Evil Thing That I Am Poem by Margaret Alice Second

Evil Thing That I Am



For three inexplicable moments I have forgotten why
I am retired from life, when you complained your son
lost his expensive watch by leaving it with a possible
girlfriend and I meddled on your behalf to get it back,
you got angry and said I NEVER do anything you say,
I, the most wilted and inactive person anyone knows,
forsooth, if that is how you feel about life

I immediately informed your son I was wrong insisting
on getting back the watch - your dad wants to see you
happy, not troubled by his wife, please get on with your
life in whatever way makes you happy, do not hark me,
I'm a shrew, your dad said, not allowed to meddle in his
or your affairs, so let's all be happy and do as you please,
I have stopped meddling as instructed, you see

I must prepare for tomorrow's French oral, it's all that
counts, your expensive watch has no value compared
to your happiness factor, I am the cause of this strife
in your life so forget it, your dad only wants to see you
happy, nothing else… [aside] what a relief, it releases
me from other duties I did not feel like discharging at
all, being the evil thing that I am…

Sunday 3 March 2013

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