I conversed with
Salesmen today

I was smart and witty
They hung on every
Word I spewed

My opinions where all astute
They bowed with great reverence
My attempts at levity
Were greeted with heartfelt laughter

I conversed with
Salesmen today
I was John Stewart,
Jerry Seinfeld, and Bill Clinton
I was interesting and debonair

Then I came home
To you
And I am . . . Nobody

chuck-1

Salesmen

Jun 5, 2026

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mike-hauser

Well that's not good...
But the write is...

rebecca-askew

Awe... sorry... nicely written, my friend... very nice.

kmae

But this is true in the life of one man who I knew intimately.....who was charming and witty with strangers with whom he had contact, and came home to be ignored...a sad tale.

dieingembers

Untrue ending but at times something we all feel I'm sorry to say. Keep em' coming

donny-edward-klein

Ha! Nice Chuck, this ending made me laugh out loud. Nice work :)

thomas-gagliardi

BROTHER!  DO I HEAR YOU!  This is soo how it is!  Bravo!  Darn near your best piece yet!  Br-a-vo!

mariau4

victoria-1

Wonderfully written...Sometimes we are free to be whoever we choose to be..sometimes sadly we are not...

st64

Whoo, how powerful is that, or what!
Says a lot in this one, punched with some acerbic observations...who are we, when we get home....?
Superb write, man.
Keep this up, please :)

Pax galore
Star Toucher

marshal-gebbie

But did he make a sale Chuck?
All that bullshit attention was wasted if he didn't and anyway...you knew all the time why he was laying on the grease....and you probably knew why there was no grease being applied at home too?
Human nature in the cross hairs.

ElizabethSquires

m-clement

Thank God this isn't true to your life; I'd be worried otherwise. Good stuff, man; I know I've definitely felt like John Stewart in front of a salesperson. I've also been on the other end of that though, trust me, they think of you as anything but.