Too Hot To Build A Fire Poem by Ted Sheridan
Too Hot To Build A Fire
An almost empty, two day old yogurt cup,
was still sitting on the kitchen counter top
next to the stagnant soapy water in the sink,
a spoon stuck in its uncovered open mouth,
it was wearing a full fur coat; in this heat
but that was nothing compared to the smell
of the dead family of gray squirrels
that had become stuck in the chimney…….
2008 © TS
very casual but intelligently cautious is the imagery build...slow whispering tone suits the cold atmosphere created in the poem...beautiful way of poem telling 10
There's a sensitive pause in bewilderment - somewhere between the fur growing delicately on yogurt and the gentle onset of decaying grey squirrel odours... yeah, likely it would be too hot to build a fire! Rgds, Ivan
Ah too funny. My squirrels didn't die, they just did gymnastics in my attic every morning. Thumpa, thumpa, POW...rumble rumble rumble! The yogurt I get. In fact I have a sisterhood of ants dancing in my kitchen right now. Ah maybe tomorrow I'd do the terminator, 'I'll be BAAK! '
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4/26/2024 5:25:13 AM # 1.0.0.1119
were they? now i would view chimney with different eyes.