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Don't bother me right now, dear -- I have to watch the game! /center> The pipe beneath the kitchen sink has sprung a nasty leak, But he's afraid the plumber will label him a geek; And he won't leave the t.v. to even take a peek. She calls for him to help her, but the answer's still the same: "I really don't have time, dear; I've got to watch the game!" Their anniversary has come again, and she's putting on the heat. Going out for dinner would really be a treat -- Yet just to leave his t.v. for him's a pointless feat. She's asked him and she's begged him, but the answer's still the same: "You'll have to go alone, dear; I've got to watch the game!" She hears the ringing of the phone, and answers it to hear, "Your mother's had a stroke, and she will die, we fear." But when she yells the news in, he says, "Get me a beer." She's putting on her overcoat when she hears him call her name: "You'll have to go alone, dear; I've got to watch the game!" Then one day, he hears sirens, sounding very near, But since he's watching t.v. and sucking on a beer, When the roof falls on him, he doesn't even hear. For as the house is burning, he has to bear the blame: He ignored the smoke and fumes so he could watch the game. POTPOURRI, February, 1992
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