Do not develop the habit of spying and prying on people, trying to compare yourself and getting mad if you see something that you don't like or someone better than you. If you do that everyday, you will die in no time. For, life is not all about besting others, it's more about besting yourself.
February 19, 2023
Random trinkets tossed into a box
Costume jewelry, or so they thought,
Came a jeweler with a loup, a sly fox
Sorted junk, for a treasure he sought
With luck he hit paydirt this fine day
He found a genuine ruby, rather large,
Passed over like an old chunk of glass
Showing it to the estate lady in charge
She hissed, “as marked!” with no class,
He bought the ruby for what she asked
Upon leaving he whispered “kiss my a**,”
It was a bargain quite unsurpassed.
Written October 20, 2022
The more chunk you take from the earth,
The more unstable the earth is it for you.
Poison the earth, the earth shall poison you.
had been a huge hunk
a baptist who we did dunk
was a lot of bunk
C-hunk of rapture
H-as brought pure delight;
R-eplacing the dark clouds
I-n the sky shining bright.
S-hadows have disappeared,
T-wilight has just faded;
I-n August nineteenth day,
N-ight cold chill has
E-nded.
L-arge amount of thrill
A-llows you to feel pleasure;
M-illion mirth truly makes
A-nother chunk of
R-apture.
There once was an old man from Thomaston
Who said old rats like cheese like young rats, son
~~My favorite shoes sport rat~~
~~Who eats chunk cheese where he sat~~
Constant reminder of old man with pun
(About a year before my father died at age 96,
we went to a funeral and a lady of about 38 to 43
years old escourted him from the family car to the
cemetery..The farther they walked the more he
leaned into her..My husband said something to him
about it..He said old rats like cheese just like young
rats..I found a pair of pj with shoes with the rat and
cheese..Always a reminder of my father..)
Chunk of cheddar,
Glass of wine,
One would think
Things were fine
But it was his farewell
His last salute
To a life
Where death had
Taken too much
From his soul
Now all he wished
To crawl in a hole
Chunk of cheddar,
Glass of wine,
"Sure, my friend,
all is fine!"
One too many
taken from him
One too many
made his hope dim
So chunk of cheddar,
Rather share it with him
But he is gone..
It's no mere whim...
Chunk of cheddar
Chunk of life,
It breaks off uneven,
As there is no knife
No surgical cut
No idea what that is
And that chunk of cheddar
With the sparkling wine fizz
Yeah, that chunk of cheese,
That tart and sweet bite
And that bubbly wine
Just can't improve the night
Too many gone,
Too long....
And no way to understand
What's going on
Chunk of cheddar,
Glass of wine,
My last taste of life,
For me that's fine.
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