Did you get a whiff of the air?
Something is smelling quite rotten,
And whatever happened to that watermelon?
Is it laying in the fridge forgotten?!
And then with a look of absolute fear,
We all ran to the fridge,
And tossed aside the many items,
To find where the watermelon hid.
And indeed there lie that offending fruit,
Buried behind the meat,
Now far beyond questionable,
For anyone to eat.
But rather it seemed it mutated into,
A completely different form,
And perhaps would soon grow arms and legs,
And walk right out the door.
Or maybe it would turn into a monster,
An easy metamorphosis,
And in return for our neglect,
It would lock us up and torture us.
Or perhaps we should take it’s picture,
And post it on Facebook,
So all of our friends can become sick to their stomaches,
After having a look.
But I think it would be much more appropriate,
To act as if we’re doing a favor,
And try to pass it off as pickles,
And give it to our neighbors.
Ahhh! I had a couple of cucumbers that did the same thing and would have felt right at home with your watermelon. Never thought to pass ’em off as pickles, though!
It’s all about using your imagination!
Be glad it wasn’t potatoes. There would be no survivors 🙂
You don’t say…hmm…I’ll have to try that some time.
Don’t. I never in my life experienced anything as foul as a forgotten bag of potatoes turned to liquid. 😦
Okay, so like not even for fun…got it!
It does look pretty spookie. I have my fridge haunted by a few forgotten feasts in my time
Wow, because there’s been some strange supernatural happenings in my fridge. I never thought the watermelon was to blame, but now that you mention it…
Love it – it reminds me of a short silly verse I wrote about some tinned fruit (only this is much, much better) years ago. Far too good for Facebook!
Silly?! Why I thought this was a very important verse of our time!! I was going to pass it on to some rather important people for a possible recitation, but I must say, you made me think twice!!
(Just kidding of course-thanks for you feedback, always great to hear from you Mike!)
Silly verse is a genre in itself – not many are brave enough to take it on. In that regard did you ever read any of Spike Milligan’s. If not you really should for I believe they would have great appeal to you.
In response to your comment, I just did a bit of Googling on Spike Milligan. Yes, definitely funny and appealing from the little bit I saw. A little Shel Silverstein, a bit of Rudyard Kipling. Thanks for the introduction.
This poem is so much fun to red. Most readers will be very much able to relate to it.
Thanks. I was actually worried about the relatability factor but just figured it would be cute and funny for a Labor Day weekend. Then again, the inspiration did come from a friend who posted a pic of their rotted watermelon on FB so….
That photo though…
Just found it in the Google images…it does tell a thousand words though, doesn’t it!
We left uncooked chicken in the fridge for too long. We had forgotten about it until the house smelled like an animal died in it. It was hidden stealthily in the back of the fridge and it was awful! I don’t think I could’ve passed it off as anything to my neighbors. 🙂
It would have been fun to try though!!
I am wondering if this isn’t the return of the pod people from outer space. And don’t forget The Thing was a vegetable. Makes me wonder. Are vegans really vegans or are they Venusians in disguise?
That is a philosophical question of the ages…
I thought it was a philosophical question of the refrigerators.
Perhaps…
Haha, that’s great!
Annnnnd I just remembered there’s a watermelon in the fridge…
Oh boy!
Reblogged this on By the Mighty Mumford and commented:
THIS IS A RIOT!!!! AND THAT PICTURE—-WELL-DONE!!
Oh that smell when it beckens….. blech. That’s all.
Yep, I’ll take that!
How I laughed at this one, Marissa. I just had the same experience, smelling something rotten, throwing out just about everything in that fridge and still smelling that rotten. Then I saw it. Tin foil wrapped around that something rotten. Raw meat I had cut up for one of my cats and um forgotten about. I really enjoyed your words. Pickles? Hmmmmm …… Love, Amy
That’s so funny. It was weird because when I published this one, I thought it might not be relatable. Turns out a lot of people can relate to it, I suppose. Yes, pickles…well what else…?
Hmmmm….. I have to think on that ….. LOL
mmm yes
or perhaps…mmm…no… ha, ha, either way!
I don’t know his I missed this. Funny as usual. As an adult I’ve had far fewer instances of this kind of thing than I did in college. Back then we had to move all the spoiled food out of the way to find something edible.
I like how you say, ‘We had to move all the spoiled food out of the way to find something edible.” Implication that after you moved it out of the way, you simply left it there!
Ugh! I will never look at watermelon the same way…and then to come on here and read some of these comments about other foods….grief! 🙂 Anyway, wonderful verse there,….most impressed…but even more impressed with the ending!
Thanks, although you do seem, uh, vaguely disgusted. Sort about that!
All is well! Just wondered if you were surprised by the number of wonky-food related comments too! 🙂
I have just the neighbor.
That’s funny! We’re on our way!
Have you been looking in my fridge again? 🙂
Well, it was smelling kind of funky so…