Somethin’ ‘Bout a Glitch

September 25, 2012 at 1:59 pm · Filed under funny stuff, Poems, Random Thoughts ·Tagged author, Charles L. Mashburn, humor, Motel 6, poetry, writer

Here’s another one of my sillier poems. TV commercials are great for tickling the imagination, and this poem was inspired by one of the popular ones from back in the nineties. Have a giggle on me!

Somethin’ ‘Bout A Glitch

 

Old Charlie went to Motel 6

He thought he’d spend the night

Heard them bragging on TV

How they’d leave on a light

The night clerk told him, yessiree

We’ve got a room for you

We even left the light on

So you can see what e’er you do

Old Charlie said, won’t need the light

Just gotta get some sleep

But I knew you left it on, he said

I seen it on TV

Well, Charlie hit the sack and then

Looked over at the light

Now this won’t do, he said aloud

I’ll be awake all night

Old Charlie he searched high and low

mumbled somethin’ ‘bout a glitch

It looks as though this lamp here

Ain’t got no doggone switch

He called the night clerk on the phone

And told him ‘bout the trouble

The guy just laughed and then he said

I sure hate to burst your bubble

But yes, he said, the light is on

Laughed so hard it made him cough

We said we’d leave it on for you

But never said we’d turn it off!

Copyright © 1998 C. Mashburn

Sharing this lil ditty on dVerse Poets Pub’s Oen Link Night ~ Week 63

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