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This and That

Yesterday I felt WONDERFUL!
No aches and pains
Happy
All signs of morbid paranoia    gone!
I could actually greet people
Offer a smile
                   while before……
Before?
Well………..
If they were laughing
                              they laughed at me
I counted my change
                                so carefully
Thought I looked like a patsy
Slouched around

BUT!

Today?
All the ‘slings and arrows’ return…..
Got up with a sinus headache
Cat crapped on the kitchen floor
Phone    computer    t.v.
                                       all connection
DEAD!
Car battery?
DEAD!
Wife left a note –
“Goodby FOREVER! you S.O. B!
Took her car
AND
My mastercard
ALL my money

Picked up a book
Forgot the title
So demoralized
‘Ping and Pong’
I dunno
I’ll call it ‘This and That’
Well?
I thought sure I was in the clutches of ‘That’
THEN    I realized
With a smile at first
THEN
A leap of JOY!
‘This’ is the day
‘That’ damn woman
Has kissed-off FOREVER!

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Andrea Dietrich

Date: 6/29/2010 8:50:00 PM

oooh, Daver . sometimes we are not really joking about these things. I hope you are though!! It would be real crap if all this bad stuff happened at once! Good one.andrea

Sajdah Al-Riyami

Date: 5/20/2009 7:22:00 AM

Haha.Loved and Enjoyed.Keep on writing.

Kate Mcnaughton

Date: 5/19/2009 6:02:00 PM

Im still laughing at this, I love it.

Sharon Winter

Date: 5/19/2009 4:49:00 PM

So then, life is good?? ~lol~ No one writes like you Daver! The 'morbid paranoia and cat crap' - cracked me up - that is until your 'leap of joy' verse! You are so preciously unique. Hilarious! You seem like the kind of person who would help someone really down say "screw it, you're right, life is great!" Cheered me right up. Please, keep writing! Love, Shar

Barbara Gorelick

Date: 5/19/2009 4:37:00 PM

this is too funny..its a gift to be able to find humor in hard times. Hope all is well . BG

Carolyn Devonshire

Date: 5/19/2009 3:06:00 PM

Lot of angst mixed with great humor here, Daver. With all those things going wrong in your life, you still had the ability to us laugh! Surely your wife will return, Daver. (She probably has already.) How could anyone leave such a loving, sweet man? You know how to reach me if you'd like to chat. Love, Carolyn