'I mistook you for my wife' (go back »)

Feet shuffled over to the superstore,

And a pig was bumped into.

Such was the deduction, because indeed,

Hands closed uninvited onto one’s buttocks,

An exclamation of surprise, of anger,

The twist of a facial expression,

A public explosion, eyes opened wide,

A punch on an unfortunate nose,

An apology as a tomato took form,

On a face’s exterior, light red,

And the following words were heard,

‘I mistook you for my wife’.

In Poetry