He must think I’m mad—full of insane dreams
He stops by
my isolated apartment.
“I’m close,” I said.
“Close to what?” He asked me.
“My talent is growing. My blog is growing. I’m going to get published!”
He’s quite comfortable. He gets paid 400 dollars an hour. He laughs, uncontrollably.
I scratch myself, like I have a drug problem.
“You need some balance in your life,” he said.
“What would that look like?”
“You could date my sister.”
“Your family and my family would love that. Not 30 minutes ago, my mother called me and told me to date your sister.”
“Really?”
“That’s right.”
“Why don’t you do it, then?”
“I don’t know. It might be a fear of my freedom slipping away.”
“She’s working out. She’s organized. She’s sweet. Many guys want to date her.”
I looked at him. All of his effort wasn’t working—although, I was thinking about it.
“She can cook too.”
Now, he had sold her to me. Good food was my Achilles heel.
“She will support your writing,” he said.
“But she’s a feminist,” I complained.
“Don’t worry. Once she gets with you, she will become whatever you want her to be.”
“That sounds too good to be true!”
“She’s a good girl, man—give her a chance.”
I looked at his greedy grin. He knew what he had done. He had just sold his sister to me.
Intellectual Shaman 
That is hilarious. A little disturbing but hilarious. Oh and if she makes decent peanut butter cookies it would be a purchase worth any price……
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Yes, I agree. Quite disturbing. It would simplify things for men (and maybe women) if we could buy our wives. ha ha.
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There are still sources for such things as mail order brides…..
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I think I might need a robot… less foreseeable drama. 🙂
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When I met my wife I (I was in graduate school and too busy for a relationship) I was waiting for robots of a certain skill set to come out…..
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Very funny. The opposite to what most men want for their siblings is to be with simply “anyone”. Certainly challenging to typical expectations …
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Yes, I’m glad that you enjoyed the poem, Reaseaorg! 🙂
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Very welcome 🙂
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Hope the sister said fuck that.
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She was laughing in the other room, while my friend read my poem out loud. I don’t know what that means. She’s still a feminist! 🙂
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