Elizabeth Barrette (ysabetwordsmith) wrote,
Elizabeth Barrette
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Poem: "No Vacancy"

This poem came out of the August 2, 2011 Poetry Fishbowl.  It was inspired by prompts from aldersprig and janetmiles, then sponsored by janetmiles.  It belongs to the Monster House series.  Not everyone thinks of "monster" the same way...


No Vacancy


It was my wife who opened the door
when the witch hunters came to our house.

The lurking shadow leaned around the door
and glared at the witch hunters.
The monsters under-the-bed and in-the-closet
formed a furry wall behind my wife.
Then the bogeyman arrived, lean and pale,
causing their jaws to drop as they stared up at him.
They did not even notice our daughter's seeing-eye gremlin
urinating on their shiny black shoes.

"Sorry, we're full up on monsters right now,"
my wife said evenly.
"Try the house across the street."

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  • 19 comments
bkwrrm_tx

bkwrrm_tx

August 4 2011, 21:43:53 UTC 9 years ago

I like that one. :-)
ysabetwordsmith

Thank you!

ysabetwordsmith

August 4 2011, 23:38:01 UTC 9 years ago

That's good to hear.
zianuray

zianuray

August 4 2011, 21:46:33 UTC 9 years ago

Absolutely HOWLED with delight at this one -- scared the Tribble, in fact!
ysabetwordsmith

Yay!

ysabetwordsmith

August 4 2011, 23:36:55 UTC 9 years ago

It's always fun when I can make someone laugh out loud.
aldersprig

aldersprig

August 4 2011, 23:25:51 UTC 9 years ago

*chortle* Yes, yes, love it, yes, YES
whuffle

whuffle

August 5 2011, 00:55:13 UTC 9 years ago

*I just laughed so damned hard in the middle of my gaming session and then had to read this to my game group who all laughed their asses off too.

Thanks so much for sharing!
ysabetwordsmith

Yay!

ysabetwordsmith

August 5 2011, 02:53:30 UTC 9 years ago

I'm glad I could make you laugh, followed by everyone else.
eseme

eseme

August 5 2011, 01:12:43 UTC 9 years ago

Bah ha ha!

Oh, perfect. I do like that response.
ysabetwordsmith

Thank you!

ysabetwordsmith

August 5 2011, 02:52:48 UTC 9 years ago

That's good to hear.
janetmiles

janetmiles

August 5 2011, 02:15:34 UTC 9 years ago

They did not even notice our daughter's seeing-eye gremlin
urinating on their shiny black shoes.

They will later. Heh.
ysabetwordsmith

*laugh*

ysabetwordsmith

August 5 2011, 03:35:04 UTC 9 years ago

Heh. Yeah.
natasiakith

natasiakith

August 5 2011, 06:04:27 UTC 9 years ago

I have tweeted a link to this under the title best thing ever. Because it is.
ysabetwordsmith

Thank you!

ysabetwordsmith

August 5 2011, 16:57:49 UTC 9 years ago

That is so sweet. I appreciate the signal boost.
fayanora

fayanora

August 5 2011, 11:17:42 UTC 9 years ago

BWAH HA HA HA HA! I love it!
fayanora

fayanora

August 5 2011, 11:23:07 UTC 9 years ago

seeing-eye gremlin

LOL! I love this series!

Reminds me a little of Lyria. All her children are artificial creatures, could be considered monsters; even the ones that look human. Meriel is part cat. Jedocas is a man-sized rat with appropriately sized cockroach wings. Arrandine is a very large and sentient dog with monkey hands he tucks under his abdomen. She has other "children" that are sentient spirits made from the souls of insects. And her apparently human staffers and soldiers, half or more of them are made from corpses; the rest are descended from individuals who used to be corpses.

Oh yeah, and Lyria's lab is full of imps. Even the fortress itself is alive.
ysabetwordsmith

Yay!

ysabetwordsmith

August 7 2011, 21:14:48 UTC 9 years ago

>>LOL! I love this series!<<

That's always fun to hear.

>>Reminds me a little of Lyria. All her children are artificial creatures, could be considered monsters; even the ones that look human. <<

What a fascinating family!
fayanora

fayanora

August 5 2011, 11:25:00 UTC 9 years ago

If you don't already, you should make a tag for the monster house poems.
ysabetwordsmith

Hmm...

ysabetwordsmith

August 5 2011, 17:10:26 UTC 9 years ago

My tag list is already huge; I'm reluctant to add more tags in a category that would involve a lot of expansion, as the serials would. I've been using the "Serial Poetry" page as a guide so that people can find all the poems in a series, and I try to link that to the series poems.
fayanora

fayanora

August 9 2011, 01:38:11 UTC 9 years ago

I had a thought about this series last night: Does the blind girl use her magical eye pendant at school? If so, what do her teachers think of it? I can see it being difficult to explain being blind and somehow able to read regular writing, too.

Or does she get homeschooled by the monsters?

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