Man
It’d been another long week, I was tired and fed up
Of going to work and coming home in the dark
So enough was enough, I took a half day
Perfect weather for a walk in the park
Woman
Strangely enough I was thinking the same
And, still smirking a bit at the joke
I said I would meet him at the end of the road
It would be good, I thought, for the bloke
Man
Hand in hand as we wandered the leafy green
She said she’d heard a great joke earlier on
Said I could do with some cheering up
Asked her to tell it as we ambled along
Woman
He smiled at first and then chuckled a bit
And soon he was laughing out loud
And I smiled along with him despite all the looks
We were getting from a gathering crowd
Old woman
I could hear laughter from somewhere
Getting closer, I thought, as I purled and knitted away
Must finish this jumper for little Tom
A gift for his special birthday
Man
I don’t know what it was that tickled me so
But I had the giggles so much that it hurt
And catching it seemed because even though
It was she who had told me, she smirked
Woman
We were approaching an old lady on a bench on the path
Who was knitting something right there
But when he glanced up in his mirth and saw what it was
His giggles turned to tears of despair
Old woman
I could see the man laughing, he seemed happy, I thought
But as the couple approached all that changed
For his laughs turned to tears as he glanced at me
“My goodness” I thought, “He’s deranged”
Man
It was the little red jumper that was the final straw
That’s when the tears of mirth came
This really had been the most perfect release
We must do this and come here again.
©Jemverse (12 June 2014)
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