Gershon Wolf Poet Couplet

An Aging Marvel

     Of technology’s many gifts
        many receive remarkably short shrift

     Yet without one of its aging marvels
        the entire civilized world unravels

     So, I’d like all those short shrifters
        just one sweltering summer to envision
            their homes ~ un-air-conditioned

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Bill Baker August 26, 2025 at 3:24 PM Sweltering thought, my man. Good poetry, gw. BB

sara Etgen-Baker August 24, 2025 at 5:08 PM I'm laughing. Life without A/C What? impossible. And to think I grew up in Texas without A/C...windows opened wide eight months out of the year.... Gershon Wolf August 24, 2025 at 6:59 PM Even in Chicago, I can't believe I didn't have it 'til age 47.

Regina Elliott August 24, 2025 at 6:56 AM Hi Gershon, Sunday morning greetings. Some people take electric power for granted....until they lose it. After Hurricane Helene, me and my family sure do appreciate the generator we got. Good one, Gershon. Shalom to you and yours. Gershon Wolf August 24, 2025 at 6:56 PM I, for one, don't take a/c for granted. It keeps me going, I admit...

John Lawless August 24, 2025 at 5:05 AM oh yeah, and that one pesky mosquito dive bombing you as you try to sleep Gershon Wolf August 24, 2025 at 7:00 PM You are psychic, John. I'm covered in bites this week...