Five strangers in a hotel hot tub
Two of them are married
Three of them are not
Someone had turned on the timer
So the jets would make bubbles
The married couple, having an argument
That had begun earlier
And would continue
Through the night and
Long after the continental breakfast
Got out and jumped in the pool
One man turned to the other two
And said man, she was all like
Naggy naggy naggy
And he was all like
Darp darp darp
Right?
The two remaining strangers avoided eye contact
These two must not be fans of comedy
Thought the speaker
Until one, still not contacting eyes, said
You’re really not supposed to make fun
Of people who go darp darp darp anymore
Yeah, said the other, that’s
Like mega inapropro
Bubble bubble bubble went the
Air in the water from the jets
Sorry, I didn’t know, the speaker spoke, man
It’s like you can’t make fun of anyone anymore
Floosh floosh floosh went the
Water in the air, spitting above a spine compressed jet
You were never really supposed
To make fun of anyone
One stranger said
Tick tick tick went the
Timer on the jets because it’s unhealthy
To stay in the hot water for more
Than ten minutes
Flip flop flip went the speakers
Feet which he slipped into flip flops
To flop flip back to his room
Nope, he said, you really can’t
Make fun of anyone anymore
And he drip drip dripped away