18 - Snowflake

#NaPoWriMo Day 18 (technically 19) and today I’ve been writing a pantoum inspired by too many conversations that I suspect many of you will find… familiar…

Remember that, if you’re a subscriber to my Patreon, you can hear a recording of this piece (and the seventeen preceding it) there. The link to the relevant post is here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/snowflake-156049134

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I ask him not to use that phrase;
I am polite, I do not shout.
He tells me that it’s just his ways,
I don’t know what I’m on about.

I am polite, I do not shout;
we must be careful to be safe –
I don’t know what I’m on about –
his arrogance begins to chafe.

We must be careful to stay safe,
and not upset the “normal” folk.
His arrogance begins to chafe…
of course: I cannot take a joke.

Please don’t upset the Normal Folk.
(He tells me that it’s just his ways…
of course: I cannot take a joke.)
I ask him not to use that phrase…

I’m aware that this doesn’t add a great deal to the commentary, but I’m tired and this will have to do… Designed using CorelDraw and my own brain

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