..are you doing anything, darling?
and that, to me, always sounds alarming,
but her tone is disarming
and so I say,
not at the moment dear,

and now?

I'm doing the laundry
cleaning the floor
She wants me to paint
the bathroom door!

I should have pretended that
I didn't hear,
shouldn't have said,
not at the moment dear,

it's going to be a long night.