Too Overly Redundant
By larry r Linville

“Did you mean to say what you said?”
a parishioner asked of me
following a Sunday sermon
and his face was full of glee.

What had I said in that sermon
that gave him such a laugh
as he pointed out to me
my latest grammatical gaffe?

“You said right in the middle
it was too overly redundant.”
I was so embarrassed at that
sentence with errors so abundant.

How expressive it must have been
like a lady so wordily dressed.
It covered the subject to well
and the point so completely stressed.

“I didn’t mean to say it this time,”
I said with an ear to ear smile.
“But next time I’ll do it on purpose
and I’ll do it with power and style.”