Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Kibbles n Bits (Small stone 1/24/2012)

Hey!
What's the title of your book?
Did you make all the phone calls you should've?
Need to go start a load of clothes.
Do the kids have anything to wear today?
Have you paid the credit card bill?
Need to call and make that doctor's appointment.
SHUT THE HELL UP, VOICES!
I'M TRYING TO SLEEP!
Oh! my silent scream has woken
The neighbors eerie little dogs.
They are howling.
I picture the little one
Jumping back and forth
Over the big one.
Chanting:
Writing or sleep?
Writing or sleep?
You can only have one.
Writing or sleep?

3 comments:

  1. I love the image of your stress waking the neighbors' dogs up, and the little dog playing leapfrog (leapdog?) and chanting, probably in a taunting yappy voice.

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  2. Leapdog lol. Thank you :-) And, yes...very yappy! It was eerie, though, they all started howling too.

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  3. Too funny and an accurate description of life with family ;-)

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