Sidney Beck Poet Couplet

Shopping Together

SHOPPING      TOGETHER

We went   to the wood shop together
To select for the job the right timber - 
Ooh,   - laths,  two-by-ones,  maybe plywood ?
She was unmoved - finished, unfinished, one-side-good ?
Mmmm,  -  beech   or oak  or pine?
See  the  fine line and polished shine ? 
She felt  little  emotion for my dowelling,
Any more than paper towelling.
She heard no timbre in struck timber,
No note she could remember :
It sent her to slumber 
To encumber her mind with lumber - 
It was all so much mumbo jumbo.
Standing with arms akimbo
No matter where she stood
It was just wood, wood, wood, wood.

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Debbie Guzzi October 29, 2010 at 5:15 PM Thanks Syd for the comment on Sing BUT it took like 5 minutes to write and for me had very little substance LOL simplicity does not endear itself me. I mean I'm glad I feel like that but really who cares?// As to your write I LOVE wood! The smell of it the touch of it the hard softness of it, but we each have our own element, mind are earth, fire & wood!

Andrea Dietrich October 27, 2010 at 9:05 PM hahahaha. I LOVE this. It reminds me of myself in a horrid lumber store with hubbie, bored out of my mind. Or one of those HOme depot places Gag me with a spoon. a FAV for this clever piece. Luv, Andrea last line is priceless.

Dr.Ram Mehta October 27, 2010 at 8:36 AM What a tapestry of words you have spirraled with good humor in this write, Sydney.