TIME TO GO
It’s time to be going
so we move to the hall
and I put on my coat and my gloves.
Goodbyes are said
as the door’s opened wide
and we stand in the cold and the snow.
Yet still they talk on
and the biting winds blow
and I’ve heard all this gossip before.
‘What about Alf
and poor Elsie’s not well
and dear Ben’s got a bladder infection’.
As boredom sets in
I remove my thick coat
and creep back to the cosy warm lounge.
I’m nearly asleep
as she looks round the door
and she glares at me there in the chair:
‘It’s all right for you
It’s late don’t you know
and how come you’re not ready to go?’
Michael Edwards © February 2017
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- Comment from author about the poem: Another light hearted one for today plus an abstract painted with a wire wool just for Willyweed.
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So very true, it i amazing what my wife can talk about and how many people she can talk to as we are leaving places.
I like the painting.
Thanks Goldfinch - great to know I'm not alone in this
Thanks MICHAEL ~ You are a Blessing ~ An abstract to intrigue us and a poem to please us. An excellent daily waker~upper ! Avoid the Ladies from New York all they do is talk ~ talk ~ talk. Paradoxically New York Girls spend millions of dollars each year on LIPSTICK just to make sure their lips DON'T STICK ! C'est la Vie ~ BRIAN
Thanks Brian. Bright red lipstick to help the words find their way out even quicker !! Now there's a great idea for another bit of whimsy.
She speaks quite quickly
she paints her lips a bright red
to help the words out.
Thanks MICHAEL ~ a nice idea and a balanced 5~7~5 Senryu as a bonus ~ BRIAN
Ha - - a familiar scene in many a household - you verse the tension so well here Michael - love the art work too.
Thanks Fay - it happens regularly in our family.
Yes. That can happen. Great work on the painting.
It sure can - thanks WBL
Lovely poem Thanks for the painting Michael its grand you think you could do one with my hair as the brush its long and curly and a bit like wire wool? just don't dip my face in the paint! thank you Mighty Mike. WW
Now that aint such a daft idea - there is currently a painting competition on prime time TV here in the UK where one of the contestants uses hair extensions to paint with - Don't know if you've got a beard Willy but if not grow some stubble and we could try out chin painting ! Even dafter there is an artist called Pricasso who paints with his penis - try googling it sometime - now there is a limit.
yeah I was just kidding but there is no speed limit on weird! I can grow what ever you need and I'm game so its all up to you! ww
I thought Hispanic ladies only do that... umm, just wondering... great write...
Believe me so do Asian ladies and I believe from my friends also English ladies - and all the rest !!!
Ha ha Michael
Been there bought
All the tee shirts
Well done sir...
Thanks PH - I've got quite a selection of tee shirts - not that I ever wear them mind you.
I usually tell her I left and came back. And she say's "You didn't?" I love your paintings and your sense of humor. This poem reads like pure truth. It depicts the scene and the people as clearly as your paintings depict scenes. This abstract is beautiful and gives me a sense of the snow and the cold. LOved your poem. - Phil A.
Thanks Phil - really appreciate your encouragement - yes: a tad close to the truth this one.
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