My Catch Phrase
I knew what I was getting into
when Deb gave me my catch phrase.
It was the last one available
and seemed likely to net prose praise.
I mean why enter a contest
if no points are likely to be made.
“Nothing ventured, nothing gained”,
“hang out the wash”, “call a spade a spade”.
When I was young I loved to box.
But that has a different kind of law,
than street fighting at its very best
which tends to give one”verbal lock jaw”.
So, to practice keeping my cool
some sayings I like bringing to mind.
“Better to walk away in humility
than be carried away totally blind”.
Everyone’s goal, “the whole nine yards”
could refer to all from “Yin to Yang”.
Beware the snare of going too near
the “slippery slope of sloppy slang”.
One day if things get out of hand.
If from conversation it escalates.
Resort to a somewhat lighter tone
to “minimize threat to your face”.
“You and whose army” retorted,
early on in the dialog swapped,
“giving strategic information”
may keep you from getting popped.
My catch phrase is “You and whose army”.
© Jun 05 2010 Placed 7th in “Catch Phrase” contest
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