Spam Haiku Story

Our Open Fall...

We close our eyes
try our best to deny
Our open fall...

"Aren't you ready yet, Maddie?"

"Give me a minute will you, I'm just finishing up my makeup!"

"Madison, I swear I don't understand why it takes a woman so long to get ready for something a simple as going out to the local KFC to get something to eat!"

"Stevie, I know you might find this hard to understand, but a woman's gots to keep up her appearances when she goes out in public, no matter what her age! And it wouldn't hurt you none in tryin' to clean up your act as well! Maybe you put on a clean shirt once in a while, or trim your mustache so you weren't always chewing on it along with your dinner..."

"OK, OK, maybe I'll put on a fresh shirt, my dear sister, if it'll make you happy. Not that it matters much, there ain't no single women in this town I'd be trying to impress, much less any that'd be interested in me..."

"Steve, oh Steve, you don't give yourself enough credit! You're an honest, generous, hard working man, and you would make any woman a fine husband! Heck, I might even agree to marry you myself if we was living in Arkansas instead of Georgia..."

"That's right generous of you to say, Maddie, even if it is in jest. But I know I'm past my prime. Losin' what's left of my hair... An' drinkin' too many beers for too many years has done caught up with me. I mean, just take a look at my profile, you can see I got me a serious case of the dickey-doo's!"

"That might be true, Steve, but you never know who you're gonna meet. You always gotta be ready! I mean if I'm standing in line for a three-piece meal and a tall dark stranger from my past comes up to me and asks me where I've been all these years, you can bet your ass I'm gonna be ready!"

"OK Maddie, you made your point... I got me a clean t-shirt on now, OK? And I only wore these jeans once before today. Is that good enough?"

"Sure Steve, let's go. The night is young..."