A Funny Thing Happened On the Way To the Art Museum
A funny thing happened on the way to the Art Museum,
I saw a seagull fly above a man wearing a soldier’s beret.
He landed on the arena of the respected Roman Colosseum,
pooped all over the beautiful markings, I knew not what to say.
I knew right then and there this would be a peculiar day.
Just then the soldier saluted the seagull I had no idea why,
he was so serious like his Lieutenant was right there.
I thought it was so funny I laughed until I began to cry,
took off his beret and saw he had long blue hair.
I thought, “that’s not right, his head should be bare.”
The soldier bowed to the seagull and I laughed some more,
for I couldn’t figure out why this gull was so respected.
Was this man really a soldier in the honorable marine corps?
His actions were so outrageous and completely unexpected.
He turned and looked at me, I acted like he was undetected.
He ran up to me and begged for a penny to throw
into the Colosseum for what he thought was good luck.
I saluted him, was I supposed to? I didn’t know,
just then the seagull flew over us and on got stuck
on the top of a driver of an old rusty red pick-up truck.
The soldier ran to see if the flighty bird was okay,
I was still stunned as to why he cared the way he did.
It started to rain, and all the blue clouds turned grey,
he then ran under a woman’s purple parasol and hid.
He was drenched and on the wet sidewalk he slid.
He hurt his bum and seemed to break his left arm,
everyone crowded around him to see if he was hurt.
Although I thought he was funny I wished no harm
on a man who was once in war wearing a camo shirt.
Then it hit me like lightning, he was cute...so I did flirt!
We married six months later, and I love him so,
yet I wondered always about that gull he saluted.
I remembered that it was not that very long ago
he was standing in front of the Colosseum so rooted,
I asked him nicely… he said,”it was never the gull,
I saluted as I tooted.”
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to...
Robert Haigh
July 7, 2018
Copyright © Beautiful Scars | Year Posted 2018
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