General Poetry posted March 30, 2020 |
Sorry, another depressing one to punish you with.
The Hunker Games
by LisaMay
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Lightning and Pun-derstorm contest entry
Author's Note:
This poem is an entry in a contest requiring the poem to have PUNS.
I appreciate your time spent reading this, and your editing advice, but please do not think you are doing me a favour by pointing out where I have spelled words wrong. All my words and phrases have been written like this on purpose, to get across another meaning. For instance: "I'm coped up at home" indicates that I am cooped up at home, but also that I am coping with the situation."
Other plays on words (puns):
scare cities = scarcities
hunker games = The Hunger Games
watch your pees and queues = refers to a saying "mind your p's and q's" about the correct way to behave, while also referencing toilet behaviour and supermarket shopping.
I see winter's chill = icy winter's chill
my empty stairs = my empty stares
I'm coped up at home = cooped up but coping
"Woe!" = "Whoa", referring back to the horsemen.
they gave us the ships = gave us the shits
flu = flew
the flight of our lives = the fright or the fight of our lives
mask we all be doomed? = wear a face mask; must we all be doomed?
We wash it slipping away = handwashing; we watch it slipping away
Vi, Russ = virus
in God we trussed = in God we trust.
Pays
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and 2 member cents. This poem is an entry in a contest requiring the poem to have PUNS.
I appreciate your time spent reading this, and your editing advice, but please do not think you are doing me a favour by pointing out where I have spelled words wrong. All my words and phrases have been written like this on purpose, to get across another meaning. For instance: "I'm coped up at home" indicates that I am cooped up at home, but also that I am coping with the situation."
Other plays on words (puns):
scare cities = scarcities
hunker games = The Hunger Games
watch your pees and queues = refers to a saying "mind your p's and q's" about the correct way to behave, while also referencing toilet behaviour and supermarket shopping.
I see winter's chill = icy winter's chill
my empty stairs = my empty stares
I'm coped up at home = cooped up but coping
"Woe!" = "Whoa", referring back to the horsemen.
they gave us the ships = gave us the shits
flu = flew
the flight of our lives = the fright or the fight of our lives
mask we all be doomed? = wear a face mask; must we all be doomed?
We wash it slipping away = handwashing; we watch it slipping away
Vi, Russ = virus
in God we trussed = in God we trust.
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