Thursday, December 13, 2012

CDXIX - Low Water Allotment



Three Word Wednesday requires participants
to use the three words of the week in a composition.
The words this week were abnormal, dangle and lavish.


Low Water Allotment

The hair is slicked and oozes Brylcream, 
The smile is fixed and set on 'high-beam';
Cowboy boots, rubbed down with grease,
Designer jeans, ironed with a crease.
A gold chain dangling around his neck
And a mouth that can’t be kept in check.
A breath that scented with a musky spray
And the sense of a lion stalking its prey.

The brochure’s lavish, in weight and ink.
The photos designed to make you think
That the property that is his to show;
Is the best around and will quickly go;
That an abnormal bargain is close at hand
Should you purchase the offered land.
But you will learn, to your chagrin,
That it disappears when the tide is in.
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© J Cosmo Newbery 2012
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12 comments:

  1. Isn't that true of so many things..I wonder what type of houses estate agents live in..solid..non shiny ones that withstand fire and flood?

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  2. This is so true and perfectly said !!!

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  3. I know that guy--he sold me a car a few years ago! This is right on, a stalking lion.

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  4. LOL.... Buyer beware... Brylcream....Yuck...my step father used to use that...shudders...lol

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  5. This pictures in my head inspired by this post are very ugly indeed. A success for you.

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  6. A mand with no water has a dry sense of humour.

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  7. Reminiscent of the Russell Island infamous land scams in the early Seventies!

    Another pertinent verse, Cosmo

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  8. you describe this shyster so perfectly. ahhh...and quite the perfect ending.

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  9. ohhhh I think he might be a second or third cousin of mine ....!

    xxx

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  10. Great pic. Real estate agents and used car salesmen + lawyers+ financial advisors etc the list goes on and on for irks.

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  11. Ha ha -- the ending is a LITERAL killer!

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