I am but a minstrel, a singer of songs.
A righter of wrongs.
And I sing to make my mistress happy.
And I sing to bring her peace.
When my voice and my lute
do not suffice,
I unsheathe my sword
And I become….
Well, actually, sort of depressed.
Working recently
At being more honest
With myself –
It’s just a plastic sword
From one of the kid’s
Halloween costumes.
And I don’t really have a lute, it
Was more like playing air guitar.
What did she say in therapy last week?
That for once she wanted me to take
The trash out without having to ask?
Just once?
Lord I hope though
She still likes the love poems
I leave on her
Pillow.
Charley’s first half: Minstrel
Nice twist with the sword and second half.
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Thanks! Took me a while to decide how to approach it. Glad you liked what came out.
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This is wonderful. Love your take on it. You brought it into the real world — and into marriage!
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I’m entering my “hyper-realest” phase, lol!
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OMG! I love it! The kissing bandit meets Woody Allen… or something like that. Lovely twist, wonderfully done!
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Hahaha! Yes!! I thought you would get a kick out of it!
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If she doesn’t, she’s not worthy of you brave minstrel. Ha.
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Great take on this. I especially like the last part. Who wouldn’t love poems on their pillow?
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Poetry, for when all else fails, lol!
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Poetry. Always poetry! 🙂
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Hahaha … Dramatic twist at its best. Nice work, Randall.
p.s. Better set an alarm for the trash.
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Ahaha! Yes. Thanks.
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Doing dishes is also very sexy
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That’s what she says too! LOL!
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Well I could explain that except I’d get kicked out of the wives’ club 😉
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Ok, I’m days behind on reading – I actually scanned this before and it is even better now that I spend a few minutes. The transitional line has a soundtrack of the music drawing down to a close, like…(what commercial is that?) And then, the plastic sword and the air guitar are killers!
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LOLOL!
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