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Embarrassingly Human

by Chris Sorrenti


Oh the little things that makes us
so embarrassingly human

On a steamy summer’s day
thinking no one is watching
a woman reaching behind
through the back of a dress
to pull panties out
from the crack of her buns

With food dried to our faces
stuck between teeth
and feet too often in our mouths
an endless supply of burp and flatulence
toilet paper trailing us
unknowingly glued to the bottom of a shoe
we soldier onward to whatever embarrassments
the king of practical jokes
Life has in store for us

And always arriving at that very moment
when thinking we’ve finally risen
above the rest of the pack
to have a loved one or better
coworker catch us
with finger knuckle deep up our noses

Oh the little things that make us
so embarrassingly human


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06/04/2006

Posted on 06/04/2006
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Member Comments on this Poem
Posted by Maureen Glaude on 06/04/06 at 11:50 PM

or like a skirt or slip falling down or right off, at the most inopportune moment? That has happened to some of us. Yes, true to life and so humourously depicted here. Well done.

Posted by Bruce W Niedt on 06/05/06 at 04:14 AM

I love this "everyday truth" piece - I can think of so many moments like this, like the time I was walking in the park with a friend from work on our break, when a knee-high stocking fell out of my pants leg - my wife's stocking, obviously, having clung there from the wash - I chuckled and said to my friend, "Well, the secret's out now: I'm a cross-dresser!" d:-)

Posted by J. P. Davies on 06/05/06 at 05:06 AM

ahh yes. But really if no one had embarrassing quirks, we wouldn't have anything to make us chuckle.

Posted by Sandy M. Humphrey on 06/05/06 at 05:32 PM

or to trip and fall and then get up and look around in hopes no one saw you no that never happens to me, right...yes we are all so human and life has a way of humbling us as your work so eloquently point out...smh

Posted by Gregory O'Neill on 06/06/06 at 04:03 AM

Hi Chris. Seems like most things in life are moments of pleasure and a lifetime of embarrassment; leaving us to look hard for those things that are a moment of embarrassment and a lifetime of pleasure. Enjoyed this!

Posted by Joan Serratelli on 06/06/06 at 09:18 PM

Wrote a long comment- it somehow disappeared- embarassingly human? Maybe! Wonderful write- loved it!

Posted by Junemarie Roldan on 05/23/08 at 05:10 PM

Ah, but oft times needed to keep us from becoming too full of ourselves.

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