The Carpet Man
By shades
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I wanted carpet fitted,
To cover all that wood,
So I called the local carpet man
And I thought he’d understood.
He said with heavy accent.
“I fit you wall to wall”
“I am carpet man,” he said.
“I thanking you for call”.
I had to walk to work that day,
So I gave the man my keys,
And left him rolling carpet out
With kneepads on his knees.
When I returned to check his work
I had that sinking feeling.
He’d carpeted from wall to wall,
But also wall to ceiling!
He’d carpeted my TV
My side table and chairs.
He’d carpeted the kitchen top,
And all my kitchen wares.
He’d carpeted the bathtub.
That crazy carpet man.
He’d even gone and carpeted,
My bathroom ceiling fan.
He’d carpeted the patio,
But then he’d gone too far
That catastrophic carpet man
Had carpeted my car.
And there under the shag pile,
Appeared a moving mound.
My ginger cat? Well fancy that
He’s nowhere to be found.
I called the crazy carpet man
And a phone rang in my room.
I pushed the door aside to find,
The wall to ceiling gloom.
And there he was the carpet man,
Below my reading shelf.
Stuck underneath the underlay.
He’d carpeted himself!
©RS2014
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lol!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! There is
lol!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! There is nothing I love more than a good laugh and you certainly have given that to me this morning. The very first verse set the scene for the rest of the poem and pulled me in immediately which was well done. The rhyme and rhythm danced down the page and the gave the whole write a magical feel to it. I was able to visualize everything being said and done. That deifately was a workman who got stuck into his job. I think I'll pass on using him as my cat would would not look good carpeted and he would complain terribly. Brilliant piece and thanks for the giggle.
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With sincere apologies to
With sincere apologies to shades; puddleduck I'd like to see you post something? Tut tut.
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This is great! I laughed so
This is great! I laughed so much - thank you.
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Hilarious. Well done.
Hilarious. Well done.
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