Bill McNulty

Chocolate chip cookies and you take one bite

So are you now empowered to see the light.

Another bite and all the energy you will get

Keep going, more cookies and never regret.

Oreos, sugar cookies, get it all in the sweetest way.

Sugar rush giving you that energy to make your day.

Oreo cookie filling power always good and thick

Oreo cookies, just open them up and take a lick.

When you are up to tasting more cookies every hour.

Then we know you accept the energy of cookie power.

When you listen and hear “oh say can you see”

Can you really see a flag, named for old glory.

A flag, tattered, that is yours to help mend.

Your country’s colors, and yours to defend.

A flag filled with history, yours to stand and salute.

Parade time, flag waving with so much attitude.

Passing a flagpole with our colors at half-mast.

Remembering a dedicated hero who has passed.

A tribute with meaning to the home of the brave.

The red, white and blue, long may their colors wave.

Sometimes, a sweet sister can irritating as hell.

But most of the time, she is there to wish me well.

Good days and bad, she’s only a phone call away.

Memories of family time bring back many a yesterday.

Family stories that only that wonderful sister will hear.

Sad times, family losses, time to share and shed a tear.

Sweet sisters, always there to tell you that you are wrong.

At the same time, sibling love, still there, ever so strong.

Never know when that sweet sister will suddenly appear.

Now you know why I hold that charming  sister so dear.

You hear the lyric, and it goes right to your heart.

Defining love with music, the best way to start.

For each of us, a country song or a Broadway show,

Those love song lyrics that make you think of your beau.

Lyrics you repeat and repeat until you just know

Lovers’ music that helps your love grow and grow.

Words in a song with feelings you must share,

With that special person that makes you a pair.

Love songs of decades ago and those of recent years

As the saying goes, it’s always music to your ears.

Pills for everything on the shelves of the drugstore.

Some with warnings that you should never ignore.

Pills to go to sleep and something else to be awake.

There’s that special one for that tender tummy ache.

Swallow the pill and hope for the relief it will bring.

Pains, strains, aches, use that lotion for everything

Morning and night, you take a pill and another pill.

Before you know it, there’s another script to fill.

When your back hurts, which pill do you take.

Watch the ads, always a new one they make

No doubt there’s also one for the  gas that you pass.

Is there a pill for someone who is a pain in the ass?

Are you fashionable and stylish and setting new trends?

Is what you are wearing, what everyone recommends?

Who says what will be in style this year or any year?

Some fashions last and some fashions disappear.

Men’s ties, narrow, wide, color or just set aside.

Like or dislike, what to wear, you must decide

Ladies’ dresses, with color and cuts that always change

Some fashion statements look strange and are strange.

And that old jacket that’s been in your closet for a while.

Don’t look now, guess what, that jacket is back in style.