Two bowls

By Rhiannonw

Thu, 01 Apr 2021
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7 comments
 

His job to put fresh food waste out
(and through the day she piled the lot
into a bowl upon the shelf)
but often he forgot.
One day he heard her give a shout –
‘Where is my salad bowl for tea?
It took so long, where can it be?’
Dismay … delay …

The children had to wait while she
searched out what salad veg was still
available their tums to fill;

later their Mum and Dad could laugh
when he and she forgave each others’ cries and ‘Why?s’!
 

Certificate U
Poem
Families
Biography
Humour

Comments

Submitted by Jane Hyphen on

Forgetting to put waste out, yes, we've all done that or blamed our other halves when they've fallen foul of absent mindedness. Forgiving the cries and whys, that's what binds us together.

 

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

Thanks, Jane. It was the loss of that carefully prepared salad she couldn't believe! Admitted afterwards that the topping of grated carrot may have made it look a bit like the pile of waste veg. I think he thought she'd stuck it uner his nose to remind him to put it out. (he still forgot to put the real compost waste out!) Two bowls so similar! Rhiannon

 

Submitted by Jane Hyphen on

Ha, ha. I can just imagine how easily that happened.

 

Submitted by Tom Brown on

Sounds very familiar! Tom

 

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

Thank you , Tom. How easily we make mistakes, and upset our nearest and dearest! Rhiannon

 

Submitted by Di_Hard on

this made me smile. could imagine it happening in our house, too :0)

we had got a rodent problem in the garden so I attached a bin lid under the bird feeder, to stop anything falling to the ground, as worried that might be what attracted them. I hoped the birds would work out about eating it from the lid (which they have, now) But before this happened, my partner saw all the stuff in the lid and worried it would be wasted, so scooped it all out onto the ground. I think "Why?" was my most articulate bit of reaction, too :0)

The thing is, it was lovely, as you say in this poem, when we both said sorry and laughed about it :0)

 

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

smiley Thank you, Di.

How easily we can get irritated, and puzzle why we hadn't been understood, why did they do that, etc, but it is good to laugh and hug and see the funny side of it! Rhiannon