Written for: Sunday Muse #149 (posted by Chrissa)
Behind the emerald curtain
there is a sorry sight to see-
an addlepated alien
in charge
of pulling strings. We
are the puppets,
slave to his whims.
A change of curtain
seems in order.
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“addlepated alien
in charge
of pulling strings” – Ahahaha! Nice!
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Thanks, q!
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“Behind the emerald curtain/there is a sorry sight to see-” Like minds?
A fun write. Hard not to laugh when I see it side-by-side with the Alice illustration wallpaper.
Yep, we be being played… time for a curtain call.
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The Mad Hatter never misses a curtain call, while the White Rabbit is perpetually late.
Thanks, Charley!
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A nice write, Sara. We have plenty of those addlepated folk to replace him. I had to look that word up; addled + pated, pate for “head”. Now I know but isn’t really in my speaking vocabulary. I had a hard time getting ‘pertabate ‘ in there.
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Thanks, Jim. I just had to look up ‘pertabate’.
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Addlepated ranks up there with gormless!! A gentler form of acknowledging stupidity. Love your poem!
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Thanks, Helen! Love “gormless”.
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Perhaps we should replace the addlepated alien and not the curtain! At any rate we definitely need a fix!! I love resurrecting the old words. They spice things up, doncha think? Great write!
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Thanks, Bev! I have always loved that word, possibly from “Arsenic And Old Lace”?
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A change in curtain seems in order for sure. A wonderful poem for the image Sara!!
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Thanks, Carrie!
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Yes, a change of curtains is needed!
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Absolutely!
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