"Sorry to Trouble You"

Sorry to trouble you, but can I get 
   my water without ice? 
   my tea without sugar? 
   my fish without glaze? 
   and my turkey without stuffing? 

I just need to be reminded of who
   I've always been.

Sorry to trouble you, but can I get 
   my blender with less than ten settings? 
   my phone without the whole world beckoning me?
   my apartment without a dishwasher?
   my new house plant without a rewards card?
   my refrigerator not to have to ‘talk’ to my computer?   
   my car without power windows and locks
      and computers on the backs of the front seats?

I just need to be reminded of who
   I've always been.

Sorry to trouble you, but can I get 
   my gym without music,    
      or nine televisions assaulting me? 
   my shirt without polyester,
       and my pants without a logo? 
   my Customer Service rep without nine prompts? 
      and my news without corporate underwriting? 

I just need to be reminded.

Sorry to trouble you, but can I get 
   my movies without heaps of violence, 
      or requiring earplugs to be heard in a theater?  
   my humor without cheap one-liners,
      or admonishments from the P.C. Police?

I just need.

Sorry to trouble you, but can I get 
   my pop music without a tsunami of bass? 
   my tribute bands to actually tribute without cloning and droning? 
   my Kirtans without cheesy synthesizers?
   my classical choral music without vibrato?  
   and my West-African music without Western instruments? 
  
I just.

August 2018

 

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