If I ever get the nerve to say hello in this cafe
Say you will
Say you will
I got picked up today
Not at the bar, but on the road on a bright mid Sunday morning.
He said
I am Kevin and I like how you look
I said thank you
I like your figure He said, to be specific
I said okay
He said you know your father and mother met the same way you and me have met, let's make history where are you going can I come with you?
All in one breath
I considered it for three seconds
I could let myself get picked up
And become Wakefini
And nine months later I will be waBrayo for the rest of my life because he will insist we name our child after his cousin in America.
I said, I am one of Jehovah's Witnesses. Do you know any deaf people around here?
He said oh right JehovahWitness
He said there was a deaf around the corner.
Kwa club Ile iko pale Shell
She works there? I asked.
He explained some more.
I asked if he wanted something to read.
He said if you give me a book I'll read. I gave him an Awake!
And he left.
Nerve
My Samsung dictionary has nine entries for -nerve-
No. 4 Nerve- is the courage that you need to do something difficult or dangerous.
That's close enough.
Is that all that is needed? I mean was Kevin courageous and was it dangerous to run a pick up line on a total stranger on a Sunday morning?
I don't think so. Here you are blaming culture and this being a man's world but It's probably he's just not that into you.
But maybe some suffer from nerves
No.3 Nerves
Feelings of anxiety or tension.
But reflexology cures that and I know just the person to give you the fix. Just inbox.
"Mr.Bennet! Have mercy on my poor nerves!"
No. 6 Nerve-disapproval - when you do something which you have no right to do.
As a member of the female species even in a world that grows chicken in one month, you are not supposed to have the nerve to use a pick up line.
So keep your nerve girl
No.7 Nerve- The ability to remain calm and determined in a difficult situation.
Until the right Kefini picks you up and literally carrys you home.
