Don’t you just hate it when that happens?
Those socks that Dad gets at Christmas,
Sellotaped in packets of three.
The monosyllabic young man
That your daughter brings home for tea.
The fair to middling result
Of your son’s prestigious degree.
The mediocre performance
Friends and family had come to see.
The soufflé which for once falls flat,
Reminding one of molten brie.
The putt which misses by an inch,
After your best shot from the tee.
Some sozzled old hack berating
Your best friend from the BBC.
Your spouse embracing someone else
In the tent at the jamboree.
The top-price tickets that you bought
When you could have got in for free.
Don’t you just hate it when that happens?
Stephen Gospage
Wed 27th Jan 2021 15:26
My thanks to everyone for the likes and for all the kind comments.As usual, they add to my understanding of the poem, which I think is a benefit of this process.
The book can be viewed on Amazon UK (see link below). If you click on the book itself you can scroll through quite a number of pages before you are redirected to the rear cover page. Also, if you have Kindle, it will be available for free download during the weekend of 26 February.
I don't really want to plug it, as a number of the poems are already on WOL and I will be sharing some more on my profile and the blog over the next few weeks.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Shape-Trees-Poems-2020/dp/B08TN71QQ2/ref=sr_1_11?dchild=1&keywords=the+shape+of+the+trees&qid=1611760399&sr=8-11