This week’s prompt is STACK
The back door slams
Slumped in the chair
Looking morose
A chair is kicked
Curses are uttered
A fist crashes into the table.
We ask the problem
You swear it wasn’t your fault
The other guy came out of nowhere
Just minding your business,
But you’ve stacked the car.
It’s a mess: police, ambulance
Tow trucks, blood, pain.
We look, no evidence its you
The other guy you say
Totally creamed me
He’s the worse for wear.
It’s all stacked against you
Speed, alcohol, irresponsibility.
Mum is shocked, relieved
She stacks away the washing up
Dad sits silently pondering
How to stack the odds in your favour.
You sit thinking on the repairs to your car
In your head a demon stacks
Reasons for your behaviour.
At the door a policeman brings
The worst news.
Written for: http://andytownend.com/2015/07/13/poetry-101-rehab-stack/
Ohh dear, this sounds stacked with bad stuff….
Lol…knew you’d find such a response…
You do these just to see if I’m awake and alert!
The odds are stacking up….great contribution to draw side thursday!
Ha! What I meant was poetry101rehab, maybe I had one too many belgian beers, although as it happens your poem would also sit well with my other project!!!
Loved your use of the prompt and how you told a story with your poem. 🙂
Thanks so much Susan, lovely to see you stop by….
Love it, smiles, great job. XX
Thank you so much