I once put a pebble into my nose
polished, a piece of the sea, one of those
lucky-charm-things, best among stones.
Inside, it was lost becoming part of my bones.
Now at night I can hear how it clatters;
bouncing, playing maracas, it rattles
my dreams and wide-eyed awake I feel
how it makes its way out when I pee.
From wikipedia
Today we have a guest at dVerse, and we are told to write funny poems starting from an ordinary event. The pebble in my nose is actually truthful but the end is a bit less so.
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May 22, 2018
Björn Rudbergs writings 
Wow, the journey of a stone! Love it. Probably best, not to put things in your nose?
I was just a small kid… but I have no clue were that little stone went.
How funny. I once put a dried bean up my nose when I was a wee one. Oh the things kids put up their noses!
Imagine how it would have been if that bean would have started to sprout…
Haha 😁
Ha! I love this. Funny, but also so poetic and poignant.
The story is quite humerous. I shoved stuff in my ears. I bet every kid has done something like this. It’s very easy to identify with. Hope you get rid of that kidney stone, lol
Ha.. it could be that…:-)
For sure!
That is so funny indeed Bjorn ~ I can imagine how noisy those pebbles can be ~
My daughter once put on e in her ear when she was four or five. When did you put that pebble up your nose, Bjorn?
I think I must have been five or six… I remember it all too well… we went directly to a neighbor who was a doctor… and he couldn’t see the pebble, so it was assumed that it had dropped out somewhere.
When my daughter was small, she let her cousin talk her into putting a bean in her ear. For some reason, kids like to put things where they don’t belong. Great story Bjorn.
Ouch.. I hope it didn’t sprout a stalk.
It meant a trip to the emergency room. But she learned a lesson.
Oh, the pebble up the nose! Painful. Lots of kids seem to do it. I guess even if you left them they’d come out eventually.
I have to say, your anatomical imaginings are unlikely…
But my imaginings kept me awake.
This is a variant of shoving something stupid in your ear. I remember when we had to take my sister to the doctor because she had pushed a catkin in her ear. The doctor was a Pakistani with a rather shaky grasp on English and he shrieked in horror “She has pushed a cat in her ear?”
Ooh, ouch! But the maracas — must’ve been maddening. Couldn’t say which would be worse: passing a (kidney) stone, or an incessant rattle inside the brain?
Get rid of it by forgetting all about it. It is easy.
“Inside, it was lost becoming part of my bones.” — Great line!
kaykuala
Now at night I can hear how it clatters;
bouncing, playing maracas, it rattles
my dreams
Our life can be affected by unexpected consequences of an earlier action! Can act as an irritation!
Hank
Ouch! Painfully funny! Those stones sometimes hang around awhile getting lost in the maze of the amazing!!
dwight
Hahaha! (I NEVER do that when responding to a poem… almost never.) This is hysterical! Thank you for the belly laugh.
This is really funny!
Nice description of that pebble rattling dreams.
Ouch! I was enjoying your poem until I was reminded of the pain in passing a stone. Ouch!!
Hope you’re feeling better.
Cheers,
Mark
Okay!!! I am laughing out loud! 🙂 Quite the tale. Reminds me of the pediatrician we had for our children…he always said he could tell it was spring when he got the first parent’s call about what to do with a child who put a pussy willow tip up his nose! 🙂
Sounds to me like it’s still rattling around in there! Nice story. 🙂