I truly love the woman who has chosen me
Chosen me to be her partner in love, in life
in sitting in a booth in a Chinese restaurant
as we sat and listened
Listened to three different tables of women in the 40's and 50's
Gossiping about all the people they each knew
(Who did not seem to be, and thankfully so - within earshot)
In the cacophony of sound from these three tables
we did sit, enjoying our lunch
Hot and Sour Soup, Springs Rolls...
Mustard hot enough to... well, we enjoyed it IMMENSELY
as we slathered it on our Spring Rolls
mixed it with Red chili sauce and soy sauce for the rest of our meal.
Oh, please forgive me a moment of relishing the tastes
Our entertainment was loud
It was RAUCOUS!
These 'ladies' were waving their arms about
as they expounded on this or that occurrence
The failing of this sibling, that child, THAT 'no-good-for-nothing'...
You fill in the blank.
They each had an opinion on EVERYTHING
but... it could change so as not to offend
or might - just so that it COULD offend...
We listened, heard of Tonya's latest mistake with men
Oh, then there was Nadine, Brenda, Lynette, Karen, Jean...
Bill's wife can't seem to... well, she doesn't seem to take her
bridal vows really seriously...
But then, neither can Jack, Duane, Karen(another Karen we think),
Becky, Darla, Darla's mother, Darla's sister (seems that runs in their family though),
Jennifer, Rose-Marie, Bert... there were more but alas...
We missed their names
But! their sins seem to be quite common knowledge
On our second trip to the buffet
we giggled like school girls
at the plethora of knowledge, wisdom, and local going's-on
we had already been presented with
Not wanting to miss a scrap
we scurried back to our booth for the second half
of this wildly entertaining meal
We had thought that this could get no better
Were we ever mistaken!
When... to our delight
two of the Chinese waitresses
began getting their digs in on someone
who, from their gesticulations
has NO IDEA
what she is doing with her hair stylings
Barely able to eat
we were choking for air from laughing openly
at the scene before us
Is this what we have waiting for us in twenty years?
Oh, please... if that be true
let us be as entertaining to others as those ladies were for us