Best Introspectionwife Poems
Millie lived on the corner, she told me it would be kind If I visited Olaf
across the street.....see, his wife of 65 years had passed away recently,
and Olaf was kinda outa sorts....he'd been taking care of her the last few years
while she was very ill. Olaf was a kind, first-generation Norwegian, he used to call
me "yimmy" when he saw me comin' across the street....clap his hands with delight!!
exclaiming yimmy! yimmy!
Olaf lived a spartan life now with his wife gone...when we were out on errands
he would shout ....Praise Jesus! to everyone and anybody in sight! pretty neat.
We made the same stops every week, 1st. we'd stop at Lutheran Colportage
to pick up handfuls of 50 cent crosses, he liked to hand these out to everyone!
then we stopped at the Taystee Outlet for day-old baked goods, followed by a stop
at the grocery store for chicken nuggets and american cheese (he only knew how,
or wanted to, use the microwave) that was the sum of his diet. We had a fun time!
After about six-months, I quit pickin' him up.....I don't know why......I regret it still,
I heard he used to ask people....where's yimmy?
He died about three weeks later, now he's with Jesus.
I met a man, now grown old
Who has deep pockets filled with gold.
He has worked so hard all of his life
He had no time to find a wife.
Neither children now, nor friends about,
He sits alone and suffers gout.
Another man, now also old
Never found his rainbow end with gold.
He lives with love and dignity
Amidst a loving family.
His doting wife keeps him well fed
And he's content from wake to bed.
If the rich man would but take his gold
Share with the hungry, homeless, cold,
He then might live in full content
Knowing his money is well spent.
The second man has known the joy
Of rearing a gentle girl or boy.
With a loved wife to warm his bed,
He'll live content until he's dead.
Benjamin Franklin quote. "Content makes a poor man rich, discontent makes a rich man
poor.