Can'T Handle This Blip

They shut off our power for about 3 hours To make needed repairs they say D'ya know how that affects our daily routine Like our arm's been cut off half way No heat, no lights, no computers, no telly We might as well cash in our chips Aware it was only from nine until noon But my mind can't handle this blip Anything different from my normal routine Throws me in a kind of a dither I get all sweaty and my eyes bulge out My speech starts to slip and slither I once was able to handle these disruptions When I was young, handsome and virile Now that I'm a slobbering vile old man My mental capacity has fizzled Some people suffer from a power shortage Every single day of their lives Got nothing to do with a disruption of power Their ageing is in overdrive
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October 3, 2022 at 2:50 PM
Jack so sorry for the interruption. I felt your disappointment. Just think what the Amish look forward too everyday. It doesn't bother them because they never had it. I guess it could have been eight hours instead of three. Get yourself a generator you will need one in the future, trust me my friend.
Ellison Avatar
October 3, 2022 at 3:17 PM
Big chuckle Michael my friend! The Amish quote cracked me up too! Thanks for dropping by! Cheers!
Hankins Avatar
October 3, 2022 at 8:39 AM
Sometimes I wonder how those people who did not have our modern utilities managed. I suppose we have simply grown soft, Jack.
Ellison Avatar
October 3, 2022 at 8:51 AM
No question about that! Soft as s***! How are you my friend?
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October 3, 2022 at 4:19 AM
How did we survive before TV computers and telephones ? I can honestly relate with a 3 hour blackout. Everything you go to use needs electricity. Its a recipe for insanity! Jack your poem described my dilemma exactly when there's a disruption.
Ellison Avatar
October 3, 2022 at 4:53 AM
Hello sweetie! We survived just fine..."progress" has given us all these advances but without them we never would have met :) Love from Canada XOX
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