‘The Pinkerton piece
says she won’t make it to 60.’
‘And what’s that?’ I ask.
‘Kerry Comitzky.’
‘No.
I mean the Pinkerton piece.’
‘Dr. Pinkerton?
You know Dr. Pinkerton, of course.’
‘Of course,
But still:
What’s that?’
Such goes the banter
both back and forth;
and so go all conversations.
And who cares
really?
This is Ohio.
The people of New Mexico
don’t care.
And so it blows,
the winds of life.
Hot air,
cold air,
meaningless tripe.
Some call it patter,
the talk that don’t matter.
Dr. Emaciation says, ‘You need to lose weight.’
The phospholipids, say: Put it on! baby!
And everyone’s a Pro
in the field that he knows.
And mistakes are made for the others.
Get a Pro!
‘The deck needs sanding.’
‘Well, you can’t do it.’
‘Why not?’
‘You’ll just make it worse.’
Thus thinks the spouse,
’bout her husband,
a louse.
‘Okay.
Then get a Pro.’
I gotta keep the peace, you know.
.
.
.
Copyright © 2011 Marvin Loyd Welborn. All Rights Reserved.
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sometimes getting the pro is the best route…i have a little plumbing leak i have been working on for a week…ha…fun interplay here…dr emaciation…lol…nice tink
ha nice marvin…i like how you spun this…letting the conversation threads lie around with loose ends all over the place…nice..
..and who did you say is Dr. Pinkerton…? smiles
Really enjoyed this one. With lines like:
“This is Ohio.
The people of New Mexico
don’t care.” how could I not?
🙂
I liked this line a lot too. I’ve lived around the country, and people from one state generally don’t care much about people in another state.
This is such a great line: “Dr. Emaciation says, ‘You need to lose weight.’”
And I love this section:
“And everyone’s a Pro
in the field that he knows.
And mistakes are made for the others.”
A very clever, and fun real life read. We’ve all chatted to these type of people, haven’t we?
Very clever write and most enjoyable read, indeed.
Irony and tongue in cheek don’t hide the serious stuff here, the disconnects of all human conversation laid out for us in their absurdity, the assumptions, the false equations. Excellent work with the prompt, and just a cool poem.
Lessons that have been learned the hard way in this house! Had much fun with this but…whose on first? 🙂
Some think they are the pro.
nice pl;ay here ~ *smiles* ~
happy compromise ~
keeps the peace ~
‘get a pro’ ~
waited 5 years for windows varnished ~
about to fall out ~ but pro was called ~ at last ~ caved
really relate ~
Lib
Ah yes, everyone is a pro in the field that he knows. But sometimes pros disagree. LOL. What then?
Nice clever write – but some pros just pretend to be pros and thats when the trouble begins…
Anna :o]
This is really fun!
Oh, this is fun! How do you tell the difference between a real pro and someone who is faking it? 😀 Well done and thanks for the smile.
Beth
Marvin,
We can never win on our own steam. Our time is certainly precious, The measly job ought to be farmed out to the pro.Agreed! Excellent verse!
Hank
This sounded very much like real dialogue (other than the names), which was very nice. I loved the idea of Pinkerton. K.
“This is Ohio…the people of New Mexico don’t care.” Well, Nevada does. This is great.
A commentary on daily life, well written and well appreciated here. I think stuff like this all the time and you wrote it so well!
I like it… people make polite conversations and spouses say what they think the other wants to hear to keep the peace…
Nice one ~
Ah, the truth, well told, and boldly with most excellent rhyme and rhythm.
you are an outstanding poet,
you truly spend time reading your peers.
keep it up.
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