My father is the king
so I get all the scotch
tape from his empire
of office products.
All hail the king of staples,
the master of supplies.
My father is the king
A princesse wrapped
in gold, I am not.
My throne is made of leather
of the faux kind sitting
atop spinning swivel wheels.
……………………………………………….
I’ve been feeling blocked lately which really means I’ve been writing up a storm in cover letters. This week’s prompt was MY FATHER IS THE KING pulled from the amazing Stephanie and her magical story: The Elven Games 22.
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Sounds like a fun kingdom!
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Obviously… the fun just follows me everywhere I go!
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I used to work in an office supply store. Memories.
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🙂
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I love the first two lines which lead the reader in one direction before completely changing paths. Great read. I love office supplies, especially super-sharp pencils and Moleskine notebooks.
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I’m so wanting to try and develop that as a style, the 2 first lines. There was this poet, a French-Canadian guy who totally wrote that way. It was so fascinating! Thanks… I’m a work in progress.
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This was cool
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Thanks Joanne!
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I love the word play of your poem.
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Thanks Stephanie, and the prompt was fun to play with. I’m so loving this new system we have!
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I’m really enjoying it, too.
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You are the master of disguise with this – love the direction you took with it!
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Heh heh heh, I’m not a fan of poetry, but this is the kind of stuff I would like to develop. Thanks!
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You should write poetry more often, this was really fun to read.
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Thanks T. If I were to write poetry, this would totally be my direction… I was probably a man in another life!
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Loved it. You are the queen of words.
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Totally loved this poem, the images just come so quickly (after quickly changing direction after “scotch”). You always surprise me.
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Ha! When I wrote it I wondered if people were going to assume my dad really worked at a stationary. He didn’t. But we did have access to oodles of office supplies thanks to his gov job! 🙂
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Ha2. Yo tambien, but my father didn’t have a gov. job, it was my mother the writer, who volunteered for about a zillion organizations that promptly elected her secretary, thus the oodles of office supplies to play with when I was a kid. And the sound of the Underwood typewriter going 80 wpm, clackity, clackity clack all day and night.
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Cool! One of my fave games was playing office. Even as I grew older and played office when I sat to pay all my bills. 🙂
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This is you “blocked?” Your cover letters must be awesome! Come to think of it, this post could BE a cover letter, for the right job. 🙂
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