The Retiree's Nightmare
The Retiree’s Nightmare
By Elton Camp
With the daily grind survived
Joe’s time to retire finally arrived
Then some thought he had to give
As to where, in retirement, to live
South or north should he now go
To a warm clime or a land of snow
Humidity and tornados to face
Or snow and bitter cold to embrace
Then one night Joe began to dream
To the north he moved, it did seem
Into his back yard he did stare
And saw a thermometer out there
An astonishing reading it did show
For it was more than thirty below
The snow was piled up five feet deep
The vision aroused Joe from his sleep
Shivering, he pulled the cover to his neck
“It’s to the sunny South for me, by heck!”
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