ALL APOLOGIES # 818

In retrospect

patience would have won the day.

Had I not jumped the gun

started the fire

succumbed to the beast so quickly

Fido would still be here.

I am sorry I ate your schnauzer

but it was late

and all the take-out places were closed

and I really wanted Vietnamese...

It was insensitive and desperate

and had I known

you were coming home so soon

I would certainly have refrained.

It was wrong what I did

but really,

it is ironic, is it not

that you brought home franks?