{"id":108420,"date":"2013-07-05T23:28:24","date_gmt":"2013-07-06T03:28:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/108420\/poem-guided-missile\/"},"modified":"2013-07-05T23:28:24","modified_gmt":"2013-07-06T03:28:24","slug":"poem-guided-missile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/108420\/poem-guided-missile\/","title":{"rendered":"POEM: Guided Missile"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is my composition for the CPC Saturday Share poetry challenge.<\/a> The last line of the poem is the featured line this week.<\/em><\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n


<\/p>\n

GUIDED MISSILE<\/strong><\/font><\/strong><\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

I was lost.
\n I needed to hear
\n at all cost
\n which way to steer.<\/font><\/p>\n

Traditional ethics
\n had faded away,
\n leaving me stranded,
\n not knowing the way.<\/font><\/p>\n

They called themselves The Knowing,
\n but their music sucked eggs.
\n Naught but crap bestowing,
\n nothing that had legs.<\/font><\/p>\n

I found a castoff copy
\n of one of their CDs,
\n titled The Big Boppy
\n and smelling of bad cheese.<\/font><\/p>\n

My player was broken
\n when I put in the CD.
\n Every word that was spoken
\n came out backwards to me.<\/font><\/p>\n

As the music played on
\n I was careful to hear
\n every word of each song,
\n which came out loud and clear:<\/font><\/p>\n

<\/font><\/strong><\/p>\n

<\/font><\/strong>“Put your best foot forward and never look back. <\/font>
\n Open <\/font>the windows<\/a> and <\/font>doors<\/a> more than just a crack. <\/font>
\n Initiative has its <\/font>reward<\/a>,<\/span> and that\u2019s a fact. <\/font>
\n Be proud of your writing, never redact.<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

“Play the lottery\u00a0to <\/font>win big<\/a>,<\/span>
\n or go online and find a good <\/font>poetry<\/a> gig. <\/font>
\n Always play your high cards first, <\/font>
\n especially when you are playing on Friendburst. <\/font><\/p>\n

“The bigger the bets, the more you win. <\/font>
\n But if you lose, the bigger the chagrin. <\/font>
\n Dont put all your chips on one number, bet on them all. <\/font>
\n If you have a lucky number, listen to it call. <\/font><\/p>\n

“Give all you’ve got for a good cause, <\/font>
\n even if what you are risking gives you pause. <\/font>
\n Just don’t forget:<\/font>
\n When the boy turned into the <\/font>Shaggy<\/a> Dog, <\/font>
\n the change gave him paws. <\/font><\/p>\n

“One always has to pay the cost to be the boss, <\/font>
\n yet the gain may be much greater than the loss. <\/font>
\n Live large and feel the illusion of being in charge <\/font>
\n until they put your body on the funeral barge.<\/font><\/p>\n

“If the getting is good, pull up a chair and stay awhile. <\/font>
\n If the getting is bad, try to avoid saying anything vile.<\/font>
\n Some of the above gave off a nice warm glow.<\/font>
\n The rest on my worst enemy I would not bestow.<\/font>
\n .<\/font>
\n By the time I realized some of that advice stinks,<\/font>
\n I’d already had two drinks to help straighten the kinks.<\/font>
\n I was two shots short of being high <\/font>
\n and two shots beyond feeling low.<\/font><\/p>\n

The best of advice gave a nice warm glow.<\/font>
\n It grew on me like sweet peas in the richest loam<\/font>
\n Good advice if you want to be a star in life’s show:<\/font>
\n “Go big, or stay home.”<\/font><\/p>\n

Copyright July 5th 2013 RGD<\/font><\/p>\n

<\/font><\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

The savvy sages who advised a line: barbara k., Bettie (9).<\/font><\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This is my composition for the CPC Saturday Share poetry challenge. The last line of the poem is the featured line this week. GUIDED MISSILE I was lost. I needed to hear at all cost which way to steer. Traditional ethics had faded away, leaving me stranded, not knowing the way. They called themselves The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-108420","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poems"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108420","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=108420"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108420\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=108420"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=108420"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=108420"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}