Time For A Chat? - A Poem

The trouble is I like to chat!

Nothing anyone can do about that,

To sit and talk

About our days

Put the world to rights

(To coin a phrase)

Is really just my cup of tea,

I'd rather talk than watch T.V.!

I'm sure that when I met him,

My husband mas just the same,

But now I'm lucky

If he hears a word I say...

So I'll come home from work

With some exciting news,

I'll start to tell my husband

But then my ego is a little bruised

To see him staring at Facebook

Nodding now and then,

He's pretending to listen!

THAT'S IT!

I'LL NEVER SPEAK AGAIN!

I sulk

To myself

Quietly

The only conversation, in my head.

Of course it doesn't last that long

Some things just need to be said...

So I'll talk about the weather

(I am from England you know)

I'll talk about what we've got to eat

And that I'd like to show

Him this book I'm reading

It's all about art

With some pictures I'm sure he'd like,

But then he says

What's for dinner love?

And my mouth just goes on strike!

I'd already told him that,

He's not listening to me

Again!

So while I'm sulking this time,

I decide it's probably me.

If I only speak of one thing at once

Then I would probably see

Some understanding in his eyes,

Maybe some interest too

If we had a proper

Conversation

I wouldn't feel so blue!

So I try to think of something to say,

Some deep and meaningful line.

Something that will engage his brain!

He'll listen to me this time!

But then he starts to chuckle

At the computer screen,

Oh come and watch this YouTube clip,

It really must be seen!

I've forgotten what I was going to say now...

So we have a little chuckle

At the internet,

Then I go off

To cook the tea,

But my husband wants a chat!

Some engineering problem

That's confounded him that day,

Numbers and equations

A foreign language some might say...

So I pretend to listen

As politely as I can,

I'll nod in all the right places,

And he'll think I understand!