Gershon Wolf Poet Light Verse

Hope For Everyone's Mission

Growing up, remember the sinister kid
   who wanted to be a mortician
Or the reserved young lady
   who hoped to be a semiotician

Maybe you had a friend 
   who privately practiced micturition
Or knew someone in ‘the other class’
   interested in insects Ordovician  

I myself, as a budding dialectician
  spent hours perfecting my deglutition
So, see! There’s hope for all you future econometricians
  ~ if you can just find a way to pay the tuition



      gw                      light verse                   June 21, 2022

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Michael Tor June 23, 2022 at 10:43 PM Ha Ha Milton. Love the ending.

Caren Krutsinger June 23, 2022 at 2:29 AM I love this rhyming masterpiece. Now I have to look up "semiotician" of course! Gershon Wolf June 23, 2022 at 6:54 AM Look up 'micturician' too. You may turn a different color! lol. ~ gw

Ann Peck June 22, 2022 at 2:56 PM Merciful heavens! (That's an archived saying.) You've got some really big descriptions that upset my inhibitions! I'll google a few ~ for who of us knew ~ they'd roll off your tongue smooth as polititcians' Great job, Gershon! I haven't a clue what they mean :) Gershon Wolf June 23, 2022 at 6:52 AM First-ever comparison to a politician for me, Ann. Interesting. I have the diplomatic skills of a bull in a china shop... :) gw

David Mchattie June 22, 2022 at 2:28 PM I'm running for my dictionary. Delightful poem. Entertaining and interesting even if I'm not sure of some of the words. Stay frosty my friend. Gershon Wolf June 23, 2022 at 6:51 AM You're not the only one, David. I'm not sure of some of the words in this one either -- and I wrote it. :) gw