Hello, lovely people out there 😉
I had to google ‘yam’.
I do not live in America, and I think I’ve mentioned before that I am no cook! I was a bit stumped about how to incorporate all the other words after I got it straight in my head what yams were, but a few characters materialised to help me out with that.
Handy, huh?
I can’t decide which gender the older two are, they don’t seem to be fixed in that way in my head. They are more voices that are obviously elderly, but turned down.
I can tell you that they are sitting in a room painted a cheery pale yellow, full of dusty books and sunbeams. The chairs that hold the characters are high backed and have a pattern etched into their rough fabric.
There is a plate of custard creams and gingernut-type biscuits on the table between them. The tea has been brought by somebody, so maybe they have a home help or maid?
I’m not sure why the speaker is there, but she’s female, late twenties, and visits quite a bit. She might be related?? (She’s wearing a long pencil skirt that she hates, anyway).
My subconscious doesn’t always let me have a logical sequence of details in 15 minutes 😉
Yam Impolite Division Truthful Cluttered Easy Handsome Inform Futuristic
As their mad (favourite) topic
Rumbled forth again
I tried not to come down on
The ‘yam’ or ‘sweet potato’ side
For fear of seeming impolite.
It was a needless division
That neither cared about, if truthful,
As they sat in that cluttered room –
It was just an easy way
Of passing time.
The handsome new window cleaner
Buffed up the panes;
The old acquaintances turned
To inform me that the lad’s musical tastes
To them seemed scandalously futuristic.
I wonder what the window cleaner is into? I get the impression that the ‘old acquaintences’ grilled him, so I am inclined to
believe we have two inquiring ladies in those chairs, but I could be wrong!
I wonder if they invited the guy in or whether they interrogated him through the window?! That could have been a funny conversation if it was double gazing and our (assumed) ladies were hard of hearing…
What are your thoughts?
Have a lovely evening whatever you’re getting up to tonight, and Happy New Year when it comes!!!
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April 8th, 2017 at 8:59 pm
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