Posted on 05/17/2004 5:59:46 AM PDT by JustAmy
Statue of Imitation?
A tourist walked into a pawn shop in downtown Clearwater. Looking around at the exotica, he noticed a very lifelike, life-sized bronze statue of a rat.It had no price tag, but it was so striking he decided he must have it.
He asked the owner, "How much for the bronze rat?"
"Twelve dollars for the rat. One hundred dollars for the story," said the owner.
The tourist gave the man twelve dollars and said "I'll take the rat. You can keep the story."
As he walked down the residential street carrying his bronze rat, he noticed that a few real rats had crawled out of the alleys and sewers and they were following him down the street. This was disconcerting. He began trotting.
A couple of blocks later while passing through the downtown commercial area, the herd of rats had grown to hundreds, and they were squealing. He ran toward the bay. And, passing the City Hall and Federal Building, he looked around and saw that the rats now numbered in the millions, they were squealing loudly and they were coming toward him fast.
Scared, he ran onto the Intracoastal Waterway Bridge and threw the bronze rat as far out into the bay as he could. Amazingly, the millions of rats all jumped into the bay after it, and they all drowned.
The man walked back to the curio shop. "Aha," said the owner, "you have come back for the story?"
"No," said the man. "I came back to see if you have a bronze Democrat."
Mornin', everybody ! Happy Tuesday !
Have a cup while you Freep !
Bravo.
What a creepy looking young Airman!
I sense Laura Earl's involvement in this.
What a handsome young man!! ;)
Ping to Conspiracy Guy as 18 year old Airman, straight out of basic training. Think San Antonio, Texas, Aug 1972. Creepy looking aint he.
Simply beautiful.
I think I speak for NnB and myself when I say, "The pleasure is ours."
wow you were a hottie back then, sweets! ; )
Some sneaky wife of mine scanned that in and sent it to Amy and Mama Bear for treatment.
I look 10 years old!
nah, you don't. you look handsome!
I always thought I looked like I was about to cry.
"Simply beautiful."
Thanks. Sometimes a bit of time goes by between the completion of the poem, and seeing it posted.
Sometimes enough that I can say, "Hey, that looks pretty good, I wonder ... Oh!" A strange response, I'm sure.
Truth to tell, in addition to the pleasure I get in composing these, and working with the artists, I too share an appreciation for the well-crafted work.
One may get a little jaundiced, if your parents own the candy store -- but it's still sweet!
Outstanding talent bump.
If Amy paid more, I'd quit my job and do this full time.
I had a thought the other day that if you and I could get $50.00 per poem with no royalties we could make a dang good living. I can write 5-10 per day without even trying hard and I feel you can do at least that many if not more.
Amy's 1 penny for 2 poems crushes the dream of ever getting rich. So I have resigned myself to just having a ton of fun writing them.
On behalf of my fellows, thanks for visiting and commenting.
I notice that you are not one to attempt to wax eloquent over every nit and trifle. That you have chosen to award us some of your closely held words of appreciation is recognized as an honor.
Awe...... weren't you a handsome guy!!! Love the poem...especially the ending! l ol
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