It’s hour nine and this prompt just sucks

5 words out of ten?

But all ten words are made of meh

So I guess I’ll go my way again

I’ll ramble about nothing

Until a poem just appears

At least I’ll make the deadline

Before the deadline disappears

Beet, tremor, and jacket

Are three words that they list

And then there’s also elbow

That’s 4, what have I missed?

Oh, yes, let’s try the bayou

With cinnamon and elk

Where did they come up with this?!

It’s like mad libs from the shelf

None of it makes any sense

It’s a bucket full of holes

It’s like a maze without a start

Or a play without the roles

A carport with no canopy

A lightbulb without light

But look, I got all 10 words in

So I guess I won this fight.

~Mandy Kocsis©2023~