UNNECESSARY GRAVITATIONAL ROUGHNESS
. (CONVERSATIONAL)
I can make jokes about it
I can even craft a script to include every egg,
and I’ll make them crack themselves up.
But instead I dance around your eggshells,
I hold up your umbrella in the rain. I remind you
to pick up almond milk for morning coffee.
Every day you remind me a little more of my mother.
I’m not saying I hate you.
I’m just saying, someday,
I’ll stop answering the phone.
**BREVITY FOR THE SAKE OF THE PROMPT, SECOND VERSION: 54 Words including the title which surely shouldn’t count 😉 **
UNNECESSARY GRAVITATIONAL ROUGHNESS
(CONVERSATIONAL)
I’ll make jokes,
craft scripts highlighting every egg,
and they’ll crack themselves up.
I dance around your eggshells,
I hold up your umbrella in the rain.
Every day you remind me more of my mother.
I’m not saying I hate you.
I’m just saying, someday,
I’ll stop answering the phone.
I think I go with the first version. Beautiful.
I believe in this gravitational roughness. It is necessary for clarity in these conversations that have been plagued by trail of eggshells.
I could read this poem everyday!
Thank you