Schnuckiputzi
When I called my girlfriend
by the German endearment
I had just learned –
Sweetie pie – she slapped my face,
accused me of being a perv.
Trivia Bliss
In the daily multiple-choice trivia quiz
about the singer of “I’m Lovin’ It,”
the McDonald’s jingle,
nearly fifty percent guessed Barry Manilow,
though the correct answer was Justin Timberlake –
the guy who dated Britney Spears.
Smug, I’d guessed the correct answer.
Maybe I had a future on Jeopardy!
I thought I knew everything
there was to know about the Beatles,
and then I read on the internet
John Lennon’s first childhood cat was named Elvis.
Lennon loved cats, the itemoid said,
and I love Lennon more for that.
©2023 Charles Rammelkamp All rights reserved.
Charles Rammelkamp is Prose Editor for BrickHouse Books in Baltimore. Two full-length collections were published in 2020, Catastroika, from Apprentice House, and Ugler Lee from Kelsay Books. His poetry chapbook, Mortal Coil, was published in 2020 by Clare Songbirds Publishing House.