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Sunday, December 03, 2006
Don’t Exaggerate
Category: Issue 4, Poetry/Lyrics WinnersI’ve become the real-life,
Rainman.
At home and even at work.
My friends and family,
Have taken to calling me
“Raymond”.
You always do the same thing,
You always order the same food,
I’ve become a real joke.
I’ll scan the menu,
For ten minutes,
Front to back,
Then order beef korma…
Again.
I always order beef korma,
And Reuben sandwiches
with coleslaw.
And if you say:
”You’re exaggerating!”
I’ll say,
“If I told you once,
I’ve told you a hundred-million times,
I don’t exaggerate!!!”
Every time,
Without fail.
Now my middle daughter,
The mischievous one,
Has taken to baiting me,
She’ll tell her brother and sister,
Watch this, I’ll say,
‘I think I’ll have the Caesar salad’,
And Bob will say (my kids call me Bob),
Bob will say:
“I’ve come not to praise Caesar,
but to eat his salad!”,
And I do.
And they all get a good laugh,
And I get a good laugh,
And my wife sighs,
And shakes her head.
And then my daughter,
Orders the grilled chicken club,
Just like she always does.
Old Comments
“If I told you once,
I’ve told you a hundred-million times,
I don’t exaggerate!!!”
This is something I say almost every second! I can relate to this very much!
I’ve come to believe that those little rituals that no one ever thinks about as real rituals are the things people depend on… it is the familiar, the security within the knowledge that some things never change. Even years from now, I’m sure, your kids will remember those moments and smile with fond memories.
Winona,
Of course you’re right. It is exactly those things we remember, even cherish, when we look back. A smell, a look, a laugh, a crooked tooth, the way he ‘always’ missed his belt loop…but sometimes we pass over these things in the everyday, even complain about them…and then they are no more.