Don'T Bother Me Right Now, Dear -- I Have To Watch the Game
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
Copyright © Jim Dunlap | Year Posted 2019
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