"THIRTY YEARS WITHOUT SLUMBERING...."
The old First Alert
carbon monoxide meter
was a success.
you'd have to say
It was certainly unlike
the storied
grandfather's clock of song,
which "tick-tocked "ninety years without slumbering..."
The meter stood guard 24/7
through cold winters and heat..
with nary a PEEP
(nor a CHIRP)
AND THEN one morning
when there was no gas on
in the whole house...the doors
were open and a window...
and we were leisurely sipping
Folger's Best...
Our faithful and true beloved
meter left this life...it was
a big surprise after thirty years
of faithful service...
Ah, but one could almost say
"It went gentle into that
good night..."
tho, after years of silence,
it did want to register
its very existence at least once
here in the Cosmos...
In melodic quatrains it began
to sing and wouldn't stop!
"CHIRP...CHIRP...CHIRP...CHIRP...'
over and over and then
a big weaker...
"chirp...chirp..chirp..chirp..."
and then it was gone
with simply...
a WHIMPER.
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MIL
25 SEPTEMBER 2020
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