SUNDAY 11th APRIL 2021 ~ FLASH FICTION ~ POETRY
This is a response to a Flash Fiction prompt from ‘The Last Post on WordPress’
Prompt FROTH
FROTH
by John Yeo
The conundrum for the day was how to turn a seemingly ordinary five letter word like froth into an interesting Blog post.
My ever-creative mind conjured a situation where my main character; call him Phil, a go ahead young man who unwittingly has become the target of Silas, a smooth-talking con man. Phil has engineered a number of lucrative deals for his employer HMQ and is in receipt of a generous bonus.
Silas has arranged a meet to discuss some dodgy investments. Realisation of the situation has set in for Phil, but curiosity drove him to attend the ill-starred meeting.
I wrote a villanelle style poem to describe the meeting and the outcome.
After all this is poetry month and so far I’ve completed a poem-a-day……
THE FROTH OF A CONMAN
by John Yeo
I avoided getting caught in his intricate web,
Becoming just another part of his vocal froth;
With guarded responses I never turned my head.
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I kept my distance stayed free instead,
I’m part of a suit tailored from a different cloth,
I avoided getting caught in his intricate web.
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The froth on his promises never soaked my bread;
The smart trickster used words to subtly rebuff,
With guarded responses I never turned my head.
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The inn where we met was a place to dread,
Our meeting started smooth then dirty and rough
As I avoided getting caught in his intricate web.
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I escaped clean away quickly or I’d be dead,
Using my ingrained logic, I stayed my wrath;
With guarded responses I never turned my head.
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I avoided the invitation to join in the thread
Of broken promises stirred into a palatable broth;
I avoided getting caught in his intricate web,
With guarded responses I never turned my head.
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