Friday, February 16, 2007

Just Another Day

Sun slicing through dusty window,
As I begin my working day,
Coffee, honeyed toast, freshly squeezed orange,
While browsing a local rag.

Pleasant drive to my office,
Tail end of morning rush hour,
Stereo playing popular tunes,
As I cruise amongst fellow travellers.

Morning turns to lunch,
Turns to afternoon and finally,
Time to leave, another day done,
Another journey home ahead.

Out I stroll to my car,
Never to reach it,
As speeding vehicle slams
Me down and drags my corpse.

21 comments:

Misplaced said...

Now that's a crush!

strauss said...

Striking final paragraph - pardon the pun - especially "drags my corpse - how gruesome.

xegbp said...

I loved that, good use of crush without evening using the word.

TMTW said...

Well done and creative take on the theme word!

Liza on Maui said...

ouch! it's a crush indeed!

I like what xegbp said, "good use of crush without using the word.

Steve Isham said...

"He said 'crush' without even moving his lips." (apologies to Stanley Bagshaw's gran) I get to this site too infrequently these days, alas.

Inconsequential said...

Ish - no worries :)
Come if/when you want, always welcome. No offence if you ever stop completely...
Though I would miss our occasional discussions...

paris parfait said...

Very nice reference to crush without actually using the word.

Anonymous said...

You just simply remain fabulous. I love what you did here--I love what you do everywhere!

Novel

Regina said...

Whoa- I never saw that coming!
Excellent!

Drizel said...

OOO NOOOOO....see you never know when it is the end of your journey!

Pod said...

one never knows what the day may bring!

Waspgoddess said...

That came as a total surprise... Wow!

gautami tripathy said...

Wow! This crush is too good...I mean too bad...


gautami
Painfully yours..

JHS said...

Yowza. I kept waiting for the word "crush" to appear, but it never did and then it was over (literally for the voice of the piece).

Very creative and unusual!

Mine is posted, too. C'mon on over.

Anonymous said...

Hilarious (in a horrible, crushing way). Your surprise ending made me laugh out loud (at the disastrous demise after such a routine day).

I will now proceed more cautiously through parking lots... ;)

bonggamom said...

Wow, I didn't even think of that particular use of the word! Dense as I am, it took me a while to understand how it related to this week's SS theme, so I really enjoyed that!

bonggamom said...

Wow, I didn't even think of that particular use of the word! Dense as I am, it took me a while to understand how it related to this week's SS theme, so I really enjoyed that!

Anonymous said...

That is beautiful!

Anonymous said...

Neat surpise ending - I didn't think I was reading your "crush" post.
Thanks for sharing

jo :: feather and thread said...

what a crush that is!