Very Funny Poems About a Power Outage

Very funny poems here about the human condition caused me to write the Ode to the Electron (below). Have you ever noticed your behavior during a power failure? You still flip on lights, you continue to stick leftover pizza in the microwave, you try to run the dishwasher, check your email, and you are yet hopeful that the television will work. Engrams (a neural  memory trace) are funny things! During a power outage, the only thing in your house that functions is the toilet (thank God)...and yet your persist pushing buttons and flipping switches.

We had such an event last night after a storm that sounded and looked like the Valkyries chasing the Four Horsemen. The next morning, there was not an electron to be found, and bereft of my beloved computer, and bored out of my gourd, I scribbled some with an actual writing implement on real paper. At hubby's urging, and just for fun, I submitted them to our city's major newspaper and minutes later, received a call from an editor asking for confirmation to publish.

The only thing better than having an editor call you (if you are a humorist) is having one who is still laughing call you.

Ray Cooklis, editor, writes:

You will find your humor is in fine fettle when you are frustrated (which reminds me that I wanted to write a page on alliteration and assonance, but I digress). Write your own very funny poems and shelve them in Bitter Dregs,