1400: One of an old woman’s many ways
Author(s): Scott Douglas Jacobsen
Publication (Outlet/Website): Medium (Personal)
Publication Date (yyyy/mm/dd): 2025/08/25
I remember at a dinner one time, with old(er — be polite) Dale.
I forget if we had finished gardening or if I was simply visiting.
It was the one time.
I was way, too, rude,
obtuse even.
I crossed a line.
She didn’t raise her voice.
She didn’t push me out.
She kindly said it’s about time to go home,
right before dinner.
I paused, realized. So.
I went, “Okay, see you.”
Off I went.
I got the sense.
She had done that with people,
not with a dinner,
but with them in her life.
I never forgot that day.
My rude evening.
Next day, we must’ve gardened or had lunch;
and I was much better behaved young man.
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