First Date

First Date

A Poem by Joseph LaBarge

i was talking to my friend see.

and he said,

joe, he said,

you know what you need,

he said,

you need a woman,

he said.

well

i said,

I don’t know,

i said,

Sounds x-spensive,

i said,

nooo,

he said,

trust me,

he said,

i know this….. uh chick,

he said,

she’s kinda freaky,.

he said.

well,

i said,

I don’t know,

i said,

still x-pensive,

i said.

no, no,

he said,

she’s cat-o-tonic,

he said,

well,

i said,

okay,

i said,

great,

he said,

and gave me her number.

© 2011 Joseph LaBarge


Author's Note

Joseph LaBarge
This is intended as a performance piece, meant to be read out loud rapidly.

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That's kind of quirky but clever. I like it.

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Added on September 8, 2011
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I am a lapsed anarchist with a Dadaist sense of humor. I am horrible with punctuation, grammar, and spelling. I do not believe in form or reasonableness. My writing tends to contain contradictions and.. more..

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