Problem Solving, Moths comic poem 492 by Angela Lansbury

 Today I had a problem

Glad to say my problem's solved

But tomorrow I'll have more of them

'cos problems, they evolve.

Every item that you have

Is a problem someone solved

The car, the chair, shampoo for hair

They have all evolved

I had to sew on hat elastic

And order lining for a hat

I had lavender to repel moths 

Then I unwrapped a Mothout trap

I used a mop to clean the floor

So proud of what I've done

But soon I must do that again

So I must make it fun

By thanking all the people who

Built the house, and roof and floor

The windows and the curtains

The knocker, bell and door

I'm indebted to all of them

The inventors gone before

Pop-up toasters, zips and Velcro

There is more, and more and more

Every day I face fresh problems

My first challenge is ablutions

But there's Wiki, Google, dictionary

And my own unique solutions.

-ends-

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The Gunman by Angela Lansbury - a synchronicity poem of karma

The Gunman

By Angela Lansbury

The tried to stop his evil thoughts
Make him recall the good they taught
But no

They called police, then his mother
She was dead. They called his brother
But no

Call his college! - it's in lockdown
They sent marksmen all over town
No luck

They called the nurse, they called a psych
They found crashed cars, a broken bike
He'd gone

They grabbed his phone, found what he said
They were appalled by what he said
The threat

His girlfriend now says she's his ex
She's terrified that she'll be next
Not yet

The windows shut, the doors are barred
What will he do? To guess not hard
Oh no!

They blamed it on his mental health
Thank God he only killed himself
He's dead.
-ends-
Copyright Angela Lansbury 2018 Feb 24

Synchcronicity is a term invented by Carl Young. From the root word chronos, clock or time. Two events synchronize or occur at the same time. Not necessarily cause and effect but appear to have something in common. Chance. 

Also see good lucky, karma, and yanfen.

(Synchronized swimming means swimmers swimming together, like a dance. They might not be swimming together but towards each other or away from each or around in a circle in a co-ordinated way.)

The pattern of each verse echoes the previous one.
The third line has two syllables. The drama.

Coming back to this poem after a year, I am puzzled where to find the synchronicity. 

The drama is the danger. The gunman is about to kill someone. Who will it be?

In the end, he succeeds. However, the danger is over. The good news that the man killed is the killer. The assailant and victim are the same person. Irony. Twist.

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