Have We Met?



I know.
And I do agree to what you are saying.
Done to hear heard clearly.

But these are the facts not to fiction that.

Upon your limited visit.
Done to welcome you inside my home.
I did say to admit,
My home is yours.
And feel free to do as you please.
Believing you to realize and accept,
This to do...
Is hospitality.

Nothing I agreed with you to do,
Gave permission to extend your visit.
Nor find myself with you to argue over,
What is yours that is mine to be.
As if yours to own exclusively.

You have a presence that presents,
There is a mind you use with common sense.
However...
I am now convinced,
Image to have it is not a defense.
Not here in my home.
For it to be condone.

I want you to leave.
And everything of mine I still recognize.
Left to stay the way it is.
Without it heard to hear you declare,
What it is I own you now possess.
To be given the approval,
Of your invited dinner guests.

Does anything I say make sense to you?

'No.
Not really.
Especially the part of you telling,
The butler I hired.
About using the bathroom.
To conduct your own private business.
So sorry am I to tell you this,
But I don't remember you at all.
Nor do I allow just anyone,
To sit on my recently installed...
Gold plated toilet!'

You...did...WHAT?!

'When I arrived,
To make my temporary visit.
Believe this or not.
This dude opened the door.
I never met or saw before,
Took me on tour inside this place.
Gave me the keys.
And told me to do as I please.'

That 'dude' was ME!

'OH.
YES. YES. I NOW REMEMBER.
So...
What are you trying to say to me now?
You are an Indian giver.
And saying to give hospitality.
You want it back?
As if I am that stupid?
Like a mouse addicted to cheese.
Caring less about the trap?
No.
It is YOU that should leave.
Since you are too late?
To think I would reverse declassifying,
My own memory.
Especially when I did it,
Alone to myself discreetly.'

That makes absolutely no sense.

'To that I agree.
Nothing you have said to me does either.
You gave. I took.
And now you want me to believe,
What was given to keep...
You show up and want back immediately?
Know this...
My lawyers and I are always prepared,
To fight against misunderstandings.
Oh...
I've been told free bathrooms,
For public use are across the street.
You need directions?'
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Written on September 21, 2022

Submitted by lpahtillah on September 22, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

2:40 min read
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Quick analysis:

Scheme abc x defxgxhc hdicc xjixjex kxxxxxx h Acbxxxlxxxd xdxmmxgg c AiaxicxxgxAkxbcfc j cixkxclxxAxxx
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 2,278
Words 534
Stanzas 13
Stanza Lengths 3, 1, 8, 5, 7, 7, 1, 11, 8, 1, 17, 1, 13

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