Today, Wendy Everard of New York is our host for the third day of the March Open Write at http://www.ethicalela.com, inspiring us to write Double Dactyls. You can read the process of writing a dactyl and her full prompt here. I found writing dactyls to be like the bludger in Harry Potter. You hold on for the ride, hope you don’t get knocked off your broomstick as it tests your sport, and hope to make it through the game.
My husband is the Mudbog King, as I’ve come to call him. He got both of our cars stuck one Christmas morning, and I think he did it on purpose just because he loves getting stuck and calling a buddy to come help. All these boys in the country seem to live for the phone call: “I’m stuck. Bring a chain and pull me out!” The only thing better than getting that call is making it – and to get double-stuck on Christmas morning just seemed like the biggest present under the tree. Hence, my Double-Axle Double Dactyl.
Double-Axle Double Dactyl
muckery-muddery
Mudbog King's stuck again!
John Deere hailed - Johnson bailed
(boys spin to win)
ecclesiastical
gospelized dirt road hymns
banjos pick - mud's still slick
(boys clog tire rims)
boys stack hay ~ then......they play!
jacked-up truck = magnet-muck
climb inside! take a ride!
(costs not one buck)
hold on tight! brace yourself!
Johnson's gon' show his stealth
mud rainbows = bumper spray
(filthy trucks = health)
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