I think of you my little dove
Your troubadour, he scribes his love
Through poems, snippets, winks and smiles
Connecting us across the miles
Until we meet again you'll be
On my mind, I wait to see
You walking in for Sunday song
In that short time I will not long
It all comes down to this:
The female is prized
By the male of the species
For her sexual allure
And her ability to nurture.
The male is prized
By the female of the species
For his protective strength
And his ability to provide.
That’s the long and the short of it.
If they can make each other laugh,
That’s most certainly a bonus.
The Sabbath comes in so soon
Unlike lazy Fridays in June
A light lunch, say grace, turn around
The sun on it's way out of town
A long night is a gift for sleeping
Sabbath rest, all of us keeping
But once again, short is the day
Synagogue, meal and snooze ~
~ Goodbye, Saturday
When winter's too long, we long to say 'So Long'
~ so Spring can come along
Ted Smith was a very tall guy
His girlfriend, a mere four feet high.
But love went astray,
Ted called it a day;
They just couldn't see eye to eye!
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I am the shortest in her family, standing at five foot nine;
Everyone else is over six feet including that bride of mine.
In the pictures from our wedding I look like a midget in a tux;
Taking pictures of all of us sitting down was a definite must.
For years she was so adamant not to date a shorter guy
And now, twenty years later, people still are asking her, “Why?”
I guess that love indeed can conquer all, including a difference in height
That is the long and the short of it; Good morning, good day and good night.
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