Unsolicited Advice

Problem dark? …Blessing
Brighter? …oft-times written words
Outlive the writer!

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Tis good to have the
Skills for life, but far better
Still…possess the zest

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Enjoy Them

Dream the dreams
Of a child’s imagination

Plumb the depths
Of nascent fascination

Join with them…
share their years

But… be prepared my friend…
There will be tears…

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Terminal Loneliness

One of the loneliest feelings
in this world

And one that’s always sure
To defeat you

Is to walk off of an airplane…
Late at night

And there’s no one…
There to greet you

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All our resolutions

My new years resolution
And this time
I’m gonna’ hold fast

Is to write no more haikus! ! !
(and like ALL our new years resolutions…
How long ya think this one’s gonna last?)

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Nature, Trust, beauty and Affection

Give me Nature, my dog,
My parrokeets…
For company as I grow older
And more feeble

For I find their company
much more pleasant to keep
Far more preferable than
The company of people

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Sharp Pain of Sorrow

So many things
in this life to feel sorry for
Almost too many
for me to keep track

'Sorry I was so long
in returning your knife dear,
It Took quite a while
to get it out of my back'.

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Speaking of shopping

Speaking of shopping…

My wife is the best
shopper in town

At shopping
there’s no woman greater

She’ll buy anything marked…
up or down

Just last week
she bought an escalator

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Perhaps tomorrow

No inspiration
Comes to me tonight

Perhaps it never will…
To my great sorrow

one creative bolt…and
I could set the world right

Well…if maybe not tonight…
then perhaps tomorrow

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A blind eye

Lord knows why
we just can’t read

The handwriting emblazoned
on the wall

It says… “ So this is what
I don’t love you, feels like”

And… “time… makes fools
of us all.”

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Piece of cake (Oooo, that sounds good!)

My diet's not working
It's easy to see
And my waist isn't
Getting any smaller

So in a splash of perspiration
I'm overwhelmed with inspiration
Instead of losing weight
I'll just grow taller!

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