Five Year Poem Plan - Part 2

Week 242 - Launch

Nothing ever goes as planned. Sometimes there are refreshing discoveries and other times...

A nice and easy new book launch? I think not! The following is the book launch Forest Meals from a few months ago. I wrote about it and then held off posting it because it wasn't funny for me at the time. But, as The Soursop Soprano and the Tamarind Tenor didn't go any better, I figured it was time to release my fumes before they consumed me.

I'm off by hours on my Sunday release because, in part, of The Soursop Soprano and the Tamarind Tenor. But there were actually many things that occurred yesterday that had nothing to do with the book to postpone my posting. Dog, daughter, new tech devices (which are always an issue for me), meals, cleaning, laundry, mysterious peeling thumb (Daughter has two peeling fingers???) ... At this point I think book launches are definitely jinxed. I sat down no less than six times to post my poem yesterday and each time something happened.

Launched

From Russia comes a message

This couldn't be good

Our illustrators had a setback

One month in all likelihood

The project arrives complete

With results worth the long wait

Now there's a formatting issue

Size too large to collate

Wake to an internet problem

On tech call they can't repair

Must replace inside homes cable

Frustration leads to despair

Minutes drag on to hours

Technician arrives to fix

Perusing the final copy

Spelling error causes panics

Back to the illustrator

Day lost with time change

It really doesn't matter

Internet still acting strange

This technician says it's outside

Replace wires from home to pole

I believe them to be guessing

While losing my self-control

Look over to my napping pup

What's that along his muzzle

Call the vet for appointment

Bumps and dark spots a puzzle

Allergic reaction is noted

Medical baths twice a week

Prescription added to each meal

Lump surgery, book launch looks bleak

Wake up next morning chipper

DMV errand to make

Problem upon problem, day gone

Publishing book I forsake

Internet plays hide and seek

This is issue number three

Router and modem not talking

Call provider with urgency

Now uploading apps are crashing

Frustrated and upset

Not able to complete a task

Moodily greet the days sunset