Aggresso-Shopping!A Poem by Michael StevensChristmas madness!![]() "Don't mess with me--can't you
see I'm pissed? I'm trying to SHOP here! Sorry you
missed
seeing the seething anger within,
I'm hurling cash down a hole. Everyone, just back away--getting
done is my only goal!
Hand's off the dolly, sister! And are
you flipping me s**t? Hey, out here in the mall, it's
'first come, first serve'--it's
dog-eat-dog, and you'd better get used
to it, it'll only get worse, so back away slowly by slamming
your little tail in reverse.
If there's one thing you need to lear--oh,
and you are? Her father, eh? I really don't care
if she's your little star,
I've been looking for a gift, and I
don't feel like starting over again. All I see is a moron flapping his
face--so what if she's only ten?
Oh, is that right? Well, come on,
if you think you're man enough, I'm sorry, little girl, but your
old man doesn't look very toug--"
******
"Look, I'm alright, see, I'm
up, okay? Why do they call you 'security', when you can't even keep that phyco-freak
away from me?
What's that? Okay, I mouthed off,
but I had a good reason, His little daughter was messing up
my Christmas season.
Say again? This ringing in my ears
is very annoying. Wait, where are you taking me,
where are we going?
You're kicking me out? What about
him? I demand an answer! He's been thrown out too? Take your
hands off me--err--"
******
"Well, don't blame me, honey,
that guy was a jerk! I tried to reason with him, but it
just didn't work.
Hey, that's unfair, I can handle one simple thing. Look, the whole incident upset me,
that he took a swing
at me--what? Okay, so I lipped off
a little, okay? Well, hindsight's twenty-twenty,
what do you want me to say?
I know there's other stores, but I
needed to clear my head and think, I needed to calm down, so I had to
get me one little drink.
What? Yes, okay, one became five--I
was really upset! You know how it is--you know how I
get.
Well, we'll give her these corn
nuts, see, I didn't come home empty-handed-- Hey, those are my keys--god knows
were they might have landed!
What? Yes, I know drinking and
driving wasn't very bright, but we shouldn't have waited until
Christmas Eve night
to buy our daughter
something--honey, put the meat tenderizer down, quit waving it menacingly in my
face, and all around.
Yes, I do know her present broke,
but we could have glued it and avoided all this
unpleasantness, for you and me--s**t,
baby, calm down--dare I ask about
dinner? Yes, the ice I'm on could get a lot thinner!
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Added on November 28, 2015 Last Updated on November 28, 2015 AuthorMichael StevensAboutI write for fun; I write comedy pieces and some dramatic stuff. I have no formal writing education, and I have a fear of being told I suck, and maybe I should give up on writing, and get a job makin.. more.. |


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