ROADRUNNER
As you burn the bitumen with coyote behind you,
Do your thoughts ever drift to:
‘What if…?
What if he caught me?’
If he caught me,
would he make a meal of me,
or would he ponder Habit Two,
of the Seven Habits of Highly Effective Coyotes?
So then would coyote think?
‘If I eat this critter,
I’ll have nothing to do tomorrow.
No anticipation of Acme parcels in the post,
no more ingenious,
death-defying stunts,
rocket rides,
canine,
cannonball capers.’
Yes, I’m sure that’s what he’d think.
If he caught me,
would he gloat for a while,
then loosen his strangle-hold from my neck,
saying, ‘Caught you slow coach,
come on,
let’s share a can of Acme Baked Beans.’
No,
you dumb dog,
You’d eat me.
Beep, beee …
17/11/03
About 12457adlib
I'm a Chaplain at Townsville's hospitals and also teach Calm Abiding Meditation to any one who's interested.
I have facilitated Calm Abiding Meditation for soldiers with post traumatic stress disorder and find this an amazing experience.
I work part time as an usher at Townsville's Civic Theatre and get to see some great plays and musicals, as well as some not so great, school speech nights!
(Unbelievably, this theatre has the highest seat occupancy rate of any theatre in Australia.)
I also work as an invigilator at the local Uni. (bet that's got you looking for your dictionaries!)
A group of writers ('My Crazy Artist Friends') gives me live fed back on my poems.
They are the survivors of Writers in Townsville Society (WITS) of which I was president /secretary for over ten years.
I enjoy writing poetry and am grateful to my grade 12 English teacher, Mrs Grimmer for coaxing the dead poets off the page and into the class room.
Hope you enjoy reading my work.
Stay happy, keep reading,
Phil Heang.
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