God Bless Her

My wife
was speaking
to her mother
on the telephone
asking
about ideas
for my
Christmas present.

And
my mother-in-law
down in Texas
suggested
why
don’t you
get him
an a handgun?

After all,
she added,
that’s what
your father
is getting
this year.

3 Responses to “Thursday’s Poem – God Bless Her”

1. dl Says:
   January 10th, 2008 at 11:50 am

   Damn we might be related since that is what my wife got me for Christmas.

2. bikepunk Says:
   January 10th, 2008 at 1:35 pm

   If my wife got me a gun, I’d be sure to use it on myself.

   ergo, we have no guns in the house.
   same with straight razors.

3. bikesgonewild Says:
   January 11th, 2008 at 8:16 pm

   …jonny, i know you & your father-in-law are both smart enough to get trigger-ring locks for the pistols but remember to hide the key from the little woman, just in case she gets those monthly thoughts about cha…

   …sleepin’ on the couch is always preferable to runnin’ down the street in yer underwear dodgin’ bullets…unless of course you’re payin’ a woman for that kinda thing…

   …just sayin’…