'I Was Just Having Some Fun… Poem by Margaret Alice

'I Was Just Having Some Fun…



I’ve been singing my way through this day
mastering the intricacy of singing Arabic
music without any accompaniment, until
I sang to Rima in class: anaya ma kunti
ba-fakar fiiha – I thought many times
about it – this is what the words mean
and literally says how I’ve thought about
the wisdom of insisting to show off
about learning the song off by heart
I had to give in to pride in my hard-won
accomplishment, since my refusing
to do so before led to my losing all
interest in learning Arabic – so I left
the office practising my song as I went
singing to every lady and gent along
the way – now I have a new student
insisting on taking lessons from me –
singing has that effect on people,
you see, and I’m forced to use my
loudest fake Italian accent to scare
the self-styled student away
I was just having some fun, not
looking for disciples today!

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Zen Bojczuk 16 June 2007

Delightful poem. Love the last line. Zen

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Margaret Alice

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Pretoria - South Africa
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