November PAD Chapbook Challenge: Day 21

Three weeks! I can’t believe how fast this month is moving. Wow! Today, I want you to write a confessional poem. And then, get to enjoying your weekend. Here’s my…

Three weeks! I can't believe how fast this month is moving. Wow!

Today, I want you to write a confessional poem. And then, get to enjoying your weekend.

Here's my attempt for the day:

"Kong in the Congo"

And that's why I never climb trees anymore.

I mean, after you fake your death once, you realize
you may not get too many more chances to stay
anonymous. But I gotta tell you, that fall from
the Empire State Building was murder--and a few
of those pilots grazed me on purpose, I'm sure of it.

Yeah, I didn't get the girl in the end, but women
will only kill you if you keep 'em around too long,
and that's the honest to goodness truth. Besides,
she was always screaming and crying and being
a bad sport. She never actually cared 'til I was "dead."

And believe me, Kong will dead; I really will.

Robert Lee Brewer is Senior Editor of Writer's Digest, which includes managing the content on WritersDigest.com and programming virtual conferences. He's the author of 40 Plot Twist Prompts for Writers: Writing Ideas for Bending Stories in New Directions, The Complete Guide of Poetic Forms: 100+ Poetic Form Definitions and Examples for Poets, Poem-a-Day: 365 Poetry Writing Prompts for a Year of Poeming, and more. Also, he's the editor of Writer's Market, Poet's Market, and Guide to Literary Agents. Follow him on Twitter @robertleebrewer.