Day Sixty-four

Today's words:

Roller coaster

Picnic

Milkshake

Clown

Donkey

Album

After the roller coaster

Ride you suggested a picnic,

But I wanted a milkshake.

And as we stood there on the boardwalk I saw a clown

Riding a donkey.

One more snap for the album

Of strange sights at the beach. The album

Of my life is quite the roller coaster

Ride. I'm as stubborn as a donkey;

It's no picnic

Being with me and I don't clown

Around with feelings. You may have a milkshake

As long as you eat your dinner before the milkshake.

Have you heard the new album yet?

You think you're quite the clown,

Don't you? Well I'm not quite ready for the roller coaster

Again. Let's just have a nice picnic.

And when at last the tail was pinned on the donkey

It was revealed the the donkey

Had been right all along. No milkshake

Can salvage this picnic

And that new album

Is really a roller coaster:

Highs and vertiginous lows. Only a clown

Would attempt such bathos. A clown

Or an irate donkey.

I've had enough of this roller coaster,

And I don't want another milkshake.

I'm taking this old photo album

To the beach, to look at while we picnic.

As we finished up the picnic

I took a photo of the clown

To add to the photo album.

He led the donkey

Away as I sipped the last of the milkshake.

The roller coaster

Was still and it was time to end our picnic. The donkey

And the clown were gone. The milkshake

Was finished. I picked up the album and passed the silent roller coaster.