04-25-2016, 09:40 AM
Apes
They’d come nearly 700 years
and still no microwave popcorn—
so we got comfy on the couch
with cheese puffs and no-name cola.
It took a rare film to wrestle
the remote from Mom, but Bright Eyes
was handsome as Moses
and she liked him in ripped rags.
I thought he was arrogant
before I knew the word.
Dad and I kicked back like kings, crashed
headlong onto strange shores
and planted our flag.
We could barely contain
ourselves when it was time
for the line.
“Get your stinking paws off me you damn dirty ape!”,
cried the four of us in chorus—
even Mom knew it.
One time we were watching,
and I can’t be sure why, but
she stood up, brandished the remote
and shouted, “from my cold dead hands”
before flipping the channel.
They’d come nearly 700 years
and still no microwave popcorn—
so we got comfy on the couch
with cheese puffs and no-name cola.
It took a rare film to wrestle
the remote from Mom, but Bright Eyes
was handsome as Moses
and she liked him in ripped rags.
I thought he was arrogant
before I knew the word.
Dad and I kicked back like kings, crashed
headlong onto strange shores
and planted our flag.
We could barely contain
ourselves when it was time
for the line.
“Get your stinking paws off me you damn dirty ape!”,
cried the four of us in chorus—
even Mom knew it.
One time we were watching,
and I can’t be sure why, but
she stood up, brandished the remote
and shouted, “from my cold dead hands”
before flipping the channel.