那一天我起床特別早,正在裡裡外外忙和時,家裡請來照顧小外孫的菲籍女傭,為我這不尋常的早起特感奇怪,她瞪著大眼問我:"What makes you get up so early?"我也急忙用英文回答:"I am going to make a speech about poetry in a club."她聽了以後,用瞪著的大眼朝我全身上下掃瞄一陣過後,不信的問道:"Are you a poet?"我也學著雷根總統的手勢,兩手一攤說:"Why not?"她仍懷疑的看了我一陣,然後似乎無奈的說:"Ok, you are a poet. Drink your milk first."意思說:「好吧!算你是個詩人,喝光你的牛奶再上路。」