by H.L. Dowless
One bright and sunny day in May,
Billy Bobbin took a long walk out in the lush green rye fields.
As he walked along, oh but WHAT did he see,
but a set of GREAT big eyes shining brightly back at him!
“So just what are YOU a looking at?” asked Billy Bobbin.
“So, now tell me, are YOU a lookin’ straight at me?”
The eyes replied nothing, no not nothing at all,
but they slowly inched forward….
NOW… Billy made out a long skinny nose!
“Well just tell me… WHO are YOU?”
Billy asked loudly.
“GEE just WHAT is it that you want
with poor little ole me?”
The eyes and the nose said nothing,
yes, not a single word at all,
but ever so slowly they floated forward...
CLOSER...
and CLOSER
to poor Billy boy!
“Well, I am just a teeny tiny bit,
no, not very much to eat at all.
So why is it that you inch
CLOSER,
and CLOSER
and CLOSER to little ole me?
Do you like me, and simply wish to talk,
do you have those other ideas…
or do you simply wish to walk...?
Speak to me,
speak to me… NOW!
Oh please, dear Sir,
do you even know HOW?”
The eyes and the nose said NOTHING,
no not anything at all,
but they simply moved forward…
now ONE,
now TWO,
now nose, eyes,
and ALL!
Slowly they all inched forward,
now Billy Bobbin could see a mouth,
and some long, shiny sharp teeth.
“Now this is just not fair!” said Billy with a yell.
“You say nothing at all,
but only move… well…
CLOSER,
and CLOSER,
and still yet CLOSER again,
and now all that you can do is just
GRIN that mean, lean, hungry GRIN,
with those LONG SHINY SHARP TEETH!
Oh, please speak to me,
speak to me NOW!”
But they said nothing,
they only continued to float forward.
Now Billy saw TWO eyes,
a LONG skinny nose,
a mouth with LONG shiny sharp teeth,
and now!
AND NOW!
oh, what did he see,
but TWO tough strong arms,
and two rough HANDS;
no not with five fingers, but only THREE!
That is right, only THREE!
That’s ONE,
TWO, and THREE;
and some long sharp fingernails
just as sharp as the teeth!
“Oh, how you scare me,
you just don’t know how much!” cried Billy.
“Just who are YOU?
Wow… please speak to me, Sir,
speak to me NOW!”
The two glowing eyes,
the long shiny nose,
the mouth with the long shiny sharp teeth,
the two tough arms with the two hands
and three fingers,
said NOTHING, no not a single word at all.
They simply just moved forward.
Now Billy saw two glowing eyes,
a long skinny nose,
a mouth with some long shiny sharp teeth,
and two tough arms, with two hands, and fingers three!
and NOW,
AND NOW!
just WHAT did he see?
But two legs covered with thick green skin, walking…
CLOSER,
and CLOSER,
AND CLOSER!
And poor Billy did say,
“Help me, oh gee,
please help me, oh my!
Oh, just what have I gotten myself into?
Am I going to live,
or am I going to DIE?
Oh, do help me, please,
someone, somehow!”
But the two green legs,
with the thick green skin, and two glowing eyes,
in the face with that long skinny nose,
and that mouth with those long shiny sharp teeth;
and two tough arms,
and the two rough hands with the fingers three,
moved CLOSER,
and CLOSER,
and CLOSER,
coming on FASTER,
and FASTER…
AND FASTER…!
Until…
the mouth laughed and the two green arms hugged
Billy’s trembling neck, as the creature asked in a small child’s voice…
“Will you be my friend?”
***
The author is a thirty five year veteran writer who loves traveling, engaging in a variety of outdoor activities, and living life on the edge. One of his favorite places to live is on a cruise ship for writers, sailing around the whole wide world. Otherwise he is likely to call port oasis and seaside college towns from Spain and Italy, to Latin America and the USA home
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