There’s a Dead Rat in the Attic
so says Carla, the TV-aerial-man,
though I swear she’s a man.
Says it’s mummified,not recent.
Carla-the-man thanks me
for the coffee while I tip
sugar into eggs.
I’m making cake.
If I were a violin, I’d crave music;
I crave rich, dense cake.
for dVerse Poets Quadrille: 44 words
(excluding the title, and including the word “rich”)
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9 responses to “for dVerse Quadrille #80”
Oh yes, the flavor or rich chocolate cake with chocolate icing!!
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Made my brain flip and twist, in a delightful way.
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As soon as I read the title I started humming ‘There’s a rat in the kitchen, what am I gonna do?’ I’d love a TV-aerial man called Carla, although it does put me mind of Cheers – Carla had some of the best lines. When I moved into a house in the wilds of Ireland, I found mummified mice in the airing cupboard. We’d had rats in the previous house and I really wasn’t up to facing any more, not with a baby, so the mice were a nice change. I bet Carla would have loved some cake! I wonder if s/he played the violin. Your quadrille has given me and ear worm and several mind worms, Misky!
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I LOVE the every-dayness of this! The stream-of-conscious writing of this….a rat in the attic, the tv man, and the preference for cake! Yep….I can see that all happening in a day! 🙂
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Just love the way these random thoughts play out into your quadrille. I couldn’t help but to visualize and taste that rich, dense cake.
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Thank you!
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I think it’s a time to celebrate when the dead rat is gone… did it ever smell?
Love Carla the guy,
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Carla was interesting.
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Yeah, what Lillian said. The everydayness of this but oh the cake is a need this day you describe.
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