Wednesday, August 31, 2016

Plums are not ice cream

Now, I have heard of freezing Twix in the freezer. Bananas. Sometimes even peanut butter.
But plums?
For the sake of clarity, we are going the call the person who for some unknown reason froze plums Charlotte. The person who ate the plums shall be Charlie.
Now, Charlotte seems like a very organized, controlling person. Case in point: I have not met many people who even think about what they'll eat the next morning, let alone take the time to freeze said food. And, of course, she froze plums. Need I say more?
But Charlie, Charlie seems like much more of your average Joe. A pragmatist. He sees some plums, perhaps tries to rescue them from the indignity of being stuff in the "icebox" like some common ice cream. But more likely, he simply sees food and eats it.
He suddenly finds that the plums actually taste good and realizes that someone must have put them into the freezer, rather than a random act of the universe. This is probably one or two bites in to the plums. So Charlie makes the most natural "teenager" decision and gobbles down the rest, trusting an apology written in a clever and confusing poem will do the trick and calm Charlotte down. 

I took
the credit card
that sat
in your wallet

and all the cash
you've ever
saved

now is gone

I'm sorry
but it bought
me 
a very
nice hat

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