Setting aside my business chapter,
I sauntered off into a new start.
Called retirement and found it a sham!
Knowing nothing and a bad actor
Faking it has never been my part
after work, everything is a scam
I wince midday at the hours after
checking the list, the honey-do chart
by midday hours, I'll be in a jamb!
I found a gig; I'm an adapter
being a volunteer warmed my heart
this stupid bug came along, and Bam!
This resulted in not much laughter
too much Netflix, I need a restart!
Then on one snowy day it came, Wham!
This retirement is a disaster!
It must be a new job, an upstart.
Sorry, but be patient my bride, ma'am. Honey-do's; done, take-heart..
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Author Notes
Potlatch Club Challenge: Sheshire poem ~ week of 1-15-2021
The Sheshire; *comprised of three stanzas of 6 lines. *rhyme scheme of either ABABAB or ABCABC. *Completed by a rhymed couplet.
*Each line has the same number of syllables. [The one exception to this is the last line, which may have up to six additional syllables. The additional syllables must be a phrase that is set aside (by parenthesis or dashes, for example). If this aside is removed, the correct syllable count would be there and the line would remain a reasonable sentence.]
*Each stanza should have a shift in tone. THIS IS IMPORTANT ~ IT IS A PIVOT ~ A CHANGE IN TONE ETC.
*The ending couplet should leave the reader (or at least the poet) with a grin. It can be a darkly ironic grin, but a grin, nonetheless.
thanks for the use of photo from:"https://unsplash.com/s/photos/sad-man?
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