Friday, 29 September 2017

Sunday Whirligig 131

This weeks words come from ' Drum Dream Girl '  by Margarita Engle 

drum pound sticks secret gardens allowed
imaginary parrot comforting carnivals rattling silver




no one
not even
chef the carnival clown
or
jack the sunshine boy
were allowed into the secret garden

a guy called linus lestrange  lived there
with his imaginary parrot
rattling amongst the silver
in his expensive pile
comforting himself by
pounding  the drums with sticks
singing
'they're coming to take me away ha ha'
over and over again



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16 comments:

  1. Blogoratti29 September 2017 at 16:34

    A really delightful read. Greetings.

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  2. Gillena Cox1 October 2017 at 02:58

    " imaginary parrot"

    Very interesting concept

    Happy Sunday Cressida

    much love...

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  3. Old Egg1 October 2017 at 04:01

    The world is getting to be much like this isn't it?

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  4. Sanaa Rizvi1 October 2017 at 04:50

    Beautifully done!

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  5. J.N.T.1 October 2017 at 05:11

    this was humorous! thanks for a moment of giggles. happy Sunday/Monday my friend!

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    1. Cressida de Nova1 October 2017 at 05:17

      Glad someone shares my humour. (smiles and giggles)

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  6. Sherry Blue Sky1 October 2017 at 08:25

    Ha! and not a moment too soon. LOL. Sadly, they deposited him in the White House. Ack!

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  7. Magical Mystical Teacher1 October 2017 at 08:45

    I hope they finally took him and his annoying drumming away! :)

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  8. indybev1 October 2017 at 08:46

    Linus LeStrange and the imaginary parrot? I love it! I love the variety to be found in the pantry.

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  9. Rob Jackson1 October 2017 at 10:40

    Thanks for sharing.

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  10. ZQ1 October 2017 at 11:33

    Haha You're stinkin' crazy.... Very entertaining I think I remember the song.
    ZQ

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  11. Donna1 October 2017 at 14:43

    Quite a garden with linus and his parrot....a fun poem!

    Donna@LivingFromHappiness

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  12. Myrna R.1 October 2017 at 15:14

    Hmm. Hope we don't all wind up with imaginary parrots. Sometimes, I'm afraid I might.

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  13. Rosemary Nissen-Wade1 October 2017 at 22:25

    What a mad song! Which is the point, of course. And the poem is fitting.Not to mention that one could read into it all sorts of analogies. :)

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  14. Sarah Russell8 October 2017 at 21:37

    Yes. What Rosemary and Myrna said. In a mad world, we may end up with imaginary parrots. Yikes!

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  15. hyperCRYPTICal10 October 2017 at 06:32

    Cheers for the memories returned by the song.

    Sad that folk live in the mould of M Lestrange - i would rather be happily mad (and I am).

    Kind regards
    Anna :o]

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