Who Said That First? Poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar

'I'm going to say something foolish! '

YOU?
That's impossible.

'Seriously.
Why don't you listen to me sometimes.
Instead of acting as if you know so much.
Can't you at least 'pretend',
You are paying me 'some' attention? '

I'll do the best I can.
And...
Get set.
On your mark!
GO.

'Why are you giving me that look? '
Comeon.
Be serious.
Can't you be serious?
At least this one time.
Stop giving me that blank look.
That wide eyed stare.
Comeon...
Stop it! '

Well...
I 'tried to pay you 'some' attention.
That didn't work.
And then I tried to pretend,
I had amnesia.
That didn't work either.
Let's see...
That's about...
Three minutes total time.
You need more time than that?

'This is going nowhere! '

And 'who' said that first?
Didn't I tell you that?