The poetry, stories and intrigues of C.J. Brenner

Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Lady Carmella of the Toll Booth Lane

There was once a woman named Carmella and she loved putting tolls in the basket at the pikes of Life.  She so exceeded all that she never had a spare coin in her purse as every coin was securely thrown into the basket at the toll booth that she often drove past in her fun rides on the highway.  Sadly, Lady Carmella never made much money in the businesses she tried to form in her days.  She tried to sell hats and that did not work.  She tried to open envelopes for the rich, but the rich just wanted to open their own envelopes.  Once she wanted to stuff pillow cases with triangular styrofoam pieces and that almost worked for her, except she decided that she did not enjoy the stuffing process and she soon quit to find a new job. 
One day Carmella was busy shopping at the boathouse express and she was searching for lampshades for her husband's boat.  This was a big deal for her for she did not like the exposed light bulbs of her husband's cabin in the front of the boat.   She looked and looked and finally she found a red and blue canopied lamp shade that seemed to be a beautiful lamp shade for a boat interior.  She paid for it with the remaining change in her purse.  Little did she know that she would be passing a toll booth on her way to the ship yard to visit her husband later that day.  This was ok as she realized she could speed through the toll way and pay no toll.  She reasoned that every one was allowed to pass the toll booth at least once without paying, right?  But that was not to be.  Lady Carmella was arrested and brought up on charges of larceny and that did not sit well with her fans at the sword shop that was one of her favorite haunts.   This was terrible and she soon realized that she never fwooshed another sword without someone laughing at her in the front of the store. But that said, Lady Carmella was still quite funny and she lived a long life but without much fwooshing left in her.   Thanks for the fwooshing, Lady Carmella, but dont forget to pay your tolls on the superhighway of life.   Thanks.

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