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Picking a Date

Try to pick a date to meet A few retired friends And find it near impossible For everything depends… On travel plans or visits With the kids from out-of-town Or babysitting grandkids Or the dentist (for a crown)… Or tennis games or theater tix Or else a craft-type class In beading or in quilting Or in knitting or stained glass. How wonderful to have the time Without a job to tether But how complicated just to plan A day to get together!

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Lim'Rik Flats

Date: 1/18/2017 10:58:00 AM

:-) Even in the RV park with grandkids far away! There does seem to be agreement on a regularly scheduled wine-thirty;-). Cheers ~ john

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 1/17/2017 9:29:00 PM

hahaha. it's so true . We are busier now than EVER BEFORE!! Love this.

Maurice Rigoler

Date: 1/17/2017 10:47:00 AM

How true, and a great ending that ties the whole poem together. For me the worse part of travelling is the preparation, making sure I've left nothing necessary behind (like my visa or my wallet or my plane tickets!). With so much to do who is your ghost writer Ilene! Thanks for reading my cemetery poem. / M

Jan Allison

Date: 1/16/2017 5:54:00 PM

Made me smile and it makes you wonder how you ever found the time to go to work Ilene!!!:-) hugs Jan xx

Chris Green

Date: 1/16/2017 5:44:00 PM

This is so true, the less we have to do, the busier it seems we are. Nicely done Ilene

Sunlite Wanter

Date: 1/16/2017 5:40:00 PM

And if you don't have a lot of money, you post on Poetrysoup! LOLOL