Flash Fiction 55 – “Getting Out the Vote” – 6th day of National Poetry Month
Getting Out the Vote
Squinting into our list (registered voters), we wander
squeezed checkerboard (row-house, alley).
Big belly (in somehow-suspended shorts) answers
our next knock,
holding a machete amidst curls
at the cleve of his navel, also
a mango.
Wrong address, he says. We’re all
felons in this house.
We apologize profusely
for taking up
his time.
The above is my (draft) poem for the 6th day of National Poetry Month! The poem itself (excluding title) is also exactly 55 words. So, please tell it to the G-Man! Also, try the game yourself!
Also, also…. have a Good Friday.
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ManicDDaily 
April 6, 2012 at 11:08 am
haha…and back away slowly…never taking your eyes off of him…lol
April 6, 2012 at 11:18 am
Machete’s and Mango’s…
Sounds like a Mexican Soap Opera!!!
Loved your 55 MD…
Very nicely written My Friend
Thanks for playing, and have a Kick Ass Week-End
April 6, 2012 at 12:21 pm
I’d be running for my life! It’s tough….getting out the vote. And I had to laugh at what the guy with the belly says.
April 6, 2012 at 1:14 pm
I think I would have been running at the first glimpse of that blade, lol, no explanations needed. Funny 55 🙂
April 6, 2012 at 5:09 pm
Felons need love too! But maybe not at the voting booth. Or from casual political canvassers, either, I hasten to add. This sounds all too realistic, I’m afraid. Left me smiling.
April 6, 2012 at 5:23 pm
He was perfectly nice! It was a funny situation. Actually, the whole activity of canvassing (down in Florida) was quite interesting and certainly had some very amusing moments. K.
April 6, 2012 at 6:03 pm
PS – I actually think they should really revisit this issue of felons voting.
April 7, 2012 at 3:29 am
Ha! Like you would. Brilliant stuff!
April 7, 2012 at 9:26 am
haha…so be careful on whose door you knock…machete and mango…love it..
April 7, 2012 at 12:29 pm
maybe you can go back and have a drink with him some time 😉
April 9, 2012 at 3:50 am
Very funny! Amazing what you can do with so few words!