AUSTRALIA ~ The Antipodes

AUSTRALIA ~ The Antipodes
I love a sunburnt country / A land of sweeping plains / Of ragged mountain ranges / Of droughts and flooding rains / I love her far horizons / I love her jewel-sea / Her beauty and her terror / The wide brown land for me / ~ Dorothea Mackellar (1885-1968)

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Monday, March 31, 2008

3WW LXXV ~ I submit my term paper with bonus poetry ~ Apology + Distant + Consider


This is a humble apology for not submitting my term paper on time.
~
I forgot to re-plug my plug into the socket
After the horrendous thunderstorm had passed over.
I did not want all my distant learning to go to waste
So pulled the plug on all electric connections
Just in case I was zapped inadvertently.
~
So when I was back online
I was just using the battery
To complete my masterpiece ~
And the battery died
Before I noticed its death thoes
~
You see
I was so engrossed in your set work
I simply did not notice
~
Dedication
As you see
Does not always pay
~
The final result was
I not only had a blank
Dead screen
But my term paper
Now did not exist ~
There was simply no opportunity to save it
~
So, my lateness is due
To a total overhaul
Of my thoughts
On a borrowed laptop
~
You see
I have sacrificed my comfort for
Dedication and
Persistence
~
Before you consider
A penalty
Please reflect on this remarkable excuse
I have concocted ~
And at least give me a few
Humble
Marks
For entertainment

2 comments:

paisley said...

what a clever composition... i guess a very detailed explanation is the best kind....

Tumblewords: said...

so much better than 'the dog ate it'...I was holding my breath through the lines -

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