Midnight Message: Monthly Poetry Group

 

 

Last Friday of the month is for

Monthly Poetry Group to rhyme.

Diane, Mimi, and I take turns,

Message Me is the theme this time.

 

As usual, today I'll try,

a poem to write . . . or fudge.

Whether I'm successful or not,

you get to be the judge.  

 

Midnight Message

"Message me," the text had said,

it had me seeing red.

Was the middle of the night and I'd

been asleep, in bed.

Messages alert for me, 

always, 'cause . . . just in case.

Delete and block, the thing to do,

return dreams to my head space.

Just got back to sleep and my

chocolate breakfast dream,

when another alert came through, and I

thought that I would scream. 

 

Chocolate French Toast

"Message me," it said again,

not sure how that could be,

the delete and block was supposed to have 

permanently set me free.

Angry now I answered,

though really not too smart,

"who the hell are you," I said,

"how do I make you depart?"

"I just want to talk," he said.

I answered in no time,

"well, do you know that stalking is,

a serious legal crime?"

"Blocking me does nothing,"

was his scary retort.

"I can get through anything,

so forget a police report."

"As for who I am, perhaps,

a selfie explanation will do."

Ding went my cell phone alert,

a picture had come through.

"The picture is of nothing,

it's just completely blank.

And if you want the truth, I'm sick

of your stupid prank."

"The picture is of me," he said,

"I'm more transparent than most,

and I'm already departed, 'cause

the truth is, I'm a ghost."

Happy (almost) Halloween!

and perhaps it's time we started,

to give some thought to making friends,

with the invisible (semi)departed.

 

Before you go, stop by these blogs for more poetry:

 

On the Border

Messymimi's Meanderings

 

Chocolate French Toast

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Printable Recipe

Ingredients:
1/2 cup chocolate ice cream

2 eggs

1 tsp brewed coffee, cooled

1/4 tsp vanilla

1/4 tsp salt

7 slices white bread

3 1/2 TBSP butter

OPT: serve sprinkled with powdered sugar and/or with syrup.

Directions:
*Thaw the ice cream in a pie plate. Once liquid, whisk with the eggs, coffee, vanilla, and salt.

*Heat 1 TBSP over medium heat in a large skillet. Swirl to cover the bottom of the pan.

*One at a time, dip both sides of two slices of bread into the liquid in the pie plate. Place into the skillet and cook for about 3 minutes, until the bottom has browned. Flip over. Reduce heat a little if the pan gets too hot, and cook the other side for about another 3 minutes.

*Remove and keep warm. Repeat with the remaining butter and bread slices.

*OPT: serve sprinkled with powdered sugar and/or with syrup.