Advice from the Guru
For James and Oneg’s 5th Challenge
If you see a dog
On your porch
Or if one approaches
Remember to smile
They can smell fear
🐕
If you see a shark
On the water
Or if one approaches
Remember to stay still
They are attracted to sound
🦈
If you see a zombie
On your street
Or if one approaches
Remember to play dumb
They crave human brains
🧟♂️
If you see a cat
On your bed
Or if one approaches
Remember to stay awake
They steal your breath
🐈⬛
If you see a UFO
On your property
Or if one approaches
Remember to stay out of light beams
They abduct people
🛸
If you see a cult
On your block
Or if one approaches
Remember to bring your own drinks
They make special Kool-Aid
~
Author's note,
This was created for James and Oneg's Summer writing challenge. I was tagged in a Facebook post asking me to participate. I usually don't do these challenges though I do enjoy seeing them on Facebook groups like Vocal Social Society.
I am a very methodical writer. I often struggle to get pieces in before contests deadlines and poems for me could be a couple weeks or months even years of setting it aside and working on it again. That being said I am very grateful I was asked to participate in this. I should participate more often this was a good way to get me out of my comfort zone.
And my apologies this was the best I could do on short notice. It isn't the first time but I almost never write and publish the same day. The challenge didn’t require that but with my work schedule I pretty much had 24 hours to get this done. And I have to say I am in awe of my friends here on Vocal who can publish stories, poems, and articles that are all very great and good pieces of writing seemingly on a daily basis. Especially fiction stories editing a fiction story takes me at least a week lol.
This poem was created for James and Oneg’s last line challenge and was based on the last line of an email I received that was a preview of a Nextdoor app post about a lost dog.
Below is the link to James and Oneg’s Summer Writing Challenge Extravaganza! Please check it out and join in the fun 🤩
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Comments (17)
Wonderful advice!!! Fabulously written!!!💕❤️❤️
I though sharks followed blood, sound too, echo location and such. Better late than never.
I read this a couple of times, I finally was able to comment on it. Great advices 👍
LOL. I thought this was awesome! Especially the playing dumb to zombies! Fantastic lmao!
Very clever! 😁I loved this piece!
Will, I found this so fun and humour! I laughed at the zombie and alien part! 😂 I also love the unassuming add of the cult!! Lol bring your own drinks was so clever!
Lol 😆 Kool-Aid❤️👍
This was so creative!
Don't drink the kool-aid. Thus is great. Well done.
You did a fantastic job with this one! I’m glad you were able to participate and that you got out of your comfort zone for this :) Side note: all of our challenges are timeless. If you want to try challenge #3 in ten years from now, love it! Lol That’s the fun of these challenges, is that the prompts will always stay up- so if you get writers block in a few months, you can always go back :)
Lol, my favourite part was cats stealing breath! And come on, you never have to apologise for anything! This poem was brilliant!
This was fun, if a smidge paranoid 😜
Loved this fun piece, Will! Kool-Aid was a great finish!
Suspicious sort, aren't we? Trust issues, lol? Well done, Invisi!
🤣😂This Hilarious, fun read. Can you imagine you have to stay still for a shark. You end up drowning instead .
This is so cheeky and fun. I love it!
LOL bring your own koolaid This is great