BOUNDARIES

Sharing Stories

August 21, 2022 at 7:31 p.m.

An elbow bump can be friendly...but "elbowing" isn't!

...by Pat D'Amico

BOUNDARIES

Two brothers sat together, peacefully, on a couch.
The first one’s elbow got out of line. The second one said, “Ouch!”

Then the elbow-ee jabbed the elbow-er. (What else could he possibly do?)
In a matter of twenty seconds, first words and then fists flew.

The referee came running before furniture got broken.
After the dust settled, some calming words were spoken,

As they all made amends, a thought became quite clear:
Could it be that wars start the way it happened here?

Pat D’Amico is a columnist with Northwest Prime Time and sometimes a Sharing Stories author.

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