The Shortcut

Prompt:

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The Shortcut

By Indelibleink


At the fork, just bear to the right,
and then you cut through "Harmony Pass."
Alone it appears I will sleep tonight,
"A really great shortcut," my ass!

The voice - oh so calm - when it said,
"Turn left," which I found alarmin'.
Taking that route would get us all dead,
that's the last time I listen to Garmin!

Hard to say just why I listened to him,
hurts bad now, with my left ankle swelling.
Heaven knows this was worse than a day at the gym,
no one said we were going rappelling!

Alone on the cliff, my migraine clanging,
and from my pockets fall fives and tens.
Alas, my rope's snagged, and I'm left hanging,
all this 'cause someone lost their contact lens!



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Form: Trolaan
Trolaan, created by Valerie Peterson Brown, is a poem consisting of 4 quatrains.
Each quatrain begins with the same letter.  The rhyme scheme is abab.

Starting with the second stanza you use the second letter of the first line of the first
stanza to write the second each line beginning with that letter.

On the third stanza you will use the second letter on the first line of the second stanza
and write the third each line beginning with that letter.

On the fourth stanza you will use the second letter on the first line of the third stanza
and write the fourth each line beginning with that letter.

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