Are You Listening To Me?

Old Couple, Togan Gokbakar

You said we wouldn’t have to wait long

for the train

I’ve been standing here so long,

a pigeon started building a nest in my hat!

The sign says not to smoke, you know,

but if you’re going to ignore it, I may as well too

Train travel is so romantic, you said

We’ll see the country, you said

All I see is pigeon dreck and dirt

I have to pee,

but if you think I’m going in that lady’s room, you’re crazy

It’s filthy and filled with drug addicts

I’ll probably catch a disease and die!

Oh, this was another of your great ideas

I wanted to take a lovely cruise, but

you always think you know everything

You’re more full of yourself than a Matryoshka doll!

Your ego is more swollen than our kitchen door when it rains!

Next time, remind me not to listen to you

Hey, you got a mint?

submitted for The Mag, Mag 168