Monday, October 30, 2017
Bernice Made Lists
On her cellphone and
in her personal cloud.
All kinds, but her favorite
was of snide remarks directed
at her.
These never came from plumbers
calling Allied Supply, who
loved her sweet voice on the
phone.
But usually friends, so-called.
Under “My Best Makeup,” she
challenged Jen, who laughed.
“Don't be silly. I meant nothing!”
Of late, whole nations listed.
“I should warn Pakistan, who isn't
as organized as you.”
Labels: hurt, injury, lists, organization, oversensitive, paranoid, personal
Thursday, December 22, 2016
Little Pinky Winky
He was super-cautionary
in his saying, lest he
injure sensitive friends.
But Deirdre stiffened when
he referred to a town councilman
as Little Pinky Winky...his socialist
tendencies--mostly.
"What my parents called me and
I hated it!"
Then she went on to hint that
Carl knew that, and was making
fun of her."Why not? Everybody
else does!"
But he assured her, merest
coincidence.
Went on to assert that in the
infinite universes, somebody
was saying Little Pinky Winky
right now.
Deirdre didn't want to hear it!
Accused him of repeating those
words just to injure.
He promised he'd never utter
those injurious words ever again!
Too late! Slammed the door in his face
eventually.
And in his infinite universes, how many
millions of doors etc? At this instant!
I'll stop; he's tiresome.
And she's done with him forever!
No great loss to either?
Now now, we’re called upon to be more
tolerant in this single, imperfect world, yes?
Labels: childhood name, couple, hurting, infinite universes, nickname, oversensitive, pet name, thin skin
