Keeping Score

There is no tyrant as merciless as pain. In bowling and in life, if a person made the spares, the strikes would take care of themselves. - Stephen King

in funny shoes that look like they came out of a drawer

when a storm's curtain rises and serenity is no more

when gutters claim the rain like an open and shut alley door

when soulful pins are knocked down upon a freshly waxed floor

when thunder claps and angels bowl

i wonder if god keeps score

Author's Note

“Genius is a light which makes the darkness visible, like the lightning’s flash, which perchance shatters the temple of knowledge itself.” - Thoreau

Reviews

[willweb]

Not sure but wondering, you don't have a lightening strike to spare by any chance, do you? : )
Very clever and creative. I like how this one stays in its lane.

[Pete]

wow, thanks. you just made me realize that i need to add something about the shoes to this ... :)

[Pete]

now if i could only stop throwing gutter balls and eating too much junk at the snack bar ... :)