By Martin Anton Smith 2022

He got up on the ‘wrong side of the bed’,

which was odd as his bed was against the wall.

He had his ‘head in the clouds’,

Which wasn’t logical as he lived in the Arizona Desert.

He was ‘penny wise & pound stupid’,

Which couldn’t happen as he used US Dollars.

He was as ‘mad as a hatter’,

Which didn’t make sense, as he abhorred hats.

He was once told by an older NZ lady to ‘pull his finger out’,

Which confused him greatly as his fingers were all ‘dangling free’.

This was all starting to get to him and he now wore a quizzical frown.

An Old man walked by and shouted “Cheer up son – it may never happen”,

He was perplexed as he was not sure what the old man thought what was supposed to happen.

He stopped and sat on the kerb & started to bawl his eyes out.

It was all too much.

He couldn’t handle all these strange confusing, seemingly non-sensical warnings statements and instructions.

Then another baby boomer walked by with his wife.

He overheard him whisper to her

“He doesn’t know whether he’s Arthur or Martha”

The old man’s words sunk in and he lifted his head happily from kerbside

“Finally! – Someone truly understands me”.