Gershon Wolf Poet Couplet

Flowers are so maudlin, anyway

     Possibilities bloom before my very eyes
       of gifts that will my lovely wife surprise ...

     Imagine her delight when on Mother’s Day
       ~ that roll of $100’s with ‘opm’ I pay*




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      *'opm' = 'other people's money'

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Jennifer Proxenos April 28, 2025 at 6:17 AM Certainly when she went to spend it, delight would turn to 'wait till I get back home! Blessings Jennifer. Gershon Wolf April 28, 2025 at 5:58 PM Well, I think this guy would head for the hills first.

John Lawless April 28, 2025 at 5:16 AM roll the 100's ... tape them to straws...place them neatly in a vase... Gershon Wolf April 28, 2025 at 5:59 PM How creative, John. Were you ever a florist? --- Didn't think so. ~ Benjamin Franklin