Poem -

Think Big Son! (an allegory inspired by my 'evil twin' Jai Masters; who refuses to comment on it, lol)

Think Big Son! (an allegory inspired by my 'evil twin' Jai Masters; who refuses to comment on it, lol)

A Gypsy fathers' dream finally came through

his son began his first day of Elementary school

he is the first one in his family

after school he came home skipping excitedly

...

'DADDY! DADDY! I LEARNED THE ABCD...

ALL MY CLASSMATES ONLY GOT TO ABC...

BUT I GOT TO 'D' ARE YOU PROUND OF ME!

IS IT BECAUSE I'M YOUR SON AND A GYPSY?

...

Father looks at him and smiles,

'YES SON, I AM PROUD OF YOU

IT IS BECAUSE YOU'RE MY SON, AND A GYPSY

KEEP THINKING BIG'

...

The next day the son came home from school

even more excited than the day before

...

'DADDY! DADDY! I LEARNED NUMBERS

ALL THE 'OTHER KIDS ONLY GOT TO 123....

BUT I KNEW ALL ABOUT 4

IS IT BECAUSE I'M YOUR SON AND A GYPSY?

...

Father looks at him and smiles again,

YES SON, I AM PROUND OF YOU

IT IS BECAUSE YOU'RE MY SON

THAT YOU KNOW THESE THINGS

KEEP THINKING BIG'

...

The next day the son came home walking slowly

deep in thought. He is troubled by something

he learned in school. His dad comes over to him

...

WHAT'S WRONG SON? HOW COME

YOU'RE NOT EXCITED TODAY?

DIDN'T YOU LEARN ANYTHING IN SCHOOL?

...

The son began speaking slowly

'DADDY, CAN I ASK YOU A QUESTION?

'ANYTHING' said father.

'WELL TODAY WE HAD GYM, DADDY

AND I NOTICED SOMTHING...WHEN WE

WENT 'PEE PEEING' I HAVE A BIGGER

WEINER THAN EVERYONE I SAW

IS THAT BECAUSE OF YOU, DADDY?

IS THAT BECAUSE I'M YOUR SON?

THAT I HAVE A 'BIGGER ONE?

Then his father looked at him sullen, and said,

...

NO SON, THAT'S NOT THE REASON

SON YOU ARE IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

AND YOU'RE TWENTY YEARS OLD

BUT KEEP THINKING BIG, SON

KEEP 'THINKING' BIG

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Tony Taylor

Hey C!!........this is awesome..........and uniquely hysterical...........you are so friggin' talented it's not even funny!.........perhaps you should draw some more inspiration from Jai.........because this is gripping from top to bottom..........smokin' grooves brother............smokin' grooves!!............smiles.........T xo

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Christopher Correia

Hey T, awesome comment bro.  I just realized that I didn't classify this one as 'comedy'  but you have such a great sense of humour, glad you 'got it'  it's actually a 'joke' told to me on a construction site a few ago by a Gypsy drywall guy,  I listened to him so intently thinking it was some amazing story; till he got to the end, lol...been one of those days, and I just felt a little prankish....yeah Jai is inspirational in his own unique way, lol...cheers pal

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sparrowsong

Hello Christopher...

LOL!

Still Lol!

Hugs...

sparrowsong

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Christopher Correia

Hello Sparrowsong, glad you got this one pal, I was just telling someone how 'serious' poets can be and how a simple 'joke' if written out resembling poetry may not be understood as a 'joke'  by poets;  who sometimes try to articulate the ying and the yang of our existence and forget what a freaking 'joke' is...lol bad or good, a joke is a joke.....hugs to you my friend, keep laughing...cheers

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Christopher Correia

lol so you heard this story before Lily Mae?  it actually made me cry the first time I heard it, it has a bit of Confuscious and reminds me of Rudyard Kiplings' poem 'IF', lol....kidding it's just a freaking joke, but I know I sucked you right into it :D...glad I made you laugh though...cheers 

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