Care for a greasy offering?

Question

Grease Gun Dogfights

Monotony on a tractor, common,

entertainment always self made.

My weapon upon those fall days:

grease gun, portable and full.

The opponents appeared, winged

feasting on buffet offerings

of what the plow’s blades churned

Now a grease gun projectile flies

40 feet, wind aided, of course

and gulls were never timid…so

plop, one launced, the gull moved

plop again… plop, plop, plop!

The gulls having advanced radar…

they really did, never aborted

in spite of heavy grease ack-ack!

They survived and feasted well

and I stayed awake, beating sleep.

But my Dad never knew, although he asked,

why the grease gun was always empty!

Answer 1

"Hi!",

Great poem and it didn't require a dictionary.

Brilliant my dear lad, Brilliant.

Cheers.  : )

P.S: THX for checking mine out : )

Answer 2

Hahaha! I was misty eyed crying after reading Elaine's poem and now you come along with this! I can just picture a young boy out in the field firing "grease bullets" at the gulls!

Answer 3

You made me smile...wonder if Dad ever guessed... could the piles of grease on the ploughed field have given away the secret?

Answer 4

This poem is so funny!  I wonder what Dad would say now that the price of oil is approaching Mars.

Answer 5

Boys toys are so inventive! I have heard a lot of old tractor stories, never this one, Kudos! Even if the pesty gulls were target, Thou would be reported these days! Tractors of now days are equipped with luxury these days, starting with A/C

and heaters etc. So much fun these now plow boys miss!

Inventive boy toys, walked away from my three year old grand son for 5 minutes! He loaded the elec. blower with acorns,

and was having a blast shooting them out! Males do think

differ.

Answer 6

sing it!

Grease is the word!

It occurred on the bird

Neonman got his gun out

Grease in the timing

The gulls hit in motion

But his Dad took the fun out.

Grease, it had run out

Answer 7

Grease gun fights - how novel and what fun - leave it to the creative mind - to utilize "weapons" at hand.  The image of black grease against white gull is startling. Good job ♥

Answer 8

I see these fields,  this boy, this  tractor, these black furrows, these white winged gulls swooping, screeching , I see this  this gun, and the well greased anti climax.  A Robert Frost Moment.. evocative and warmly welcome this cool morning. Thankyou Neonman!

Answer 9

NICE. How cool to tap the memory bank.

Answer 10

You certainly did amuse yourself.   Most enjoyable read.

Answer 11

well i wasnt so perfect then either

and cant say nothing about this

but that dirt is everything

and Gramps wouldve murdered you. lol