I had intended a sterling post
Replete with metaphors galore
To send Madame Weebles a birthday toast
In return for hers a fortnight before.
But my headaches had more
Of intrusion in store
Then aught for which I was ready.
My poor pain-wracked brain
Wasn’t up to the strain.
(And the meds make my hands none too steady.)
I’m afraid this is all I can manufacture
A promissory note for her day.
When my skull’s not about to fracture,
I’ll create a much better wordplay.
So to the lady fair,
Who knows tools of the air,
With which great powers have warred,
A very Happy Birthday
May all things come your way,
and I hope I haven’t left you bored.
Happy Birthday, Madame! May this day bring you all you wish for, and may all your hopes be realised. And I WILL write you something in payback for your wonderful birthday tribute to me, as soon as I see only ONE computer in front of me!
Also, please visit LeClown at www.clownonfire.wordpress.com and Frank at www.afrankangle.wordpress.com, among many others who are doing tributes to this special lady.
A Windy City boy, lost in rural Ohio, just shooting the breeze.
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John,
Thank you for this.
Here’s the link to Madame Weebles’ gigantic virtual birthday card:
http://wp.me/p2bN9f-2dk
Le Clown
Thanks for letting me join in! I’ll drop by your site, once I get a little more caught up. (Jeez, that’s getting to be a monotonous response! 🙂 )
Thanks for sharing your wit for the celebration. Well done!
Glad I could scrawl something semi-coherent!
He lives …. I figure you have been a bit under the weather.
If this is the kind of thing you come up with even when you are sick, then I am a wee bit jealous of you!
Usually my rhymes just pop into my head. This one took a while to beat into shape! The repeated shift from 4 to 6 stanzas is … interesting – even to me! 😀
Awesome poem, John! (Happy Birthday Weebs!!)
Thanks much, ma’am! 🙂
Great poem!
Thanks much! Sorry to hear the Obama Administration turned down the idea of building a Death Star. Maybe you need to drop Elon Musk of SpaceX a line? 😉
Nah, we’ll get it done. We’ll infiltrate the government (again) and take control of the Senate (again) and do it legally …again.
Yes, but unfortunately, this Senate will be lacking in wherewithal (if not IQ) in relation to the Imperial Senate….
Owwwwww. Feel better, John. Soon. We all miss you!
Thanks, Elyse. The head’s doing better, now I gotta work through the backlog – again! 😯
You know what? Start at the present. It’s much easier to then just hid delete …
So glad you’re feeling better. I was getting worried about you.
Well, throw in a slight winging by the latest flu bug, and a hinky Internet connection over the weekend. But I’m getting there! 😀
well done John! Even with a heavy head you can rock the words
Thanks! Now I just gotta make good on the I.O.U!
Hope you are feeling better. Fortunately, I personify the “No brains, no headaches” motto
Yeah, gettin’ there. Trust me, if amputation were an option, I’d be typing this by Braille! 😀
Hi John. I’m just checking in to say I hope you’re doing better! Much love and healthy vibes going your way.
Thanks for the good wishes! I’m feeling better, now I just gotta dig out… again…. 😀
I have nominated you for 2 out of 3 awards: http://benzeknees.wordpress.com/2013/01/12/award-season/
Sorry John, you don’t qualify for one of the awards, but I couldn’t leave you out of the others.
Egads, TWO awards? You’re just bound and determined to make sure I don’t catch up with my backlog, ain’t ya? 😉
Seriously, thanks! I’ll drop by and get them, either later today or tomorrow. 😀
I’m the one old enough to have studied at Shakespeare’s knee, and I can’t rhyme moon and June. How do you do it, Cliff’s Notes? Nice post. I thought I was your headache.
I don’t really know how I do it, the words just kinda pop into my head – when my brain isn’t suing for a trial separation.
And you’re not my headache. You’re overshooting by oh, say, 3 feet – give or take. 😉
i think i might call you the bard from now on! well done!
Thanks, and a special thanks for dropping by! I know you’re up your (AHEM!) in alligators – and wonky computers! 😀