You Are Next!
YOU ARE NEXT!
Wedding coat finery barely covers my wretched dismay.
After kisses and pinching cheeks aunties would always say,
“You are next!” as if just saying it made it so.
“You are next!” as if just saying it made it so.
Countless times it happened, no matter how often I said no.
Until I discovered how to stop it using this ironic little gem;
Until I discovered how to stop it using this ironic little gem;
now when I see them at family funerals, I started saying it to them!
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©2007, 2022 Christopher Reilley
Shared with DVerse Poets as an example of a couplet poem.
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©2007, 2022 Christopher Reilley
Shared with DVerse Poets as an example of a couplet poem.
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Hah! Good one! ~ Paula Light
ReplyDeleteEverything's a mirror in a time machine.
ReplyDeleteI love that ending! haha
ReplyDeleteThese aunties are the same everywhere! Lol love this.
ReplyDeletethat tickled the dark side of my humour. enjoyed
ReplyDeleteGreat idea! :)
ReplyDeleteMade me smile!
ReplyDeleteHilarious! Made me chuckle out loud ;)
ReplyDeleteHaha way to twist the situation around in the end.
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ReplyDeleteHahaha. An amusing twist!
That's how to do it! Did you get them to stop pinching your cheeks though?
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