#mishaps
Little Tommy
Little Tommy Blenkinsop
Lived with his mum above the shop
The apothecary in Chapel Street square
Everyone knew his dad’s shop was there
All around brought their ailments for him to cure
With his drugs and potions to be sure
A busy place most of the time
Spotlessly clean, free from grime
One day little Tommy was sifting through
Items left for dad to do
Included in the assorted work
Was a pair of teeth to repair for old Mrs Burke
Therefore, Tommy thought he would give dad a helping hand
The best chemist to Tommy in the land
Trying to fix the teeth, he glued them apart
He said to himself, that will do for a start
And Mr Wheeler’s laxative pills
The ones that supposedly cured all ills
He mistakenly put into Mrs O’Rielly pack
And put them in the store room upon the rack
Dear Mrs.Burke came to collect her teeth and left
So pleased and no longer without them, feeling so bereft
And returned a short while later in quite a foul mood
But Tommy’s dad misunderstood
Could not explain what had taken place
And tried not to laugh at Mrs Burke's face
Her mouth seemed to be permanently open wide
So bad in fact you could see well inside
Little Tommy looked so sheepish and ran to hide
The game was up, Mrs Burke then cried
As he ran, off down the street
Mrs O’Reilly he did meet
Clutching her backside and obviously upset
And realizing a hiding he was going to get
I will **** you she cried, I know it’s’ your fault you little sod
Swearing and cursing and waving a wooden rod
As Mrs Burke joined in the pursuit down the street for miles
She sounded like a Rottweiler suffering from piles
But little Tommy was crafty, new how to avoid capture at all cost
As Mrs O’Reilly slipped up on the ground covered in frost
A loud noise erupted from her backside as she hit the floor
What happened next, please don’t ask, I implore
As Tommy slipped down an alley and out of sight
He thought I had best go to Auntie’s and stays there the night
As Mrs Burke with her mouth still, open wide
And Mrs O’Reilly with her sore backside
Went back to Tommy’s dad to try to make sense
Of what had happened, to get cures for their predicaments
In the end, all was well Tommy got the blame
And the next day he had a rear end the was aflame
A jolly good spanking was all he got
But for Mrs Burke and Mrs O’Reilly, an experience they never forgot
Feb 10
Feb 10, 2026 at 4:35 AM UTC
It's just a SMALL HICCUP
If it bothers you then
Drink some water or
hold your BREATH,
Fix the ERROR,
after that
Just REST,
Don't let the SITUATION
bring you on DOWN,
Work with the GLITCHES and
then MANEUVER on AROUND.
It just a SMALL MISHAP and
it can be FIXED,
It not a BIG DEAL
So go on and HANDLE IT.
It's just a LITTLE HICCUP,
Don't get your
PANTIES in a BUNCH,
It'll work out SOMEHOW,
I'm just giving
you a HUNCH,
When things
GO SIDEWAYS,
or EVEN DOWNHILL,
There's just GOTTA
BE A WAY and
I KNOW HOW YOU FEEL!!!
When things are OFF and
CIRCUMSTANCES
CAN GET TOUGH,
JUST REMEMBER
there's a way and
THIS IS JUST A HICCUP!!!!
B.R.
Date: 12/15/2024
Dec 15, 2024
Dec 15, 2024 at 6:44 PM UTC
maidens of error
missteps, mistakes, mishaps ...
milestones to wisdom
Mark Toney © 2022
Accepting responsibility and learning from your mistakes are milestones to wisdom.
Nov 12, 2022
Nov 12, 2022 at 10:54 PM UTC
Do you believe in reincarnation?
You made mistake with your previous relationship.
Determined and promised to yourself that it would be a lesson learned
New relationship came
This time, you'll gonna do it right.
You'll go an extra mile to make up with your past lapses.
You succeeded!
You made the present one happy.
You pampered with everything you can do.
That was the best moment in your life
And so does to your precious one.
But fate did not go easy on you.
A small conflict turned into a major one.
One is holding on
but the other one is letting go.
Different decision but same emotion - pain.
Perhaps, each choice has its own selfish reason.
A resolution considered as subjective satisfaction,
you both knew it would be the best conclusion
to an almost perfect love story you worked hard.
Still, you ended up hurting that person.
Just like you did with the previous one.
Does history repeat itself?
Or you are bound to relive your past life's faux pas...
...unless you find the answer to your unending woe.
Jan 8, 2020
Jan 8, 2020 at 11:14 PM UTC
My mind drawls blank
As the midnight crawls give me the shakes.
My body craves the in takes
Over lapping the mistakes
Needing a quick takes to help with the fixate.
Come on with all of the hate.
Right now pretty late to show up
For this court date
That land me in this hell of a frustrate.
Where is my drug to help me relate.
You don’t correlate this big faith
How the hell am I going to date
Bc of all of this speculate.
**** you with all of the guns drawing blanks
It’s time to get straight.
Move the hell on with all of this guilty traits.
Feb 18, 2019
Feb 18, 2019 at 10:49 PM UTC
That night there was something different from his caress
So gentle, almost like a prayer
And just like every dream
Disappeared at the light of the dawn
Mar 23, 2015
Mar 23, 2015 at 9:04 AM UTC
Nobody ever tells you what you need to know
about life and growing up.
Nobody ever tells you that you'll become the person
you never wanted to become,
that you'll become destructive from the inside out,
or that you may witness events which will cause you
to become emotionally numb.
Nobody ever tells you anything valuable,
that you're breakable and irreplaceable.
First get yourself burned,
Then you'll learn because remember:
Nobody
Ever
Tells
You.
Dec 27, 2014
Dec 27, 2014 at 12:43 AM UTC
why can I not speak my mind
and why can my mouth not process
the words that flow effortlessly
in the poetry I write
and tonight.
I want to ignite a change
in my current life
find a way
to show everyone
what I might
and maybe
oh maybe
they'll want to venture
into my mind.
but oooooooh
so risky
and oooooooh
so dangerous
only the curiosity will lead
and all of their other needs
will stray behind like a shedding cat
multiple layers they'll uncover
the ones that are beautiful
have beautiful pictures and videos
well then theres the ones with devil like people
who take control of whom ever they get their grimy hands over
my mind hides all my inner knowledge
It inhabits my thoughts so they cannot be shared
why
though
why?
I have a plethora of ideas
just hidden behind an untouched
curtain
because
I don't have an answer
you'd expect me to
but I don't.
to all of this madness-
is there something I can do?
Mar 26, 2014
Mar 26, 2014 at 8:44 PM UTC