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Tyrone the Tumbling Turtle

A Poem in T-minus 10, 9, 8

By Atomic HistorianPublished 3 years ago Updated 3 years ago 1 min read
Tyrone the Tumbling Turtle
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Tyrone tasted the twilight tea

The time tick tick tocked

Ten-thirty

‘Twas time

Tyrone the tumbling turtle

Tartan tied tight

Tumbled to town

To take the train

Tyrone tumbled through troughs

Tyrone tumbled through the trails

Tyrone tumbled through Tipperary

Tickling the teacups

Tyrone tipped to turn

To Tom the tailor’s tavern

Trickling through the thoroughfare

Tyrone tipped the tweed to Tom

Turning to

Tyrone thunk-a-thunked to the toll terminal

Tick-tock tick-tock

Time trickled to the train terminal

Turning to

“T-t-ticket T-T-Tammy t-tease”

Tyrone told Tammy

Tyrone took the ticket to the train

“Th-th-thanks T-T-Tammy. T-t-ta t-t-ta. T-t-tee tou tomorrow”

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  • Antoinette L Brey3 years ago

    That was good , I wrote about a tortoise , pretty similar in subject matter. Impressive

  • C. H. Richard3 years ago

    Terrific! Tyrone takes the trophy 🏆 😊

  • Leslie Writes3 years ago

    That was ridiculously cute. Also amazed you got it to 100 words. Bravo!

  • Karen Cave3 years ago

    Totally tute! 😁

  • Wow...

  • Lori Melton3 years ago

    Terrific tale! 🐢

  • Great entry for the challenge

  • Mariann Carroll3 years ago

    Wow , Marvelous 👍🥳

  • Dana Crandell3 years ago

    A great read! You really put some effort in to this one!

  • Grz Colm3 years ago

    Well done! Very enjoyable, and I love the last line!! ;) I will have to try this. 😊

  • Gina C.3 years ago

    Nice! This was an enjoyable read!

  • Lamar Wiggins3 years ago

    Excellent! The flow was great, and the content was a fun ride!

  • Cathy holmes3 years ago

    Nicely done.

  • Kendall Defoe 3 years ago

    Thou touched tough thoughts...

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