notch no matter how you do it it seems!

[Christoph]

If you do want to keep reading that story as a work in progress, shoot me a message with your email address. I'm still actively writing it, but I had to take it down from here.

[Robert Trakofler]

Hey Christoph, I'm a bit jealous of that fellow! LOL but the presidents been vomiting all over us for years just a matter of time before we are all donning sacks I suppose

[Christoph]

I want to do something here with "donning sacks" and "Donny sacks," but this isn't really about any specific president.

But you know, it's definitely not *not* about a specific president, either.

[Robert Trakofler]

the root of my Bad "Flaccid" Bunny character is an old stuffed bunny in my store made from a burlap sack so you could say I have been donning sacks for years actually:)

[Ase]

hahahaha were all gonna die.... but at least we got to vote for who kills us

[Christoph]

Exercising a little agency in the end times feels about as good as liking your own Facebook status.

[Robert Trakofler]

LOL somebody's gotta do it:) it lonely out there:( (sorry Ase, that was to funny to ignore)