^^^ An Idiom I Wouldn't Have Guessed In a Month of Sundays
Sitting in a coffee shop
Early the other morning
Getting started for my day
I almost dropped my cup
I was reading the paper
About health insurance costs
Stock market dives
And sub-prime credit woes
When one of the guys
In the booth behind me
Leaned over to his friend and quietly said
I guess not expecting me to hear
I swear to God
His exact words were
And I quote
'My dick's fallen off.'
I hadn't been
Paying much attention
To their coversation
Up until then
With my hot coffee
Almost jumping into my lap
My ears perked up to hear
The rest of this tragedy
Obviously his freind
Was not as shocked
As I was
At this news flash
His calm reply was
'Mine too.
It's not that uncommon
At our age after all.'
They were both taking it
Far better than if
It had happened to me
For God's sake
His friend continued
'My doctor tells me
There are several things
That can be done.
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poem by Tom J. Mariani
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