Ingratitude
INGRATITUDE
Hey you guys out there -
Can anyone tell me why this chick
Dumped me after I went to such
Trouble to get her a surprise birthday present?
I mean it was a top-of-the-line boomerang.
What’s not to like? Then there was
The episode of the yoyo - man, talk about
Ingratitude - she’d no appreciation of the skill
That goes into making the thing.
I remember I was also telling you about this
African tribal mask - very realistic features,
Like what do these women expect, for God’s sake?
It’s as well I didn’t give her anything expensive:
Was thinking of maybe a stuffed snake,
Or a pair of false-teeth worn by Lenin,
And even a replica Mayan scalp -
If she played her cards right.
But it’s all over now :
She had her chance and blew it.
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