Monthly Archives: March 2021

When your life encounters strifeI have a bit of advice:Though it might sound crassKick yourself in the ass.If you’re tempted toward self pity.It never works and you’re a jerkIf you think it will.I’ve tried it and I know.That’s not the … Continue reading →

Hungry Eyes   Two dogs live where I live. Both have compelling eyes – Hungry eyes – pleading eyesAnd they employ them whenever I sit at our tableAnd they insist I look at them.Even though most of the timeI try not to … Continue reading →

Bob McLean was a good friend In our younger daysAnd occasionally he joined our family for a meal. One day, as we sat around our dining tableHe appeared to be messing around with this forkPlaying with some broccoli. Finally my mother asked him “Don’t … Continue reading →

OnceWhen I was recovering from a serious surgeryI was assigned to a PT Center, And there a group of us Were learning to walk again. We stood in a lineIn front of our wheelchairsAnd tried to follow the instructionsOf our PT therapistSuddenly my … Continue reading →

I’m Thirty-Nine Somebody brought me some shorts.Size 40 – size 38 is to small.But size 40 is too large.So my shorts go t below my hipsOr they could squeeze me seriously.What to do?Wisdom tells me that they would shrinkGiven a … Continue reading →