To The Moon And Back

[karmasoup]

The Hustle

“Build me a ladder to the moon,” he said,

and heaven sure knows how I’ve tried...

I’ve busted my stump til my fingers have bled,

til my marrow has ached, and some part of me died.

“Dig me a well to the core of the Earth...

...and don’t even stop ’til you’re through

Comments

[encrefloue]

Ooh, the cadence and rhythm of this gives that feeling of plodding along in the beginning, but then it doesn't stop building and really drives through to that glorious punch of an ending! I like how you capture a tone of relatability on par with the likes of Silverstein and Seuss, but I love how you invert the methodology of the latter to broach a life lesson that no one warned us about as kids. Great work!

[karmasoup]

Thanks very much

[roina_arwen]

I like this - it has a very Seussian feel to it!

[karmasoup]

Thanks very much! It's the rhythm, as well as some of the whimsical verbiage that gives that feel... it was fun to write. :-)

[rayaso]

This was such a wonderful poem! I loved the way you structured it and the playfulness.

[karmasoup]

Thanks very much! I had a good time with it. ;-)

[halfshellvenus]

Well, this was fun! And all too familiar, in parts.

I suspect you've worked for more people like this than I have--whether because, as a contractor, you shift jobs a lot and that makes it hard to get a feel for something like "This person routinely underestimates project effort by about 20%"... or because people who are poor at estimating job effort routinely find themselves at the point of,"Oops, we're behind. We'll need to hire extra people" and voila, those extra people include you. :O

[karmasoup]

There's probably a bit of both of those situations, plus a few others, including, being a contractor, I'm naturally expendable, so what does it matter if they pay me through the nose and set me up to fail - at least then they can say they tried, but the fact they couldn't do it wasn't their fault, right? Glad you enjoyed it anyway! ;-)

[dadi]

LOL...as a contractor I can feel not only the rhythm in your poem but also the *arrrrgggg* behind it :)

[karmasoup]

Ha! Yeah, after I read your post this week, it doesn't surprise me at all that you can relate to this on multiple levels! XD