Mary Had a Stalker
written by: Gaius Coffey
Mary had a stalker.
Of that I am quite certain.
(After watching some foul gawker
Peeking through her curtain.)
If only she had heeded me,
And only dressed upstairs,
He’d not have seen her knickers,
And caught her unawares.
Mary liked her animals,
They numbered twenty-three,
With big and small and tame and fierce,
In her menagerie.
Mary’s dog had great big teeth,
Strong jaws and savage temper.
The stalker screamed without relief,
As dog did him dismember.
I watched his fate with face aghast,
I watched from Mary’s tree,
Until her great gorilla,
Climbed up to savage me.
NOTE FROM THE AUTHOR:
A response to Nate Stonecypher’s Mary Had a Ferris Wheel.
Gaius is a keen reader and keen writer, with eclectic tastes in both. He actively participates in writing communities (online and offline) and is a slush reader for a respected e-zine. Obviously, he has also written some novels and hopes, one day, someone will read them.
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