Category: humor
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Waiting for the punchline
Last night, I slept in and did not get up to watch the longest Beaver Moon I did not stand and wonder if an ancestor got up in the middle of the night six hundred years ago to stare at a Beaver moon I figure six hundred years from now some restless descendants can roust…
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The therapist
Perched on a park bench a squirrel prepares a nut for eating, chews away a bit of its protective cover, rolls it over and chews some more. Eventually, he cracks it open, eats the meaty center, drops the husk, looks up from his perch and begins watching me, watch him, watching me, watch him, watching…
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now
Day after day You wait to live Your best life Hoping to win the lottery And some other fool Wins your dreams But still you wait …and still You lose 10-23-21
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Before the Reformation
While Jesus prayed in Gethsemane No siblings or companions Nudged disciples ribs and whispered Father says, “Sit up straight, don’t sleep” 10-11-21
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Elephant in the room
She wanted to discuss the pachyderm lounging on the couch He said an elephant couldn’t fit through the door And neither could it fly through the window She rose from their bed, put on her clothes and went to the door He asked where she was going in the middle of the night To the…
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haiku for those who know but don’t tell
frog hops through my yard on its way to Miss Piggy’s place midnight rendezvous 9-20-21
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Understanding Robert Frost
(for Tim Conroy) Sometimes It’s good to take the road Less traveled Walk in woods Where no one goes Stand behind a tree And flop it out Because old men Need to pee a lot 9-17-21
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Style trends of a modern squirrel
White socked squirrel Did you dress in the dark this morning Grab three brown socks and one white Doesn’t your mother check you Before you leave the hutch? Chewing on a nut You sit on the fence rail Stare back in studied nonchalance Is this a fashion statement, A rebellion or do you even care?…
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