My Favorite Thrills
Words by John C. Bunnell © 2001
TTTO My Favorite Things by Oscar Hammerstein

Cyanide snowcones and nitro-chip cookies;
Vacuum-locked car trunks and fast-pitching rookies;
Darts with curare in movie-seat springs--
These are a few of my deadliest things....

Time-delay bombs in the soles of his Reeboks;
Ninjas disguised as cheer-leaders in knee socks;
Razor blades painted like playing-card kings--
These are a few of my deadliest things....

Hot-wired hairnet or milk gone too sour;
Quick-drying concrete sprayed on in the shower
Poison-dust brushed onto wedding-day rings--
These are a few of my deadliest things....

	When the plot stalls
	When the Muse stills
	When reviews have mocked
	I simply remember my deadliest things
	And that's how I get
	Un-blocked!



Tagged: writing

Novelist Brenda Clough had been discussing ways to make her hero's life difficult in her SFF Net newsgroup, and someone commented that it was too bad one couldn't keep a list of that sort in nice, easily remembered verse form.  At which point, of course, the challenge was irresistible....