this self-help book I have read more than once, which is rare
I possibly read this one every two years
It makes sense to me
negativity begets negativity
positivity garners positivity
wearing black onyx and blue sapphires is not enough
praying for world peace has not worked
so to do my bit, my meager small itty bitty bit
I do my best to remember and live by this motto
Tossing negative thoughts into the gutter
kicking them down the hill
letting positive thoughts be my super power
So far, so good
i could not afford oceanfront
a reassuring kiss from you is priceless
i wish that you were here
however your eyes are more important than a trip
i pray that both of your eyes heal from the cataract surgeries
if it were up to be, then i would go back to school and study to be a miracle worker
i would just pray your perfect eyesight back into their rightful place, and then off we go
no matter where we stay, the view is always more beautiful with you by my side
Nowadays we're not free to do what we like
Omicron is the FBI
Unseen and axists anywhere
It's a spy globally
We do distancing ,wearing masks,washing hands
To disguise and to avoid it
We cann't afford to be careless
Because we're blind in the mind and the senses
Whenever facing them
Maybe only the six senses can tell it's somewhere near
And obey SOP before it's too late
Perhaps it comes only to capture the "disobedients"
Does it
Henry Ford mass-produced the Model 'T' Ford,
A contraption the unwashed masses could afford!
'Twas the latest and greatest to include a crank and jack,
And he offered a choice of colors as long as it was black!
I’ll go to some faraway place,
On a lovely, isolated beach, at sunset,
And watch the fiery solar ball
Disappear over the limitless horizon.
Look, the waves are rhythmically opalescent,
The azure billows changing to carmine red
And then to misty white as the foam
Dissolve upon the fine citron sand.
I’d lay myself upon a comfy hammock,
Watch baby turtles swim in shallow sea,
Or feel the saliferous sweet breeze
Waft leisurely over the windblown dunes.
Perhaps I’d languidly sway myself into a divine nap
Until the sacred drums resonate with native music.
The smell of finely cooked paella chicken
Would whiff into my nostrils. Time to eat.
I wake and fry a couple of eggs
In my forlorn, unkempt kitchen.
I can only afford a dream.
Just because I had a job
Doesn't mean I was gainfully employed
Or could afford my college degrees
Or even to eat, to sleep
So working low wage jobs 2nd shift
Was one way to look as if
I was head above water till I got too sick
I too was homeless
But for my car
Which they could not find to repossess
Only because it was my last link to hope
But this too would be a rope that would hang me
I couldn't afford the car either
Nor gas, oil, parking let alone insurance
I found ways to bathe
At the gas station
the laundromat
Then off to work smelling clean
With a sordid secrete
I too slept with the deer at the park
Where a sign said "Park closed after dark"
But I know God's rules didn't deny me
Park or simple joys of moonlight
Just because the economy tossed
My budget like a salad
And I made a pallet
In the car homeless today
Car-less soon
But not forever
This too shall pass.
Lord Could Afford to Be on Board
Love our Lord who had been on board
I adored and where my sins are stored;
God did forbid and had flipped his lid;
When outside had gone away to hide.
God could hardly bare having love to spare;
After being there he handled me with care;
From what we heard he flew off like a bird;
By my canny cat he had eaten up his third.
Jim Horn
Be sure to bring your surf board,
Which you always can afford;
To God be conscientiousness;
When you do be very anxious.
When drowning in river realized,
That I really was being baptized;
While I had been having a hunch,
All politicians were out to lunch.
Would find out that flu had been;
Saved for only those who did sin,
According to my Bible I had read,
Will receive ticket when you sped.
Jim Horn
Nothing is cheap
Nothing is expensive
Either you can afford it
Or you can't afford it.
Such a simple part of life
Situational from time to time
To take the hard decision
To sort this meager question.
Rather than to try
Do something to cry
To possess the thing
Than to start the bothering
How can you afford?
Is the real question
Everything else
Is a mental conclusion.
Rohan Dhabade
Cut the Cord So We Can Afford
What we should want is cut the cord;
Then determine what we can afford;
Here is the rub;
Check pay stub,
For amount allowed by Loving Lord.
Jim Horn
Computers Never Could Afford
Computers they never could afford;
Students have to use a blackboard;
Marble series;
Love clearies;
Where their each idea out is poured.
A cleary is a see through marble.
Those are the best teachers to
have when you can easily see
through them.
Jim Horn
No time to stall
No time to waste
--Time to make haste...
No time to worry
No time to be bored
--Time to NOT not afford...
To--
Do Justice
Love Mercy
And Walk Humbly
In the Ways of the Lord. (Micah 6:8)
“Ladies and gentlemen, gather round
Squeeze in madam, come a little closer”
You fortunate folk are at the launch of this must have commodity
My company has traveled around the globe,
we’ve invested millions in research in search of the purest product;
which was eventually found in the atmosphere of the southern ocean
See this little can in my hand
It holds something so precious you cannot live without it
I present to you …
Canned fresh air
Now would anyone like to test this product - Let me open this can.
“Madam, would you like to try it -
just use the detachable face mask and breathe deeply
there, doesn’t that smell soooooooooo good”
.
In the event of nuclear war this product is essential for your survival -
You simply cannot afford to be without it!
Now who is going to be the first to get this must have product ?
I have it on offer today at an introductory price.
Each set of cans comes with a face mask, which normally retails at $3
It’s perfect for use by the entire family and a sniff at only $19.99”
Advertisement, sell something, make us want it
Sponsored by Lewis Raynes
3/18/18
Am Able To Afford
What I will like best about My Lord;
Is always there and am able to afford;
Meant to be,
For you and me;
Anyone can be a member of His horde.
Jim Horn
Always Can Afford
Life likes to go on and on;
Then direction does change;
Day to a close it has drawn
Furniture should re-arrange.
Was done with due accord
Usually when you are bored
Regardless can always afford
The love of our dear Lord.
What I met might be a couplet;
I am not really sure, so through
more poetry I should take a tour.
James Serious Mysterious Horn
Retired Veteran and Poet
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