Colorado Central Magazine November 2001 Page 36

Backache

Poem by Jude Jannet

Modern Life - November 2001 - Colorado Central Magazine - No. 93 - Page 36

Copyright © 2001 by Jude Jannet and Central Colorado Publishing Co. All rights reserved.

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Backache

Middle aged man

All I want to do is sit on the porch and write poetry
to the birds and to the trees while they make love to me,
instead I must produce something so you
will pay me money to feed my children.
That is why I have a backache

Middle aged woman

Yes, I am very sick. The reason is my husband.
I do not fool you. I am truthful in this
All I want to be is a simple goddess
What he wants is a maid and a free lover.
It is not his fault. His mother taught him that way.
That is why I have a backache

Old man

I am so old now.
Before this time I had a wife to warm my
body and cook for me.
Did she die you ask. What does that matter?
The fact is she wore out and I could not afford a new one.
That is why I have a backache

Old woman

I am too old. I told the old goat I had been worn out
and could no longer work for him.
The real truth is this. All those years made me strong.
Now I work for myself on this little piece of
land my father left me because he had no sons.
I don't have a backache!

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