He has trained all his life for a job
parents paid for lots of training for bozo Bob
He used to brag about what he could do
But he has never had a job, I knew
His employable skills are actually few
He has tried many things, but not followed through
In a restaurant he jumped our booth
landed on the lap of a girl named Ruth
I heard him say “You’re a fireman, I am too.”
Retired though, back in ’82.
A lie of course, he never finished the training at all.
Dropped out of it less than two weeks, in the fall.
Everything he said was a lie and absurd.
He did not let Ruth get in a word.
When I finally dragged him away
I heard Ruth give a tiny hooray
Shimmy was startled to see her son Will at noon.
I thought you started your new job today, she said.
I packed you a lunch.
I got so nervous, I left it there, he replied.
Can you make me a grilled cheese sandwich?
Her husband, Jake, started to speak, but her look quelled him.
After lunch she offered to drive Will back to his job site.
I don’t have one he admitted. I kind of walked out.
Jake’s face steamed over; he left the room.
I lied to my brother; I told him that Will would make a good employee.
“Is there anyone else who would hire him?” she asked.
Will had already walked off five jobs and been fired from six more.
No, Jake replied. “Nobody”.
Shimmy had spoiled her son so hard, that he was not employable.
Jake would not have married her if he had met Will first.
Will, it is time you grew up, Jake said to Will that night.
Will began to cry; Shimmy patted his back, glaring at Jake.
Jake went to his friend Fred’s house.
“Stepson again?” Fred asked.
Jake nodded.
“Daddy, I want some milk,” Fred’s daughter Monica whined.
As Fred poured it, Jake wondered if they should introduce Will and Monica.
They were both forty-two.
WHAT. A. YEAR.
All my dreams
come true
I am the living proof
Dreams are
employable
I am the living proof
Dreams are camouflaged with
Mud; Hoax; Poison
sometimes…….media
I am the living proof
December 2019: intentions declared
freeing through
ashes
from earth’s iron core
A New Union (check)
Listen to Voice Within (check)
Let My Light Shine (check)
OM (check)
Waltz Lasting Love (check)
Slow Dance of intimacy (check)
– allowing
The Pandemic makes us appreciate things we had taken for granted
It helps us to realize how precious time with our family is
It has forced me to learn four new computer programs
And I have learned how to post You-Tube videos
I was never impelled to do any of that before.
When this is over I am going to be more employable than ever.
I will be glad to see my friends, and we will laugh our guts out
I will hug my grandchildren harder than I have ever hugged them
And it might most possibly save my marriage
Because my husband is used to having the house to himself
Sameach B'Chelko (??? ?????)
To Be Content with One's Lot,
Without, one Overreaches,
Sabotaging Can, with Cannot,
Learning as such is Egregious,
Succumbing to an Ego Plot,
Cleverly Whispering 'Genius!'
Only Torah is Satisfying & Enjoyable,
Differentiate: 2 Exclusive Concepts,
Both, Not at Once Employable,
Enjoyment eventually Decrepits,
In the Ordinarily Pursuable,
Only the Extraordinary Has Both Exist!
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