Thursday, February 25, 2021

Poetic Asides Question

 Unrecognized Sense of Humor

 

When I was about ten

we were watching a train movie.

I asked Dad, “Did you ever ride a train?”

He said, “When I was in World War II

I rode a duffle bag the whole way to California.”

“Yes,” I said, “But did you ever ride a train?”

He got the biggest kick out of that.

I never did tell him I was just kidding.

The way he responded, I didn’t think he’d believe me.

He went to the grave thinking I had been that stupid.

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