5/2 Laugh at Yourself

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I was Fifteen going on thirty-two
with sunshades all fancy and new.
Eight changeable lens in a solid case,
but the rose-colored lens were the ones I embraced.
A big day arrived and I slipped them in my shirt
not knowing they'd soon be my disconcert.
Then off we rode in dad's shiny Bonneville,
toward Sea World, our big vacation thrill!
The ground rules were laid out pretty clear,
"Meet back at Shamu's eleven-o'clock premiere."
Folks shuffled east, my brother sprinted west
and I wandered, with myself quite impressed . . .
for you see, I knew I looked good struttin' along;
my world colored pink as I hummed a song -
like Elton John croonin' Crocodile Rock,
I had an extra thing in my girlie walk.
People looked - well maybe not stared,
but I figured they were jealous of these shades so rare,
and I smiled my biggest chessy grin
and took every bit on the chin.
Watch check, it was a quarter till time.
I was back first and leanin' on a dime
when I spied in the distance my brother heading in,
so I walked toward him - but he backed off.
"Hey, MARRRRRRRRK, over here, I'm here!"
He looked away and I figured he had wax in his ears.
So I padded on, and the closer I got
the more I saw his face grow dim.
Then he spewed, "What's the matter with you, you fool, you fool?"
and I couldn't believe he was being so cruel!
"Whada ya mean? What's wrong," I hurriedly questioned.
Shoulda known by his horrified expression.
"Take those damn things OFF! Getta way from me!"
and I felt panic strike me in wild decree.
So I slowly removed my fine rose shades
and discovered only one lens was displayed.
I was crushed, bruised,
then I blushed.
Made sense what the crowds were gawkin' for,
the look had to be something too hard to ignore.
So I took those shades, and the case too,
and tossed em in the bushes askew,
then walked away with my head held high -
a fool for pink shades for the very last time!

© 5.3.2011 by BC Williams

Very good Bev well done

Mercy! So you happened to have the right 'parts' out in the truck to cover the other arm? That's funny:-) Did they ever catch on?

I remember something happened a few years ago here in Florida. A man was in a hospital for an operation to have his left leg amputated. The docs did an 'oops' and cut the right one off! From them on, it became policy to marked body parts with a magic marker. But that poor man . . . they messed his life up, because they had to go ahead and cut that other leg off anyway. Rather be a single amputee than a double.

Had to get the old arm on again and then start again with the other one lol

Okay, so you were able to undo the damage before moving forward, lol! Lucky:-)

So you didn't have the TV turned on? LOLOL! That would mess up the reception:-) Sounds like something I'd do.

I had it turned on, I just didn't have the umm........well you know when you want to watch a DVD movie you have to channel the channel to AUX (an off channel) I....well I didn't do that, I thought it was already on there, it was just me thinking again, which is very bad for me to do at times lol