Retirement

At long last - blissful retirement to do as I please! Take a cruise, go fishing, live a life of ease! If I opt to snooze-in, I'll continue to snore, A slave to that infernal alarm clock never more! Ah, but hold on, what is that I hear? My spouse says, "Come here, I need you my dear. The lawn needs mowing, the fence to mend, Shelves to build and the garden to tend!" Word that I'm happily loafing has got around. Pleas to volunteer for community projects abound. "Will you serve on this committee for this and that?" 'Tis useless to hide 'cause they know where I'm at! I try to avoid all phone calls asking for me. 'Tis usually someone with another plaintive plea! I must even skulk about for my afternoon nap, That I highly prize with dear old Simba on my lap! Although I have tried with all my might, I cannot escape from my hapless plight! Lots of folks say that retirement is a bore; Seems to me there's more to do than ever before! Robert L. Hinshaw, CMSgt, USAF, Retired © All Rights Reserved