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!”
With poetry, we all besought
To try to make the week begin
With gentle thoughts,
Perhaps a grin?
So Karen, Charlotte, Mimi, 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)
Good old joke well retold. Thanks for the laugh.
ReplyDeleteYour work is always fun!! Thanks.
ReplyDeleteLove the poem and the usual unforgettable lines like "Your knowledge, now, imbue!" Priceless.
ReplyDeleteHilarious!
ReplyDeleteI had a Prompted Monday with hot air balloons
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Yep, as far as some in management are concerned, it's always someone else's fault.
ReplyDeleteI can always count on you to give a Monday Laugh!
ReplyDeleteI like it. Management is hot air.
ReplyDeleteLol, fair assessment of IT support as well as management.
ReplyDeleteSo much fun. Up Up and Away!
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