Empathy Running on Empty

Empathy Running on Empty

You said you ran out of petrol

on the way to your forest run.

Not seeing the wood

for the trees I said.

You said you had to freewheel

back down the hill to the garage.

Necessity is the mother

of invention I said.

You said the petrol pumps were busy

when you had passed them.

A stitch in time

saves nine I said.

You said the queues were massive

and you were late.

The early bird

gets the worm I said.

Fail to prepare and prepare

to fail I said.

You said I was

a sanctimonious prick.

Profanity is the effort of

a feeble brain I said.

You knew I was right because

you said nothing.