Wherever I’d venture to go,
I’d always hide my little toe,
It’s nail curved at an odd angle,
And it seemed like it was mangled.
One day while I was at the gym,
By some unforeseen happening,
I’m telling you I was in shock,
To find I had forgot my sock.
A girl looked at my toe quite stunned,
Called to her friends, “She is the one.”
And then, without much discussion,
I was the leader of a coven.
At first we had a lot of fun,
We conjured spells from dusk to dawn,
But then I got a little bored,
With eye of newt and toe of frog.
But when to my friends I did say,
“I think I need a small vacay,”
It seems they did not take it well,
And wanted me condemned to hell.
And with this news I was bereft,
I thought that we were BFFs!
They tried to tie me to a stake,
I thought it best to make a break.
So I just had a thought ad hoc,
Said ‘Hot warlock at 10 o clock!”
And when they all looked to the right,
I stole away into the night.
So if a spooky girl comes round,
Please tell her I can not be found,
And let us again never talk,
Of what came of a forgotten sock.
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Are you really saying that the gym is no place for those challenged somewhat in the foot department?
The foot is only the beginning…have you been in a gym locker room lately?
Not lately – we keep the weights, treadmill, cross trainer ‘in house’ yet I know such places well. When the kids were little I always found the changing areas at the swimming pool perhaps that worst though – at those times I often pondered the point as to whether or not certain costumes would be better put to use when hang gliding!
You are lucky to have a private gym! Yes, definitely hang gliding.
She’s dead now yet I swear that’s what they used my mother-in-laws knickers for!
The coven of the missing sock! 🙂 Is that what those girls who were hanging out on the side of the gym were doing?
No, those are the girls that hang out outside of laundry rooms, silly! The girls out side of the gym are way more interested in toes.
So, if you wiggle that toe around in a certain circular motion, can it cast curses?
Yes, absolutely! Actually, hope this isn’t TMI but my husband seems to have some kind of hereditary gene of an oddly shaped pinky toe nail that both my children have inherited. I fear that if any curse it cast, I will be the first to find out about it!
Loved this!
Thanks Alisha!
Ah….where is Dobby when you need him, huh? She’s in the same predicament as him…..all for want of a sock! Excellent writing once again. Can’t quite believe you’re keeping up with this challenge!
Had to brush up on my Harry Potter before responding to this one! Yes, Dobby indeed. The challenge has actually given me a whole new field of inspiration. I am only concerned about what I’m going to do after Halloween!
Easy….then you start on turkeys!
Gosh, gee. You have left me speechless with this one. And you know how hard that is. So a big toes-up on this one.
Hope that’s a good thing!
Darn tooting.
Where you get your ideas from is beyond. I really enjoyed this, Marissa. Your poems are so much FUN. Love, Amy
If you really want to know…from my children’s oddly shaped toenails…TMI?? Ha, ha
ROFLMAO!!! You are too much!!! Your imagination is SO wonderful! Hehehehehehehe Takes one to know one. 🙂 xx
I give you “two toes up”. 😄
Oh goodness…thanks!
So clever. I find my toes keep getting more callused and funny-shaped. Maybe it’s a sign 🙂
Uh oh! Well at least I’ve given you a guide on what to do in the event some weird girls approach you at the gym.
Hope it means I have magic powers! Just have to learn some spells…
OH NO!!!!! So…. not that I have …..but IF, IF other toes like that have been seen….. do they have the same power?????
There is much darkness in the world. Beware the three sisters of the gym.
Well, since I don’t go to a gym I think I am safe. I hope.
No one is safe…mwah, ha, ha, ha….
Oh. Well. Bummer.
😉
‘Hot warlock at 10 o clock’ brilliant!😆
Thanks!
This a great concept and psychology.
Glad you like it!
As always, you are a poetic genius! I read this one and the last one. Both fantastically funny!
I’m glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for suggesting the horror theme…endlessly inspiring!
“Toe be or not toe be that is the question” glad to have made your acquaintance, look forward to more chilling experiences.
Good one! Thanks, same here.
LOL! Love it! ❤
Thanks Rachel!
good writing as always 🙂
Thank you!