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Fresh Prince
Joined: 05 Dec 2006
Location: The glorious nation of Korea
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 Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2007 4:23 pm Post subject: Early morning vegetable trucks on a holiday-Anrgy rant |
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'Twas a holiday in Korea when all through the house
Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse;
The alarm clock was off, the coffee maker not set,
In hopes of sleeping in with no worry or fret;
I was sleeping, nestled all snug in my bed,
While visions of home danced in my head;
And not a soul was stirring or out and about,
Not the sound of a car or a child�s shout,
When out on the street there arose such a clatter,
I sprang from the bed to see what was the matter.
Away to the window I flew like a flash,
Tore open the shutters and threw up the sash.
Twas not yet even seven, the sun was still low
But that didn�t stop the vegetable truck below,
With blaring speakers that awake the dead
The goods for sale, the driver read,
With a little old driver, so lively and quick,
I did my best to sleep and not be a p***;
Just as I dozed back to sleep once again,
Another vegetable truck arrived and called them by name;
"There�s, dalgi! There�s, gyul ! There�s pears from Peru!
Come one, come all, Happy morning to you!
It was only eight this holiday day,
But that didn�t keep the vegetable truck away,
So away from my house, he moved down the road,
With the high volume blasting, announcing his load,
In a stupor and daze I tried once more,
In attempt to sleep despite the roar,
As if some cruel joke, I heard more sound,
A truck selling fish was driving around,
Fresh, live fish for sale and it was not even nine,
A loudspeaker blasting that his fish were just fine,
With coolers full of fish in the back,
I heard my neighbor buying a sack,
His eyes -- how they twinkled! his dimples how merry!
His cheeks were like roses, his nose like a cherry!
He was chubby and plump, a right jolly old elf
And I laughed when I saw him, in spite of myself
With a wink of his eye and a twist of his head,
Soon gave me to know I had nothing to dread;
He spoke not a word, but went straight to his work,
And filled his bag with fish; then turned with a jerk
He saw me staring out the window I chose,
And giving a nod, he smiled and rose;
He sprang to his truck, to the neighbor gave a whistle,
And away he drove off like the down of a thistle.
But I heard him exclaim, as he drove out of sight,
"Happy Constitution day to all, and to the waygook good-night." |
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cdninkorea
Joined: 27 Jan 2006
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2007 4:27 pm Post subject: |
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| Wow! How long did it take you to write that? Very creative and funny- impressive! |
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Fresh Prince
Joined: 05 Dec 2006
Location: The glorious nation of Korea
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| Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2007 4:35 pm Post subject: |
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 Not that long, I memorized "The Night Before Christmas," when I was a kid, the vegetable trucks supplied the rest. |
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Devil's Harvest
Joined: 31 Oct 2004
Location: House of Knives
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| Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2007 5:24 pm Post subject: |
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I feel for you. I woke up to the sounds of hammering and buzzsaws this morning at about 7;30am. Of course, now that it 10:30am, and a reasonable time to be working on construction/renovations, all is quiet in my neighborhood, and has been for the past hour.
A Korean friend once told me that those loudspeakers are, in fact, illegal in Seoul. He said that the city government felt they were "too third-world". Anyone know if that is true? |
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