trying out yet another new prompt site this week,, called blog friday,, and they offered the prompt ignorant,,, and you know i always have something to say about that……
the apron does not make me stupid…
i am not here because
my limited mental capacity
precludes a higher paying
or more socially affluent
source of employment.
i am not here
because i am a student…
i am not
just working here
till i get a real job..
so your attempts to school me
in the fluency
of your bad manners
or the blatancy
of your ignorance
is time wasted..
i am here,,
because i made
a conscious choice
to be here
i decided to for go
the quest for all things material
and to focus my efforts
on that which
i have found
has real meaning-
if only to me….
i chose to spend
three days here,,
taking orders from you,,
making your sandwiches,,
doing whatever
is in my power
to make your time here
pleasurable-
so that i can stay home
four days a week
and be
who i have always wanted to be…
a writer,,
a poet ,,
an artist,,
a dreamer….
so please
do not suggest
by the way that you speak to me,,
that you have decided
that i must be
socially inferior
or intellectually deficient
(as why else would anyone be here?)
because to do so,,
only incites my feelings
of empathy for you,,
and those like you
and if the truth be told
i have no real desire
to feel anything
at all
for people like you…
photo:
http://fc04.deviantart.com/fs16/f/2007/195/1/e/strawberry_milkshake_by_mighty_bunny.jpg
