1)
my wife came out of the shower
last month
still unwashed and dry as a bone
You’ve forgotten, she snarled, *haven’t you,
to pay the water bill?*
Ooops! I’d done it again!
2)
last Monday
she came waving her hairdryer at me
and she screamed;
*You’ve forgotten, haven’t you -
to pay the power bill?*
Ooops! I’d done it again!
3)
last winter
she was trembling
and she said, shivering:
*You’ve forgotten
to pay the bill for the gas heating ,
haven’t you?*
Ooops! I’d done it again!
4)
and yesterday
when I returned home from work
I found everything in the house floating -
the chairs and the sofa
and the oven and the dog
and my wife too, upside down
up there in mid air
And she hollered:
*You’ve forgotten, haven’t you
to pay the gravity bill?*
And she reached out for my neck
as I levitated too
*Help! Somebody
Help! Anybody
Help us get back
down to earth!*
Jan 14, 2014
Jan 14, 2014 at 3:16 AM UTC
1)
my wife came out of the shower
last month
still unwashed and dry as a bone
You’ve forgotten, she snarled, *haven’t you,
to pay the water bill?*
Ooops! I’d done it again!
2)
last Monday
she came waving her hairdryer at me
and she screamed;
*You’ve forgotten, haven’t you -
to pay the power bill?*
Ooops! I’d done it again!
3)
last winter
she was trembling
and she said, shivering:
*You’ve forgotten
to pay the bill for the gas heating ,
haven’t you?*
Ooops! I’d done it again!
4)
and yesterday
when I returned home from work
I found everything in the house floating -
the chairs and the sofa
and the oven and the dog
and my wife too, upside down
up there in mid air
And she hollered:
*You’ve forgotten, haven’t you
to pay the gravity bill?*
And she reached out for my neck
as I levitated too
*Help! Somebody
Help! Anybody
Help us get back
down to earth!*
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