Apologies are Bull-Shit

Apologies are Bull-Shit

I went to a summer party yesterday and
arrived there late.
I don’t think I’ll arrive late at a large family
party anymore because you have to
make sure that you get around and
say hello to everybody that you know.
It’s better to get there early and greet people
as they arrive and then
make check marks in your head.

The host of the party, my Brother, was cooking a whole baby lamb on a
spit over coals in the back yard and the spit went right through the top of
its skull and its eyes were cooking and a young girl asked her Daddy if she
could have the lamb’s teeth that were sticking unnaturally out of its head.

One of the guests was Turkish and he volunteered to cut up the lamb after
it was cooked and my brother looked tired and hot from cooking so he was
happy to let his friend do the difficult carving. My Greek Uncle told the
Turk to split the head and take out the brains and that this was a delicacy.

The Turk split the head with a dull knife and a sledge hammer and the Greek
scooped out the brains and mixed the white mass with lemon, olive oil, salt,
and pepper and left it in a small bowl on the table, near the greasy split
skull.

I tasted some of the lamb brains that were in the dish but I didn’t go talk
to my Aunts near the pool where the family elders had gathered.

As people began to leave my two Aunts came up to me and told me
that they were very hurt and angry that I never made it to say hello and talk
to them down by the pool where they had been sitting. I didn’t disagree
and I apologized; but it didn’t matter. They were still pissed and I didn’t
blame them.



By Michael Domino

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Wow...descriptive...I can see the dead animal sizzle and pop. A lot for a vegetarian to handle first thing in the morning...lol....

This is why I avoid the family gatherings. I'm good for 90 minutes. Tops.

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Poetography,
An awesome write that has so much going on with lamb and various characters . Your story poems make one think....and are sublime.
ginga

Last edited by ginga 12-09-2009 at 09:43:52 AM

Apologies are Bull-Shit

Thank G !!!

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picture poet,

i'm always late ...

how were the ... ummm ... brains ... ??

luna

p.s. and everyone's always mad at me ...

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tasted like scrambled eggs

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hmmmm ... i've never had before ...

umm ... brains, that is ... giggle ...

thanks --

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very witty !

i like it

wit is evidenc of brains - so take comfort

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It looks like you were the only one at the party who had any brains. Your Aunt could have walked over to you and greeted you just as easily. Was the distance greater from you to her than from her to you? It seems as though there is someone in every family that looks for a reason to be offended. They are seldom disappointed.

Apologies are Bull-Shit

thank you coacher for your intuition !!

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I agree with coacher for sure! does she not have 2 legs to walk? I would understand if she was older, but really??

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I'm just being curious as the cat that got away......did your brother and uncles wash their hands before the roasting of the lamb, and the scrambling of the brains, Mike ?

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if the did thye washed them in beer

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I've noticed that Greeks tend to use lemon juice the same way I use hot sauce. An interesting story. Keep posting!

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I'm not usually a fan of the prose-poem form this one is written in, but I read it twice; slower the second time. Love the title, and how that related to and helped explain the whole message of the poem. Work like this makes me re-think my preferences and predjudices. Thanks for that. Fine work.
Will

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I think when it comes to poetry and art -- an open mind is a path to new discovery --

thank you !

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Hey Michael, your experience here reminded me of a reunion we held at Wounded Knee. I was the only one that showed up...so I just squatted down on an old stone that had been placed there by one of my ancestors...it just had three words chiseled on it..."Forget us not"

Apologies are Bull-Shit

The new inscripion should now read --

Please come back to help us save mother earth !

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Yeah PT, that would be a good message...I'm sure that a lot of the Native Americans who died at Wounded Knee and other camps would have a lot of good advice to help save this planet and the whole of the Cosmos..............................gogant

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A hand full of billionaires rule the world today --

presidents, senators, congressmen , heads of state , just a bunch of puppets for

the billionare boys club --------------


everything else is just a big smoke show to cover thier tracks -- especially war --

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a small circle full of fools
who make their laws to break the rules

Apologies are Bull-Shit

right on zap - you said it !!!!!!!!!!!!!!