God ends up with time on His hands.
He makes some weird dinosaurs and whips 'em down there,
but how many can you make?
After triceratops it's all downhill.
Then comes The Bright Idea.
God decides to hand down one commandment every day during April.
The first ten or so go well;
then things start to get dicey.
There are days when He just doesn't feel like it.
Can't a fellow get Saturdays off?
"The Rabbinical Council would have My ass," He sighs,
and so goes back to the drawing board.
"Thou shalt not eat Twizzlers on Tuesdays"
doesn't meet with the same awed response He is used to.
"No spitting on the sidewalk within city limits"
is another snoozer.
When He tosses out some crazytalk about men not lying with men,
His people won't even let Him in the disco anymore.
He declares jello pops "unclean".
That's when he finds that He can no longer even get work doing infomercials.
Before April is over, God ditches the whole idea and hires an agent.
Within a week, He's guesting on "Hot In Cleveland."
"I'm coming all the way back!" He tells Entertainment Tonight.
"Then what?" the interviewer asks Him.
"I have another great idea," says God.
What is it?
"New Coke!"
Oy.
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for Lolamouse's challenge at Real Toads
HAHA!
ReplyDeleteFunny, funny lady :D
PS. I immediately thought of you when I read this one of Collins'.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poem/29783
He can't even do infomercials. He has sunk quite low indeed. BUT I might just use the "No Twizzlers on Tuesday" commandment as we have an addict is our family. Ha
ReplyDeleteyou are a riot!
ReplyDeleteOy indeed! Send this one off to Stephen Colbert! Now!
ReplyDeleteIf only. In a perfect world, this would be gospel--maybe it already is, the gospel of Saint Creola.
ReplyDeleteA great, whimsical poem AND a song by REM? It's double good fun.
ReplyDeleteI just knew you'd have fun with this prompt! I must admit to being a heretic because I eat Twizzlers CONSTANTLY! I keep a bag stashed in my glove box!
ReplyDeleteIs it my imagination or is this poem also a comment on Poetry in April?!! Things do start getting dicey after a while! Oy vey.
Love it, I laughed out loud. So well done,,,
ReplyDeleteI agree with Ms Mouse. I felt a definite "oh no, not another one" vibe here, and it must have been from God because it wouldn't be from you.
ReplyDeleteLoved it, Shay. Loved it when I first read it, still loved it the second time.
K
I second what Joy said - the Gospel of St Creola!
ReplyDeleteoh that's great, I really enjoyed it
ReplyDeleteVery enjoyable read...
ReplyDeletemade me smile.
Thank you
Peace
Siggi
Who else but you could write on the mind of God. Love it!
ReplyDeleteNoooo! Not the new Coke!
ReplyDeleteDoes God prefer Red or Black Twizzlers...?!
ReplyDeleteDamn that New Coke...lol
Too...funny...Kerry's comment just caught my eye...I thought similarly...that this would be easy for you!! AND fun and I was right it was...Shay, chuckles here...thankful for the humor Miss Fireblossom! :)
ReplyDeleteHahaha! Love it!
ReplyDeleteHahahaha - love this! Yeah, some of those later commandments got pretty crazy! My personal favorite was unclean jello pops. :o)
ReplyDeleteSHay, BRILL! Loved the discos. Donna Summer was banned from them after she said she was anti-gay at a time (the early 80s) when the men who made her a STAR needed her most. Michelle Shocked has done the same... whatever is the opposite of Ecstasy, she must have been on it. Buzzkill? Ha ha this cracked me up. Love, Amy
ReplyDeleteFun! Oy.
ReplyDeleteoy, if ONLY for a commandment against hockering on sidewalks! for serious.
ReplyDeleteThis is hilarious!
ReplyDeleteHA!
ReplyDeleteanother great song!
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