PETTY IRRITATIONS

From: Murder Incorporated - In a Keg

by Harold J. Treherne

Entering Theatre, 65 cents show,
Tending one dollar: - "One?"
65 cents into a dollar.
I could holler.

Meet neighbor: say, "Hello!"
Says he: "What do you know?"
Politeness secures my top.
Could I blow!

On the phone:
Mr. A - "Is he there?"
"Like to talk to him?"
Such perception, rare.

At midnight
Sunk in slumber
The telephone rings -
Wrong number.

Alarm silent,
Tomorrow to sleep.
Come 6 it bawls -
So mad I could weep.

In a store, waiting:
About to be served:
The telephone rings.
The ringer I'm berating.

Near a pay window:
Intend to draw cash:
Someone in front
Some mistake must hunt.

A can opener
Only in name,
Buy her another.
She's a mad Dame!

An urgent call
Jump in the car
Where's the key?
Hanging the hall.

Taking down recipe
On T.V.
Find ballpoint pen.
It's dry, be sure count ten.