Do you see that umbrella on the right?
It looks more like an 'om'brella*
and it might have felt a bit sombre,**
being on its side
(not) standing out from the rest
laying down
and not being upright
nor uptight,
like its fellow parasols.
Perhaps it was just more laid back than the rest.
Who knows?
If only parasols could talk,
I would have asked it.
After all, I spent a couple of hours on this beach, this afternoon.
By then though,
the 'om'brella
or laid back parasol
had been erected,
once again
by some men
who thought that that was right
I wish they had left it
laid back,
chillin' on its side
I guess that
to some people,
I might seem like the laid back parasol
(not) standing out from the rest.
While they work their jobs,
whether it's serving food and drinks at a terrace
or farming the land,
they never see me work.
In fact,
they might mainly witness me
when I'm eating and drinking
or chilling at the river beach,
while they drive by, being 'busy'.
They might wonder
if I'm perhaps already retired,
young as I look
Most are unaware of the fact
that I work in different ways,
investing in cryptocurrency
and writing
'working' on myself
by spending a lot of time, alone.
That I 'work' hard
to free up more time
to actually do less
and not work hard
to 'unstress'
as much as I can.
Something that is easier said than done.
Now had you told me,
a decade ago,
that this would become my life,
I would probably have laughed at you.
Now I just smile.
I no longer mind being that ombrella, doing things differently.
It was about time that I wrote a multi language/word joke post that is probably not very funny or won't make sense to most people ( who don't speak Dutch, English and Portuguese or, perhaps, French ).
*om is Dutch for over, usually followed by a verb, as in: omgevallen ( overturned/ fallen ), omgegooid (overturned) etc.
** sombre is English for 'sad' ( somber in Dutch ) and sombra is Portuguese for 'shadow' and French for 'dark'.
FYI: Two months ago, I was reminded of the fact that I have been wanting to write a book in multiple languages for 15 years now. More on that in A Book in At Least 6 Languages for (Cool) Weirdos Like Me
Today's write up was inspired by this. Although the above parasol jokes came to me spontaneously, while thinking of a story to add to the picture I took this afternoon.
