A Botched Pot
Why does a watched pot never boil?
A failure to ignite the coil?
Failure to put the water in?
That’s how such pithy sayings begin.
Their logic, though, I fear is thin
when they say watching is the sin.
He who tries to pass the buck
by quoting this is out of luck.
His gig is up. He’s surely caught.
‘Twas inattention botched the pot.
The NaPoWriMo prompt today: write a poem in which the words or meaning of a familiar phrase get up-ended.
lifelessons - a blog by Judy Dykstra-Brown 
wow – the black image is simply beautiful!!
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That is Little Duck. He’s been my travel companion and model for a number of shoots. He’s currently residing with Big Duck in Missouri and I miss him.
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Wheeee!!
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Great work with the prompt x
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Thanks, Ally. At first I hated this prompt, but once I found the correct “saying,” it was fun.
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A wonderfully funny take on the watched pot!
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I’ve been known to watch a pot until it boiled just so I can disprove this saying.
Here is my first tanka until they get the idea for a prompt. For my best friend:
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