{"id":98493,"date":"2012-10-21T23:59:24","date_gmt":"2012-10-22T03:59:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/98493\/poem-toad-road\/"},"modified":"2012-10-21T23:59:24","modified_gmt":"2012-10-22T03:59:24","slug":"poem-toad-road","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/98493\/poem-toad-road\/","title":{"rendered":"POEM: Toad On The Road"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here’s my belated Saturday Share collab for the CPC<\/a>. \u00a0Angel Love’s line was “A brighter tomorrow is just down the road.”<\/em><\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

\"ToadInRoad\"<\/a><\/p>\n

TOAD ON THE ROAD<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

I was so down in the dumps,
\nway back of all the other rumps.
\nMy hand contained no hint of trumps.
\nMy head bore bruises from the lumps.<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

As I sat sad along the road,
\nwhere a brighter tomorrow was, I’d been told,
\nonto my knee hopped a magic toad.
\n“What’s wrong buddy? Go ahead, unload.”
\nA rant from me took no toad to goad.<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

“Tell me which way the wind blows,” I choked.
\n“Only the guy with the windsock knows,” he croaked
\n“If it blows too hard, down the line goes,” which evoked:
\n“Not just what I need to get me stoked!”<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

“How can I even tell wrong from right?
\n“I still can\u2019t walk straight because I\u2019m so tight.”
\n“A soak in the tub will make you feel alright.”
\n“A designated captain will pilot your flight.”<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

“All will come clean in your surliness.”
\nWhich brought out my anger and burliness.
\nAlthough I avoided churlishness,
\nI had to admit he’d grabbed my short curliness.<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

Then silly cliches he began to unwind.
\nLike “do what you like and you will go blind.”
\nTo which I replied with the first words I could find:
\n“The things that are too fine I really don\u2019t mind
\nas long as I\u2019m not left feeling confined.” <\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

Then he admitted, warted head bowed low:
\n“I\u2019ve been around, but I still don\u2019t know
\nwhere your path will let you go.
\nBelieve in your dreams as they flow.”
\nSo I dreamt I was Gwyneth Paltrow’s ho.<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

Copyright October 21st 2012 RGD<\/font><\/p>\n

The cunning counsellors who offered a learned line: Angel Love (3), A-Rhodi, Bettie, Diane, tony (3).<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Here’s my belated Saturday Share collab for the CPC. \u00a0Angel Love’s line was “A brighter tomorrow is just down the road.” TOAD ON THE ROAD I was so down in the dumps, way back of all the other rumps. My hand contained no hint of trumps. My head bore bruises from the lumps. As I […]<\/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-98493","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poems"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98493","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=98493"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98493\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=98493"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=98493"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=98493"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}