Moron

 

 

“Light the stove.”

“Are you sure?”

“Yes!

Light the stove

So I can cook the food.

Don’t be rude.”

 

“Boy!

What did you do?”

“I lit the stove

Just like you said.”

“Foolish boy

Use your head.”

 

“I used a match

And some kerosene,

So much better

Than my head.”

“Boy!

You’ll kill me dead.

 

“You have no head

That’s a fact.

Fool!

Why are you grinning?”

“I checked the mirror

I am seeing.

 

My head?

It is there

It’s gone nowhere.”

“In the mirror

You mean,

Certainly not here.

 

Anyway, Moron

We must still eat.

Get some wood

And light a fire.

Not wet wood,

We have no drier.”

 

 

“Okay Mummy

Got it covered.

I’ll get the wood

And find the fire.

I’ll find that fire

Even if I tire.”

 

“Boy you don’t

Find a fire

Moron!

You light a fire.

I need someone

That I can hire.”

 

“I can’t light

What I cannot see.

Fire, fire,

Where may you be?”

“Moron for sale

Is there a buyer?”

 

 

“I’m coming back.”

“No you’re leaving.”

“You know what I mean.”

“No I can see

What you are doing.

You’re leaving.”

 

“Okay I am leaving.”

“Are you coming back?”

“No Moron

I am leaving.”

“Are you serious?

Or are you teasing?”

 

“I’ll buy some food

Then I’ll come back.

After that

We’ll eat together.

Because of you

There is no fire.”

 

“That’s what I told you

Mummy.

I found the wood

But not the fire,

And I looked and looked

Till I began to tire.

 

“Should I look again?

Or will you bring some?”

“What Moron?”

“Fire, Mummy!”

“Boy you are lucky

I don’t have a gun.”

 

 “A gun for what

Mummy?”

“Moron you said,

Fire, Mummy!”

“Oh Mummy

You’re quite funny.”

 

“I meant a fire

Not a gun.

Watch it Mummy

You’re getting confused.

Determine which

And then choose.

 

 

Enough said, Mummy

Go buy the food

And get the fire

And while you’re out

Find someone

That you can hire.

 

Get a stove too

That I can light.

Don’t bring wood

We already have that.

I could light that,

That’s a fact.

 

 

So you see Mummy

I can light a stove

And I can light wood

But Mummy

I can’t light a fire,

I would if I could.”

 

“You have a point

But don’t light a thing.

Your name is Moron

You are my son,

Woe betide

I am done!”

 

"Not yet Mummy,

There’s no stove

And there’s no food.

I may be Moron

But you need to get both

Before you are done.”

 

Stewart Russell © August 2018