Wonky and Fred, a freewrite

Today's freewrite prompt on that other chain (which I haven't given up on) is "wonky." I intended to write something about how wonky the world has become of late, pure surrealism, absolute nonsense abounding, nothing seems quite real.

But I wrote this limerick instead. I hope you enjoy a bit of lightheartedness from me.

Some time ago, @rycharde ran nonsense writing contests. The task sounded simple - write a bit of nonsense to win a prize. Surprisingly, no matter how hard I tried to freewrite nonsense, my poems always made sense.

For today's freewrite, I gave writing nonsense a go again. This was written from start to finish in five minutes flat.

Wonky and Fred

There once was a man named Wonky
who had a donkey named Fred
Fred led a band through a thicket
and wound up with crackers on his head

The thicket gave way to barnyard
where puppies frolicked all the day
Fred led the puppies to the roadside
whereupon and whence they began to play

in the road! What a ruckus
the women in the house did make
they came out all the doors and windows
and called “Wonky! Your stupid donkey is a flake!”

Wonky had been gathering mushrooms
from the oak trees behind the barn
he didn’t see tragedy coming
and ignored the womanly alarm

The rest of the story is happy though -
the puppies were saved by the bell
of a passing ice cream truck convoy
and a deluge of kids after school

Traffic slowed to a careful crawl
to let the children buy their treats
Fred brayed for forgiveness on the spot
and Wonky didn’t give him a beat

This was also my entry to @mariannewest's daily freewrite challenge on that other chain. Today's prompt is wonky.

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cute little barn page break by @thekittygirl