Introduction

During the middle of a huge thunderstorm.........

Shocking

The electricity was out, but it didn't matter,
he went outside with a metal ladder.
There were lightning bolts dancing about,
but he was wearing rubber shoes, no doubt.

He placed that ladder on the telephone pole,
soon he'd have the power under control.
As he climbed, the rain began to fall,
he wasn't worried about that at all.

Thunder clapping with a loud roar,
but up the ladder he went some more.
Fearing electricity, just isn't founded,
those rubber shoes had him grounded.

When a lightning bolt hit that wire,
he thought for sure he was on fire.
He thought he'd end up charred remains,
electrical work requires brains.

But to his surprise, he didn't die,
and he knows the reason why.
Those shoes, they must have saved his life,
but oh the comments from his wife.

"When you smile dear, your teeth all glow,
and you keep crackling, don't you know?
And next time that the power goes out,
give the electrician a shout."

The shocking moral, you can see,
Be careful around electricity.
"I love you dear, yes you're the most,
but I'm not sleeping with burnt toast."

Copyright; Jim Garman
Email: jimnipoetry@yahoo.com
Web Site: http://members.fortunecity.com/rapidfire_ii/