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Life's a Surprise

One second you're floating on air
  Turn around, your cupboard's bare

In April you're up on Cloud Nine
   Come May, the stars don't align

In June you croon a sweet tune
   By July, life's a wreck and a ruin

Today you cruise the Riviera
   Tomorrow you broil in the Sahara

Life's tendency is to surprise
   More often than not destabilize

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Evelyn Judy Buehler

Date: 9/8/2020 6:55:00 PM

Life is a mixed bag for sure. And mixed bags are at least interesting. A well crafted, lovely poem, Gershon. :)

Gershon Wolf
Date: 9/8/2020 8:04:00 PM

Mixed bags, eh?! For whatever reason, I haven't come across that term in ages. Thanks for mixing it in to your comment, Evelyn! Cheers, Gershon

Kim Rodrigues

Date: 9/8/2020 4:32:00 PM

Surprise it does, every day!

Gershon Wolf
Date: 9/8/2020 8:03:00 PM

Every day, and over the long haul too. I would never have guessed that I'd not be living out my days in Israel, and my wife (from Ukraine) would never have imagined living out her days in the USA... And so it goes... :) gw

Jan Allison

Date: 9/8/2020 11:42:00 AM

and everything is up in the air now GW and these things can only take place in our dreams:-) hugs Jan xx

Gershon Wolf
Date: 9/8/2020 1:35:00 PM

Oh, Jan! You have absolutely made my day! To know that my cupboard's bare, that I'm gonna broil in the Sahara -- that it's all only a dream! Whew! Wonderful news. Keep these relief-inducing comments coming, my friend! Deep Breaths and Sighs, Gershon