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Monday, June 5, 2023

A Bit of Hot Air


His hot air balloon experience was really out of hand,
The man had gotten misplaced as he floated o’er the land,
He lowered his balloon to seek out someone who could help,
A guy was walking past and so he gave that man a yelp,
“Excuse me, sir,” he hollered. “But I’m really in a jam…
“Please, could I ask for you to stop and tell me where I am?”
The man just smiled and nodded, “Well, I’m happy to, for sure!
You’re thirty feet up in the air, roaming four or six miles per!”
Balloonist said, “Confess it, now, you’re working for IT,”
The walker smiled and nodded, said, “I cannot but agree.
“But now I’m very curious. Please tell me how you knew
I do encoding with my days. Your knowledge, now, imbue!”
Balloonist shrugged and said, “Though given all that I asked for,
Your words gave little help, I’m lost just like I was before!”
The walker nodded, “I would guess that Management, you are.”
And when the man agreed, he said, “It really wasn’t hard.
You don’t know where you are, you’re riding higher on hot air,
You want me to solve your problem while you sit there in your chair,
Exactly where you were before you wanted me to halt,
Your decisions all were yours, but now it’s suddenly my fault!”

Cause Mondays do get knocked a lot,
With poetry, we all besought
To try to make the week begin
With gentle thoughts,
Perhaps a grin?
So KarenCharlotteMimi, me
Have crafted poems for you to see.
And now you’ve read what we have wrought…
Did we help?
Or did we not?

Next week, we promise will be sweet,
Some roses, red, we'll with you greet!

Thinking of joining us for Poetry Monday?
We'd love to welcome you!
Topics for the next few weeks 
(with a huge thank-you to Mimi, who comes up with so many of them!)...

Hot Air Balloons (June 5) Today!
Red Roses (June 12)
Kissing (June 19)
Canoes (June 26)
Mirrors (July 3)
Teddy Bears (July 10)
Emojis (July 17)
Cousins (July 24)
Avocados (July 31)
Moonshine (August 7)
Roses (August 14)
Sea Monsters (August 21)
At the Beauty Parlour/Parlor (August 28)

10 comments:

  1. Good old joke well retold. Thanks for the laugh.

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  2. Your work is always fun!! Thanks.

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  3. Love the poem and the usual unforgettable lines like "Your knowledge, now, imbue!" Priceless.

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  4. I had a Prompted Monday with hot air balloons
    https://dbmcnicol.com/prompted-monday-hot-air-balloon-setting/

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  5. Yep, as far as some in management are concerned, it's always someone else's fault.

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  6. I can always count on you to give a Monday Laugh!

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  7. I like it. Management is hot air.

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  8. Lol, fair assessment of IT support as well as management.

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