knock knock
by kilgoretrout (Member) - published: April 13, 2008
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knock knock...
whos there?
nobody...

I saw it on Ghost Hunters...
They ask the spirits to knock
and sometimes they do...

So I asked...

Then I begged...

knock knock
whos there?
nobody...

I suppose some production
assistant is off-camera somewhere
laughing his ass off...

Happy Birthday mom...

Did you see that game last night dad???

knock knock
whos there?
I AM...

------
Terence Patrick Burns

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by kilgoretrout

knock knock
Knock knock jokes are so time worn that I am glad you took a stab at'em. Your perspective is always fresh and skewered enough to surprise.

But do you really believe the crap you see on Ghost Hunters? Dustballs take the place of spirits on those shows. Seems they always end the show right back where they started.

Anyway, I like that you included your parents in this. Sort of grounds it in the real world.

Good job bud.

( Posted by: desvelado [Member] On: April 14, 2008 )

Knock knock knockin on Heavens Door

Knock knock
Whose there?
It’s Joseph
Give me a break mate I have seen you knocking on all the doors cant you give the neighborhood a bit of peace at Christmas…?
It’s me missus God gave her one and she’s about to drop……
Well I suppose there is the stable but there are a couple of asses in there already.
Do unto others as you would have done unto yourself…? Jesus must have invented that…..

Your first verse therefore is a gem…..

Eric

( Posted by: Fairplay [Member] On: April 14, 2008 )

I promised

myself three poems before I crawled back to the sanctuary of my bed, and there to stay for the duration…

glad- although not exactly happy- I chose this. you made me cry, God dammnit! ‘kay so, making me cry is like shooting big dead fish in a really small barrel, but nevertheless…

after my Mother died, my cousin thought it would be a blast to take me to see a Medium- some woman who got dressed up like the fairy Godmother from some low-budget panto and pretended to talk to the dearly departed relatives of her desperate audience…

I enjoyed it about as much as chewing glass and piccalilli… these people all belong in the same pit…

That said, I’ve had my own “I see dead people” moments… but none of them ever knocked… none of them ever did anything on demand...

but then, they were probably like that when they were alive...

I like you're last line: yeah, we are still here, and that's important, and depressing and terrifying and elating all at once...

don't let the bastards grind you down. peace.

( Posted by: AuldMiseryGuts [Member] On: April 15, 2008 )

KNOCK KNOCK
Hey, Terence, I take ghost knocking very seriously, it happens around my house all the time, no shit, and throughout most of my life...some sort of generational spooky thing sort of like the Irish have their Banshees? My family has its knockers from the other side. Hey, if you read my 400 page rant tonight here on Lit.Org (first thing I've written in several months) and leave me a comment, I will personally ask one of my ghostly ancestors to come give you a good knocking one of these days soon, and some of them do more than knock...some of them are rumored to be (shhh) real knockers as in succubus knockers....on second thought, maybe that might be too scary for you. Forget I asked. Thanks for putting up with my mood today. It is not good. Not it is not good. Yet, I continue to meditate, chant, and hope for the better. Thanks for sharing this piece which I am sure has more personal sentimental serious value to you than I have given it...sorry.

( Posted by: TheRealKarmaTseringLhamo [Member] On: April 16, 2008 )

Funny like a clown
Your poetry usually makes me laugh, Terence, even the ones that pack a serious punch while doing so.

This one, however, did not make me laugh. Not even once.

It made me feel... really sad. Maybe it's my mood tonight, coloring things, but I don't think that's it.

"So I asked...

Then I begged...

knock knock
whos there?
nobody...

I suppose some production
assistant is off-camera somewhere
laughing his ass off...

Happy Birthday mom...

Did you see that game last night dad???"

I get this mental image of someone laughing, insanely, and clawing at their face, leaving furrows with nails and tears, as they scream out to the ghosts they want so desperately to knock.

And then the end, just a howl that they're the only one there. No knocks from the other side. Alone.

Chills, Terence.

But I'm starting to convince myself it's just my absolutely fricking insane outlook on life right now that's giving me this reaction to the poem.

Good to read you again, m'dear.

PS - Random Taco Bell Packet of the day: I'm taking the day off. Go to the next packet.

PPS - I don't know where that came from, but now I miss Taco Bell.

PPPS - ...mmm, caramel empanadas...

( Posted by: chinadoll [Member] On: April 17, 2008 )

knock knock whos there? Thanks.
Thanks...sad Terence says thanks...The Not Knocking is as helpful as The Knocking...I guess longing for the afterlife when there is still so much work to be done deserves a brutal silence???

Des...Ghost Hunters sucks ass I prefer UFO Hunters and Destination Truth...

Fairplay...Three asses are better than two...

Shannon...Encouragement works believe it or not..and it works better from legends across the sea...so for that i thank you...

Witchypoo...Donde have you been???? If I wasnt so high right now id be really really mad...smile

Chinadoll...You came closest to my very same feelings the night before i wrote this..thanks...

P.S. Random Taco Bell Packet of the Day..."They Spit in The Beans Go To MacDonalds"

Random Taco Bell Packet of the Day

( Posted by: kilgoretrout [Member] On: April 17, 2008 )

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