bedroom mystery

Bedroom mystery
by kenny merrell

Whispers in the dark
Soft murmuring of love
Spoken in the depth of passion
Only heard by lovers twined
Little sighs and soft inhalations
Groans soft in accentuation
Long silence underlined
In passion’s throes
Slight movement rhythmic in its nature
Soft caresses within a moan
Punctuated in sounds of silent laughter
Passion at the height of dawn

Your wife is in the front yard barking like a dog

On my daughter’s 16th birthday my Mom decided she needed a dog. It was a toy poodle with the name "Cotton Candy". When Candy arrived she could fit in a coffee cup. She soon became the boss of the house and had my daughter Shannon and my wife Carol completely in her power. We lived in Base housing at the end of a one way street. Each morning the mass exodus of cars heading for work passed our house. As Candy became older and "house trained" my wife Carol would let her out the back door to "do her business". She never wanted to come back in the house and would pay absolutely no attention to Shannon or Carol. My wife noticed that whenever the larger dogs would bark it would scare Candy and she would be scratching on the back door to get in. AH HA. It was no longer "go get the dog in " It was "go Bark for the dog". I had a part time job working at the Enlisted Men’s Club, working as a bartender. On one particular morning, Carol was running late and had let Candy out in the front yard. She was still in her favorite House coat, split up to her navel, but as far as she was concerned still serviceable. She decided it was time for Candy to come in, but Candy was having none of it. Carol would hide behind the car in the drive way, holding her robe closed raise up, bark like a dog, then duck back down so the men on their way to work would not see her. It just so happened Carol was trying to get Candy in just as everyone was on his or her way to work. Carol called me to tell me what had happened and she knew our next door neighbor was going to think she was crazy.
That night as, I started my part time job, my neighbor walked in. I could tell he had something on his mind. He sat down and ordered a beer." Kenny, I don’t know how to tell you this." He said,"but this morning your wife was out in the front yard barking like a dog!" Not wanting to miss a great opportunity I said,"She didn’t get around my tires did she?" He gave me a disgusted look and walked out.
It took him awhile to get over it.