Fire Gazing

I get home from work

And right away it starts;

Family Guy on T.V. – a show filled with farts.

The wife knows by now

To give me some time;

The first half hour at home – is time that is mine.

They say this has come

From days long ago;

When we came back to camp - with arrow and bow.

After a long day of hunting

We needed a break;

We’d stare at the fire - while the wife cooked the steak.

So now we come home

And the wife wants to talk;

But she give us our time – and we sit like a rock.

She knows that in time

We’ll come out of our shell;

Best we not take advantage – or she’ll make our life hell.

“Take your half hour,

Then pay me some mind;”

Then later tonight - I’ll not be unkind.”