Taking a nap so they say when my sleepy eyes close.
Maybe I’m just thinking about world highs and lows
Maybe each afternoon I like to lay down and meditate
Maybe there’s a line in a verse I am preparing to create.
Maybe I wonder exactly what it means to contemplate.
Maybe I am dreaming of taking you on a romantic date.
Maybe, I’m bowling, picking up the ten pin with ease.
Maybe, it’s a granddaughter, I am planning to tease.
Maybe it’s autumn and I can picture leaf colors in the fall trees
Maybe I am thinking about the Cubs and Sox in the World Series.
Maybe it is time to get real and cut the crap.
Yep, I am laying down for an afternoon nap.
Humor
Bathroom Scale Prayer
Before your bare feet touch that scale,
You recite these words without fail.
Lord may all those extra pounds simply melt away.
Don’t count that cookie that I enjoyed yesterday.
Lord, can I simply promise to eat less today?
Losing weight, for that we can surely pray.
Face it Lord, my body is not what it used to be.
My pot belly is not a sight that you want to see.
Man up, step on the scale and check the weight.
No doubt it’s going to reflect everything you ate.
Lord, how do we make those calories disappear.
You are going to tell me a few less desserts, I fear.
Every morning, I check to see how many pounds.
Is this prayer as truly pathetic as it really sounds?
April Fool’s Day
I refuse to write a verse for April Fool’s Day.
Please take all those thoughts and notes away.
There’s nothing original or creative for me to say.
Give me April Fool’s ideas that we can portray.
Nothing we write will ever make Broadway.
Time to forget it all and just go out and play.
Good Rhyming lines, nothing, a total blank today.
Of course, I can always write for a little payday.
Please Hold, Please Hold
You dial the 800 number looking for needed service,
Knowing that automated voice will sound like this.
Your call is very important to us, please hold.
Needing service, we always do as we are told.
Repeated messages and no progress to report.
Patience and waiting is tough to always support.
To leave a message, please press one and you wait.
If someone really answers, it is time to celebrate.
What would be best is always speaking to a real voice.
Please, Please, can’t you offer us always a real choice.?
Snow Driving
First snow and they all forget how to drive.
Amazing how they all manage to stay alive.
So many forget how to brake and steer.
It’s not bad driving with a touch of fear.
Snow and sleet, waiting for the plow truck.
No way you want your car to get stuck.
Drivers with rear windows covered with snow.
That always impedes how safely you can go.
You can go out and drive in the snowstorm.
Better yet, stay home, nice and safe and warm.
My Old Slippers
My slippers have become dear old friends.
Aging with them as we both show ragged ends.
Keeping my feet warm when it’s cold outside.
Knowing they are always there by my bedside.
Soles are worn down but lately, aren’t we all.
Wearing them, I won’t stub my toe and fall.
Just like me, an extra crease here and there.
But when I walk, my feet won’t be bare.
Now I consider them a mask for my feet.
Not going to walk them out on the street.
A present from the kids some years ago.
Wrapped neatly with a nice little bow.
Up and put on my slippers when I wake.
Now off to the washroom so I can make.