Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Davids

I sincerely mean no disrespect to my future brother-in-law but in all fairness he has the sixth most common boy's name in the US. (My other bro-in-law has the third most common name.)

Anyway, I have met freakin' seventeen Davids lately. The bro-in-law is awesome, but some of these Davids are not my favorite people. Somehow it seems incongruous one of the most famous Davids, the one who fought Goliath, was an underdog and some of these guys are just bullies. Or maybe what irks me is the dearth of nickname choices ("Dave" has been tainted by Dave Thomas of Wendy's fame. Even the name Dave Matthews recalls a flash of an old rotund guy.)

Perhaps this rant stems from being the only child of three with an uncommon name. Or perhaps that one David who is has been bullying me lately is prejudicing me.

Anyway my favorite David gets a special nickname - BIL which stands for Brother-in-law. It seems more fitting.

David

Didn't
Attempt to brainstorm an unusual name.
Vacant of fresh
Ideas, another
David he became.

1 comment:

Jennifer said...

Geez, whats it take to get a poem written about you? Be a relative of the blog writer? check! Have a common name? check! Have long eyebrows? check! Talk to the author often? check!

I know this means I'll probably get a sympathy poem...but you know what, I'll take it.

P.S. How about a ballad? narrative poem with stanza's of 2 or 4 lines, usually with a refain.
PPS. Love you!