M’s writing prompts for March came with the following instructions:
“…set your timer for ten minutes and begin writing about one of the prompts listed below. Don’t worry about spelling, punctuation, neatness, or anything like that; just write!”
Let us see what I can do in ten minutes…
He’s the king of the seas, he explores for the queen
And her court they await his delights
He amazes and thrills and his deeds pay the bills
And he looks so damned good in those tights
With a flourish and swirl he appears to the court
Women love him and men think he’s great
Walter Reighleigh’s no match for his most recent catch
And the Queen and her court congregate
Says Victoria “Do tell, your gift would do most well
To compare to My Walters potato
For it brings me delight so must yours here tonight
else they’ll lop off your head at my say so”
So he reached for his bag and the court fell quite still
It was velvet and plush and quite purple
And he reached deep inside and with face filled with pride
He pulled out a quite fab pair of nurple
The court gasped quite amazed and the clapped and they raved
Such a sight they had not before seen
He approached to the throne with the pair quite full grown
And presented his gifts to the queen
With their bright bush tails and their thick purple scales
And long legs and short arms and pink hair
And their bellies quite round and their low gurgling sound
It was surely a breath taking pair.
“Oh how quite wondrous” she said making a fuss
And she held them, and seemed most excited
Walt’s potatoes forgot, and right there on the spot
To his knees and was by the Queen knighted
