The Words of the Sedehi Family
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The Words of the Sedehi Family |
He starts begging her "It's been a long time, honey, don't you think we should do it? You know I might travel soon..." She shrugs her shoulder!...And, he sulks a bit and waits a while and since she won't 'pity him, he reluctantly he tries again, "Honey, are you mad at me because I did didn't buy you that new sofa, yet!?"...With this statement, she intensifies her look of disdain even more.
He finally, breaks out in anger and slams the door as he leaves the house!... His car tires hits the corner curb of the convenience store as he suddenly turns into it, "ouch, not another tear on my tire"!
He rushes in and orders a hot dog as he throws the money on the cashier's counter, but to his surprise he gives him his money back, "sorry our cooker just broke down!"
"OK then, just gives me a corn dog", the cashier shakes his head once again, "we ran out of corn dogs!" He angrily snatches his money from the cashiers hand and murmurs to himself, 'what's convenient about this store!?'
As he drives along the freeway, he turns on the radio, and a new indie pop song blurts out this phrase into his ears " I will, oh I will, yes I will, make love to you, yes I will, you just know it, I will...but not, oh not, never at my convenience, but only at yours, yes, yes, yes, only at your convenience..." Tears fall from his cheek onto the car leather wheel.. And he takes the next exit abruptly, as he almost misses it. He drives into the lot of a small cozy park with a small pond! Pulls out his guitar and music notebook from the trunk of his car. At the bench, he starts humming a new tune he has been playing with in his head for a while; he tries to put some words to it! It's been a long time since he wrote a song. This phrase pops in his mind suddenly, "Baby, oh baby, let me be your convenience store... I will never run out of corn dogs, oh no...because I am all yours, I only serve at your convenience, not mine, It is your store, not mine, ye ye, yeh..."