Not Funny

Jake's lost his job
  It's not funny
In stocks and bonds
  He's lost his money

He paces the floor
  All he does is mope
Cheer up, Jake
  You're healthy 
     ~ There's hope
Copyright © | Year Posted 2020


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Date: 4/25/2020 6:11:00 PM
Actually, it is really funny. He's healthy. He can trade his tuxedo for a glass of clean water.
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Gershon Wolf
Date: 4/25/2020 11:13:00 PM
There you go! Great idea! ~ Trader Joe
Date: 4/19/2020 1:00:00 PM
Hello Gershon Wolf, There is always hope. Have a nice day my friend. Be safe.
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Darlene De Beaulieu
Date: 4/19/2020 5:46:00 PM
Hello Gershon Wolf, still feels like winter. Your welcome . Enjoy your evening my friend. Be safe.
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Gershon Wolf
Date: 4/19/2020 1:13:00 PM
Hope springs eternal! Thanks, Darlene. :) gw
Date: 4/9/2020 6:07:00 PM
At the end of this crisis, we may all realize that hope and health are all we have.
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Date: 4/8/2020 1:25:00 AM
Sad realities of this time.. Wonderful way you expressed it Gershon.. Takecare..
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Gershon Wolf
Date: 4/8/2020 6:41:00 PM
OK. You take care too! :) gw
Date: 4/7/2020 5:55:00 PM
Good one...makes a lot of sense these days...
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Gershon Wolf
Date: 4/7/2020 6:10:00 PM
OK! Sensible is the order of the day...
Date: 4/7/2020 4:17:00 PM
Love this Gershon. Certainly puts things in perspective. Keep safe! Ron
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Gershon Wolf
Date: 4/7/2020 6:09:00 PM
Right-o! Where there's health, there's life. And when there's life there's hope. Smiles, Gershon
Date: 4/7/2020 4:02:00 PM
we are poorest when I bad health... money means nothing really... we only need enough to get by … good write my friend... I wish I could pop the poems out like you... hugs and blessings!
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Gershon Wolf
Date: 4/7/2020 6:08:00 PM
Yup. All around the mulberry bush... POP! goes a Poem! Haha. Not quite that easy, but easier than it used to be. Smiles, Gershon
Date: 4/7/2020 3:21:00 PM
Wisdom in your words, Gershon. Hope looks at what can be - what is possible! Your lines bring that truth to light. Really nice my friend. And as we sometimes say in my family's inky-dinks: Hope-a! Hope-a! Hope-a! Be blessed!
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Gershon Wolf
Date: 4/7/2020 6:06:00 PM
Hope-a Hope-a Hope - a - long Cassidy! LOL. Thanks, Sam. ~ Gershon
Date: 4/7/2020 2:31:00 PM
They often say your health is your wealth, so true Tom
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Gershon Wolf
Date: 4/7/2020 6:06:00 PM
He who healthy is a man who is wealthy. ~ Gershon
Date: 4/7/2020 1:19:00 PM
It's a sad thing to outlive your money. Wonderful poem. Stay frosty and safe my friend.
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Gershon Wolf
Date: 4/7/2020 6:01:00 PM
Easier to outlive your money than it is to outlive poor health. Heh, heh. Thanks, David. :) Gershon
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