Sitting at the coffee shop <br />Early the other morning <br />Getting started for the day <br />I almost dropped my cup <br /> <br />I was reading the paper <br />About health insurance costs <br />Stock market dives <br />And sub-prime credit woes <br /> <br />When one of the guys <br />In the booth behind me <br />Leaned over to his friend <br />I guess not expecting me to hear <br /> <br />I swear to God <br />His exact words <br />And I quote, <br />'My dick's fallen off.' <br /> <br />I hadn't been <br />Paying any attention <br />To their conversation <br />Up until then <br /> <br />With my hot coffe <br />Almost jumping into my lap <br />My ears perked up <br />For the rest of this tragedy <br /> <br />Obviously his friend <br />Was not as shocked <br />As I was <br />At this news flash <br /> <br />His calm reply was, <br />'Mine too. <br />It's not that uncommon <br />After all at our age.' <br /> <br />They were both taking it <br />Far better ttan I would <br />If it had happened <br />To me for God's sake <br /> <br />His friend continued, <br />'My docter tells me <br />There are several things <br />That can be done <br /> <br />For best results <br />He wants to <br />Run some tests to see <br />What may have triggered it.' <br /> <br />I wanted to know too <br />So I could aviod doing <br />Whatever these guys did <br />To lose trigger and all <br /> <br />He went on, 'They don't just <br />Throw Viagra at you <br />They way they used to. <br />Could be nerve damage, <br /> <br />Or something else. ' <br />- - -Something else- - - - - <br />Now the lights <br />Were finally coming on <br /> <br />Come to think of it <br />I knew lots of things that <br />Had fallen off lately <br />Attendance in schools - - - voter turnout <br /> <br />Nothing had acutally <br />Dropped off entirely <br />It was only <br />A performance issue <br /> <br />Their use of an idiom <br />Made me feel like a blockhead <br />I was relieved to learn their doctors <br />Still had something left to work with<br /><br />Tom J. Mariani<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/an-idiom-i-would-not-have-predicted-revised-04-23-08/
