We have an Uncle Fester, almost eighty,
his behaviors are causing concern.
Sends out weird pictures of himself.
One day he’s a fighter pilot
dropping feces bombs,
the next day he’s Jesus Christ.
Someone made a whopper mistake,
gifted Uncle Fester a label-maker.
He slapped his name everywhere.
We’re talking street corner signs,
the neighborhood center,
and the cemetery too.
Shocked my aunt by gilding his den
then bull-dozers suddenly appeared,
tore down their living room!
Shocked beyond words she asked him why.
“We need a ballroom” he said.
“For what?” she screamed,
“You don’t even dance!”
Sits up all hours of the night
posting, posting, posting.
Posted eleven times in forty-two minutes,
then fell asleep at inopportune times.
Brings up a contest he lost six years ago.
Claims he won though facts say he lost.
Brings it up over and over and over again.
Hoists f-bombs at neighbors and friends.
Can’t stay on topic when he talks,
wanders off with grandiose lies.
According to him, he’s the absolute best
at everything there ever was.
We hear it over and over and over again.
So what do you think?
Is there cause for concern?
Hmmmmm……do you think Uncle Fester sounds like Donald Trump? My apologies to the “real” Uncle Fester! He’s a character in the fictional Addams Family. Image is of Jackie Coogan playing the role. Image is in public domain.
Written for dVerse, the virtual pub for poets around the globe. Today Sanaa is hosting Open Link Night AND will host a LIVE session with audio and video on Satuday, May 9th from 10 to 11 AM EST. All are welcome to join. A link is provided on Thursday’s OLN page here.
lillian the home poet 
Maybe he should be given a nice retirement somewhere where ha cannot cause harm…
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We can only wish….
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Send him back to the ward from which he escaped!
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There is definitely cause for concern. I had to laugh at Uncle Fester. Staying up all night ranting is probably why he falls a sleep at inopportune times.
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A great cause for concern. Every family has a mad uncle (is that me?) but usually they are curtailed and contained, sometimes forceably, and not let to roam the neighbourhood causing trauma and mayhem.
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Seems like you are spot on with this poem, Lillian. Reminds me of the words to Billy Joels song, “You may be right, I may be crazy, but it just might be a lunatic you’re looking for….”
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I actually liked the Addams version…
But that uncle seems quite annoying and probably should be somewhere where he can’t drop f-bombs at neighbours…
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I love the comparison of the orange one to Uncle Fester, Lill. If the cap fits…
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Yes indeed!!!
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The demented get to act like idiot children in charge of everything, their egos like rotted sails in the glorious pretend wind. Hilarious & scary your Fester — which unhappy parent of yours fesses him, and is there an Addams fold to boot? Makes me cringe to think Trump has children who flaunt labelmakers and aren’t afraid to use ’em.
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Exactly! And this ” their egos like rotted sails in the glorious pretend wind.” You’ve gotten it just right with this statement! I’m reminded of that statement: “you can believe half of what I say.” Then the question becomes, which half??? Unfortunately, I’m at the point where I don’t believe anything DT says!
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We are concerned for their safety that we get worried. They deserve sympathy and not ‘fenced in’ reacting against it. Thanks Lillian for bringing this up mindful of the fact that we may be that way ourselves in the near future.
Hamk
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certainly an insult to uncle fester! lol
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I so agree!
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