Good News, Bad News
Good News/Bad News
Good News/Bad News
And then there was the man–look!–
who fell out of an aero plane. That was the bad news.
But, phew! he fell onto a haystack–
the good news: that apparently his back
was not broken
through the intervention of
dried grass.
But hey! there was
a needle in that stack–bad news. Except, wait–
he turned out to have a camel
in his pocket, which fit exactly through the eye
of that needle–good news–
for that took him straight to, do-not-pass-go to,
the kingdom of heaven, not
so much because he was a rich man
but because the haystack hadn’t worked that well after all–
not against a fall
from the sky.
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ManicDDaily 
January 25, 2014 at 7:50 pm
hahaha…nice…oy…i like the biblical references and the way you played on the camel through the eye of a needle…some days you cant win for losing…or is that the other way around?
i am glad you are feeling better….
January 25, 2014 at 7:53 pm
Ha, even a haystack (including an eye of a needle as well) would not cushion such a fall!
January 25, 2014 at 8:25 pm
I felt as if I was on a teeter totter… it was fun
January 25, 2014 at 8:31 pm
I loved the camel and the needle ☺️
January 25, 2014 at 9:15 pm
Well, THIS is a cool and humorous response to the prompt. Loved it, kiddo.
January 25, 2014 at 9:56 pm
Lightness, levity, a welcome dish for the Pub table; and why not have some fun with the prompt, I say; you certainly did.
January 26, 2014 at 12:04 am
heh-heh – what pace and vitality! A poem that has a breathlessness about it or rather makes the reader feel breathless reading it – a delight 🙂
January 26, 2014 at 1:21 am
Ha…liked the humour in this. It probably was a double bad news item for that guy because the camel in his pocket was a miniscule key ring holder and did not pass the scripture quality control unit…+ double infringement points for trying to fool the angels:)Enjoyed this one!
January 26, 2014 at 2:01 am
Remember Roseanne Rosanna Danna, the Gilda Radner character from SNL? That’s the channel playing for me with your fun pen, K ~
January 26, 2014 at 2:35 am
This was fun.. Finding the needle in the haystack is not always good – the camel was a great further twist in this little tale
January 26, 2014 at 3:38 am
haha!! this is cool 🙂
January 26, 2014 at 4:05 am
Very fun…I like the back and forth between good news and bad news.
January 26, 2014 at 6:32 am
A perfect reply to the challenge! Whatever you started with, this packs all of the punch in simple spare compressed language. Sigh.
January 26, 2014 at 6:55 am
haha…now that is good luck and bad luck and good luck and bad luck… cool on the camel and needle eye reference… fun write and food for thought as well…
January 26, 2014 at 7:23 am
A haystack is not very good to a rich man, perhaps he could have fallen on his wealth, Interesting and amusing in an modern parable.
January 26, 2014 at 8:35 am
You’ve brought the parable up to date: in our times, the endgame is not almost never in out control. A smart rendering, mixing the old with the new.
Steve K.
January 26, 2014 at 8:37 am
Of course the “not” is a result of a hasty posting finger.
Steve K.
January 26, 2014 at 9:23 am
This reminds me of a favorite story from childhood… wish I could remember the name of it.
January 26, 2014 at 9:32 am
Yes, it is based on that book. The original version of the poem referred to that book. Hi Laurie! k.
January 26, 2014 at 9:45 am
Beautiful! As a real paradise, not without death.
January 26, 2014 at 10:00 am
Entertaining, enjoyable…we all “fell” for this one 🙂
January 26, 2014 at 11:51 am
cool….enjoyed…
January 26, 2014 at 12:11 pm
This is awesome!
January 26, 2014 at 1:03 pm
Hard to fall from the sky..fun poem to read
January 26, 2014 at 3:41 pm
Great, great, great! 🙂 Loved all the biblical references. They all fitted so perfectly around your zany, wacky lines. Loved it. Many thanks.
Greetings from London.
January 26, 2014 at 5:17 pm
Thank You for stopping by. K.
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January 26, 2014 at 7:37 pm
This is both fun and mentally nutritious, k. I enjoyed laughing and chewing it over very much–especially the jumpy style, which works perfectly.
January 26, 2014 at 9:50 pm
loads of fun