There has been a lynching-
Mass retribution
for what I cannot say.
Was it the down in the pillows?
Not enough fluff?
Whatever the cause
these ducks hang in public
perhaps to make an example
though I doubt their kind
dip to do flybys
of the market district.
Someone will
take them home for dinner
celebrate their demise
with duck soup.
Michael A. Wells
Magpie
Not enough fluff. Very funny
ReplyDeleteI like the speculative "Was it the down in the pillows" lines...the contrast of something so small and light to the heaviness and scale of retribution.
ReplyDeleteAs soon as you mentioned duck soup, I'm thinking Marx Bros.
ReplyDeleteSnickered out loud at the thought of ducks doing flybys!!!!
ReplyDeletewhy is there the expression "Lucky Ducks" ? Clever take on the prompt!
ReplyDeleteFunny and thought-provoking too. Guess that's why I don't eat meat...
ReplyDeleteI didn't see the hanging as hanging until you showed it to me.
ReplyDeleteKathy B - Yes, sometimes the smallest things come with a heavy price tag.
ReplyDeleteMartin... admittedly I though of them as well.
Helen - you never know what you'll se in a market ;)
Kathe W - Sam Hamill has a poetry book I read some years ago called Dumb Luck. Maybe that's what this is.
Other Mary - How many Marys are there? Just kidding. Funny works. ;)
Was it the down in the pillows...giggle...
ReplyDeleteCristopher - isn't that the job of the poet? ;)
ReplyDeleteTess- you know I once bought a Martha Stewart brand fether pillow and when we got it home the damn thing felt like every single fether was poking me. Everyone else in the house took a turn with it and I can't recall what happened to it but I'm pretty sure it isn't being used by anyone to sleep on.
Yes, very thought proving ... and clever.
ReplyDeleteoff with their heads...we will show them not to poop on everything...
ReplyDeleteAh, that's strong punishment. :) Love it!
ReplyDeleteloved the humor in this...I too went for duck soup in mine...we must have been dining on the same thought :)
ReplyDeleteThey really do look as though they have bee executed and put up as an example, don't they? I liked your poem veyr much.
ReplyDeletelove your pillow talk!
ReplyDeleteA totally original take. Well done.
ReplyDeleteI hope the ducks don't do a flyby alongside the windows of the people enjoying their dinner. That'd be a sight... :D
ReplyDeleteCheers,
Arnab Majumdar on SribbleFest.com
amazing imaginations.
ReplyDeleteLove the idea of duck fly-bys over the market.
ReplyDeleteT O RAVEN ~ Thanks
ReplyDeleteTumblewords - Tnak you, glad you enjoyed it.
Nichaolas V. ~ Good, glad you liked it.
Isabel ~ LOL, pillow talk? Glad you loved it.
Morning ~ Thank you!
Trellissimo ~ of course there would be some missing from the formation.