If It Bit Her In the Arse
She would not understand specificity
If it bit her in the ****,
If it smacked her in the eye, or if it
Rolled her around in a bed.
“All green-eyed people have fat legs,” she says.
What about her? I ask.
“She is the exception,” she states, generalizing everyone.
“All caramel haired people wear beanies.”
What about that one? I point out.
“His must have blown off.”
She would not understand specificity
If it struck her cheek,
or double cheeks,
or ran over her foot in a car.
“All size 9 people wear open-toed shoes.”
Even in the winter? I ask.
“Especially in the winter,” she explains.
Has generalizing people ever worked for you? I ask snottily.
“Of course,” she replies. “I am a people expert.”
Specificity, a words she will never learn or fully-know.
Written: 4-27-2019
Contest: Specificity
Sheri Fresonke Harper
Copyright © Caren Krutsinger | Year Posted 2019
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