When the whistles blow
At five on Friday, workers
Jump for joy. Weekend!
Long days, longer weeks
Friday arrives finally
Saving us again.
Category: Poetry
Lazy
L is for Lackadaisical
A is for Apathetic
Z is for Zoned out
Y is for Yawning
In retrospect, I should have titled this piece “Cat.” 
Let sleeping cats lie
Lazily in sun’s warm rays
Purring soon follows.
Cat looking sleepy
Lulled into hypnotic state
Do not be deceived!
Poetry Month
April showers bring…
Poetry!
Every day, until the
First of May.
May my future
Endeavors achieve
Much higher
Levels of artistic
Value than the
One you are
Reading now.
Setting the bar pretty low. 😉
Dental Visit
Open wide, don’t flinch
Now you’ll feel a little pinch
Then only numbness.
You call that a pinch?
Sonofabitch I’m wounded
Grievously woonthed.
Thit, now my tongue ith athleep.
Thit, thit, thit, thit, thit.
Here’s one of my all-time favorite episodes of the Carol Burnett show.
Some Day
Some day the
World will demand that
Man should make amends.
I’m sorry, he’ll say, and even though
There’s hell to pay the
World will
Try to forgive him.
Because that’s the way of such things. 
Man will explain, as best he can.
He won’t lay claim to the
Blame for planetary warming.
Nevertheless, the World
Will say, here we are:
Ice caps melting,
Oceans rising,
Droughts threatening.
You did nothing to help.
I’m sorry, Man will say.
I’ll do better next time.
Truth
As a commodity
Truth gets mixed
Reviews:
Soul-searching
Peace-shredding
Gut-wrenching
Enlightening
All of the above.
I have a nodding
Acquaintance with
Truth.
We know one
Another, but are not
Besties.
Caffeine
Studly Doright drinks decaffinated coffee which drives me crazy. Caffeine is the very essence of coffee, the reason it caught on in the first place. Coffee without caffeine is just flavored water in varying shades of brown.
My personal coffee mug
A cup of coffee
With a bit of Irish Cream
Sipped in solitude
On this perfect spring morning.
What could be better?
Absolutely nothing, dear.
Unless, of course, friends
Stop by and share a pot with me.
That’s preferable.
In Other News
The day is coming
And it isn’t far off
When a mass shooting
Will fall under the heading:
In Other News
Children in a schoolhouse
Gunned down by
Delusional sufferer of
Schizophrenia.
In Other News
Open carry fanatic sends
Kroger shoppers scrambling
For safety. Four dead.
In Other News
Theatre goers attacked
By rampaging shooter.
Lobby becomes morgue.
In Other News
Onlookers cheer as
Gunman attacks those
Of a different faith.
In Other News.

I am not anti-gun. I am pro-common sense gun regulation. Peace, please, people.
Codes By Which To Live Haiku
In response to The Daily Post’s prompt:
I. Do unto others
As you would have others do
Unto you my child.
“The Golden Rule” Norman Rockwell, 1942
II. Be kind, consider
Every living person
Equal unto you. 
III. Keep your heart open
To the possibilities
Your soul aware.
IV. Allow your self to
Love unconditionally
Live without regret.
Peace, People!
Give ‘Em L Tour Ending
All good things,
They say
Must end.
I want to know
Who are “they”
And why must I
Listen to them?
The three L’s leaving our mark on the beach at St. George Island, Florida, March 23, 2015.
These were a few of our favorite –ings:
Shopping
Wining
Dining
Exploring
Talking
Laughing
Reminiscing
Lauren, Ponce de Leon, Leslie, and Lila, at The Fountain of Youth, March 25, 2015.
Leslie and Lila at The Spanish Sugar Mill in DeLeon Springs, FL, March 25, 2015.
Lila and Lauren at The Blue Parrot, Saint George Island, March 23, 2015.
Lauren, joined by two little folks at DeLeon Springs. One of my favorite pictures of the week.
Why is it that
Spring break weeks
Take forever to arrive,
Yet end almost as
Soon as they’ve begun?
That’s a question
For the wise folks
Among us, and
Certainly I am not one.
Peace, People!
Praying for Eyebrowz 