A Tale of the Country Boy and the Ninja

 

 

 

She assumed she would write another love song

filled with alluring visions, but she was wrong

he laid down some words, thought himself witty

she saw the challenge with her amazing perspicacity
and was determined to write a country ditty...

 

just a good ol' boy, singing about a truck

she listened for a second and thought "what the fuck?"

she looked up and pleaded to the sapphire sky

to somehow stop this twangy lullaby

and if the heavens couldn't stop it, then she would try

 

fortunately, she always carried a talisman

and with ninja skills, placed it by the boy and ran

now that boy thought it was a caprice

to jump up and grab a fishing net and warm fleece

for some nighttime shad catch and release

 

she smiled and winked at the scintillating moon

and figured he wouldn't be back any time soon

she made herself at home, found some vodka and jell-o

then retired to the porch, feeling quite mellow

as she moved on to some homemade limoncello

 

call it serendipity, or perhaps not

but there were no shad in the river to be caught

and that country boy came home sooner than planned

and found her quite comfortable, cocktail in hand

just sitting on his porch swing, surveying the land

 

he surmised, correctly, the doom of his stockpile

but she just shrugged with a beguiling smile

he laughed and said he'd have more, just a month away

in the meanwhile he could make a pumpkin spice frappe

as long as she hadn't brought any hip-hop to play.

 

(c)  Dahlia Ramone: October 21, 2018

 

 

 

This was written for Blogophilia

Week 34.11 Topic:  Writer's Choice

(for topic and prompts)

 

My Topic: The Country Boy and the Ninja

Hard Bonus (2 pts): Use all words suggested by friends 

Easy Bonus (1 pt):  Mention "hip-hop"

 

Words I used:

 

alluring / perspicacity / determined / country / sapphire / twang

lullaby / talisman / caprice / shad / scintillating /

limoncello / serendipity / comfortable / beguile / frappe

 

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So it wasn't a love song

nor quite a country ditty

though it did mention a truck

(after all, she vowed to try)

perhaps it was the talisman

and the magic it can release
though I wouldn't rule out the moon

or the lure of limoncello

it was a challenge, was it not

that she posed to Facebook Land

offered words to stockpile

it is how she loves to play.