I Cannot Repeat (Original Version)
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"Get your facts first, then you can
distort them as you please."
-Mark Twain
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She voiced her opinion.
She had something to say.
She gave me her two cents worth,
And it took her all day.
She was remarkably honest.
Gee, what a treat.
And the things that she told me
I cannot repeat.
The look on her face,
Oh, it was quite a sight.
Her brow was so furled,
Her teeth clenched so tight
That it made her head turn
About as red as a beet.
And the things that she told me
I cannot repeat.
I do not understand
Half the things that she said.
And I really don't know
Why she wanted me dead.
Maybe she thought I was
Too fat, short, or tall?
Because she sure did not like me.
She didn't like me at all.
What could I have said?
What could I have done?
Oh, I tried to remember,
But I could not think of one
Single thing that I would,
Could have done, thought or said
To explain why she thought
I deserved to be dead.
I took her word for it, though.
What else could I do?
She said what was on her mind,
And she had every right to.
She was really quite honest.
Now wasn't that sweet?
And the things that she told me
I cannot repeat.
To make a long story short
I gladly went on my way.
And I didn't see her again
Until early today.
She was suspiciously cordial, frighteningly sweet.
And the things that she told me
I cannot repeat
Copyright © 1997 Richard D. Remler
You have a wonderful way of weaving your story that makes the reader want to read on and get to the payoff. Your friend in words, Pete
Amusing, interesting and well written....with an neat ending
Makes me smile... Love the clever use of repetition, along with the disarming, curious manner and interesting twist at the end
Riveting and eerie, haunting the reader in its wake with the horrible creature that was a serpent one moment and a peach the next. Excellent tribute to reality. Delightfully rhyming and all too effective, gently poignant, in expressing frightening reality.