The exercise:
A four line poem that deals with: code names.
We have a few regular customers at our market stall. There's Onion Guy (he gets four onions every single week), Aurora Girl (she really likes our Aurora apples), Crazy But Buys A Lot Lady (self explanatory, I reckon), and a few more. If only they knew how I refer to them.
Had a pretty good morning, much better than we expected to be doing at this time of year. Probably helped that the temperature was in the low twenties and there wasn't a cloud in the sky.
Mmm, day off tomorrow.
Mine:
We all had our
Top secret code names;
I'd tell you mine
But it's really lame.
So I guess the next question is, is there anywhere where you're a regular, and have you wondered how they refer to you? I seem to be irregular almost everywhere (take that as you will :P) but I get remembered anyway; I dread to think how people must think of me.
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D'Agapyeff, Kryptos, Dorabella,
Morse, Playfair, Zodiac Killer,
Voynich Manuscript, Linear A,
What would Caesar think, were he alive today?
[If you're interested, you can google all the codes names as name cipher to find out more]
Marc - Your frequent customers amazes me with their stubborn habits :)
ReplyDeleteGreg - Encrypted code name ah, sounds good!
Mine:
Code names written in black and white,
Flames arise from that belle of the ball,
Sharp visual breakthrough saw her,
It could have been just another day.
Greg - oh dear, I hadn't thought of that. I think I'd rather not :P
ReplyDeleteI spent some time reading about the Zodiac Killer and needed a break after that. I'll have to search out the rest later :)
Zhongming - great imagery in your poem! I really liked the second line in particular.
I would like to exchange links with your site daily-writing.blogspot.com
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Jackerbie ducks around a corner,
ReplyDeletegun raised, breath heavy.
He sees a figure, nods and says,
"Red leader, standing by."
to explain: i went out with a bunch of coworkers and had a few rounds of laser tag on the weekend. i dominated. i got a little to into it, though, and forced my team to take up call signs. i, of course, was Red leader. 'cause Red squadron is rad.
Jack - laser tag is awesome. Much less painful than paintball :D
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