Imagine This

Imagine if the burger places would say...
"How many?" "How much?" and "How Big?"
For calories, price and size of order,
So we'll know if we're being a pig.

FOR EXAMPLE:

That is 790 calories mam,
only $5 and 4"wide.
Would you like that with  tea, we need to know
and do you want
french fries on the side?

The tea we have is sugar sweet 
and the fries will come quite dear,
so we'll have to add 380 calories more,
change the price to be quite clear.

The combo meal is on special today,
the price might come down,
with calories up,
So now you must decide to be
thin or wide...
here's your totals..
Good luck. :)

 Poem Thirty

"NO"

The most difficult word in the world is "NO". 

We have to say it wherever we go,

but people want yes, or okay or I will, but "NO" is needed even still.

We have to be negative once in awhile...can't always be affirmative or have a big smile.

Sometimes firmness with a "NO" is correct,

but not exactly what people expect. 

A "NO" can bring final peace now and then.

A yes can start things all over again.

 

 

Poem Twenty-Nine

My Dear Mrs. Jones

Dear Mrs. Jones,
 I regret to say your cat climbed up a tree today and I climbed up too to save him you see...but he climbed up further and hissed at me. Oh Mrs. Jones your dog got out, I tried to chase him but he ran about...growling and barking so much at me...first the cat then the dog hating me. Oh Mrs. Jones your roses are down...a truck came by quickly, ran them into the ground. The neighbors were noisy and the police came too, after the robbery...what must we do?  Oh MRS JONES it rained today...flooded your porch and the road by the way. We had a bit of a scare you might say when the explosion occurred and the tree hit the lot and the land opened up and the neighbor got shot. Oh MRS. JONES! Come back from your trip...I can't watch your house for I've broken my hip when I fell in the hole and slipped on the step...OH MRS. JONES how I regret...nothing has happened the way we had planned.

Most Respectfully,
Your Yard Man

Poem Twenty-Eight

Wishing for Peaceful Moments

Birds chirping,  wind blowing, a distant train,
and summer rain.

Flowers bloom, cats purr, cows moo,
life anew.

The ocean  tide swishes over the sand,
Wishing to hold shells in my hand.

The sky is blue in this wish of mine,
hope for peace and all to be fine.

A dog's waggy tail, a favorite song to sing,
wishing for moments,  a peaceful Spring.

Poem Twenty-Seven

Friend

Sadness came one day when,
a problem occurred with my dear friend,
we tried to render first aid and then,
the problem returned all over again.

I miss my friend as the resting begins.
How will I get by without my friend?

My thoughts are on the friend I crave,
my hard working little microwave
needs some work for me to save.

Poem Twenty-six


Go Out and Play on a Sunny Day

Squeaky dog ran out to play,
met Barky dog one sunny day.

Woof dog came to join the fun,
GRoWLy dog made problems
for everyone.

Yap Yap Chihuahua scared GRoWLy away
 then everyone resumed their fun and play.

Waggy Tail brought Doby Doberman over
and created a club for Doby the Dober.

So here's wishing you have a "Doggy Day",
without any GRoWlies to ruin your play.

If you act like GRoWLy and have a GRoWLy face,
you will lose friends and your happy place.

Poem Twenty-Five

Make New Rhymes

The complexity of life can be frozen frame by frame,
images and scenes recorded in journals and photos,
spoken words too it seems.

We record CDs and sound  bytes,
we hold data on USBs,
trying to retain the moments
that flew away with the breeze.

We can only capture what was,
yet so much waits to be,
and in a blink of an eye the past has gone you see.

Even the devices can fail us,
the photos destroyed,
the images lost,
gone away.
So let us  be happy, do  what we can,
and treasure each and every day.

Love one another, enjoy your life, set aside any anger
and banish strife.

Set goals, dream dreams, discover new things,
and try not to waste any time,
Today is waiting, welcome it,
Enjoy it and make new rhymes.