Caught Lying
I was walking fast, then changed speed,
and texting and walking I paid little
attention to what was under my soles;
they seemed raindrops close to dew,
why so many tears in a small puddle?
I wondered...did another love end?
Yesterday I and Lisa walked this shady path
as the above dense oaks kept noise away;
we didn't hear the fluttering of a shy dove,
and the pleasant meowing of a docile cat.
I felt something slimy sticking to my my shoes,
it made me slide and then fall; with arms
flying like wings, with eyes rolling left to right:
I would have been safer on a roller coaster;
and landed I did while people started to laugh...
had it been planned by someone who knew
my route? Someone had played a trick on me!
Who disliked me to do such an horrible thing?
Lisa was sitting on a bench reading a comedy book,
I got closer to her in panic and started to scream,
" Some crazy dude or gal spread oil on the path
to make me slip and fall, only evil people do this! "
I tried to get her to talk, but Lisa kept silent,
she continued to read her funny story with a grin,
" Well, some girls get even when a guy cheats! "
And shaking I pleaded innocent of any wrong doing
before she found me guilty and slapped me hard,
" No, honey I was playing the lonely guy...I told her
I had no date, guys lie to get a girl's attention."
" So, sweetheart you lied to her to get a date?
That's why you didn't show up last evening?
How stupid of you...you are trying to get two girls
on two different dates? I am glad you admitted
your guilt, because the other girl played fake; now
we are even, you have lied and got caught! "
Copyright © Andrew Crisci | Year Posted 2016
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