I once knew a lass from McKinney
She weren’t fat and she weren’t skinny
Somewhere in between
But naught but a teen
So I left her alone I’m no ninny!
Trevor McKinney suggested we Pay It Forward;
others call it random acts of kindness.
Jesus admonished, “Be lights in your world.”
Shine, people, shine. Let your good deeds glorify God.
March 10, 2022
Sponsor Anoucheka Gangabissoon
Contest Name Being a light to others
The movie, Pay It Forward came out in 2000.
Oh hi me hence to the laundromat
Bearing many a malodorous sock
As ofttimes a shepherd will boldly go
To the babbling brook where the clear waters flow
With a line of the wooliest beasties in tow
(Or sometimes merely formed up in a row)
Which comprise his caprinaerious flock
A football jersey, meant for sport
Relegated now to work
A dozen holed and yellowed shorts
Which in a dank corner lurk
Some threadbare jeans and faded tees
A brace of sweatpants lacking knees
And a woolen sweater, rife with fleas
I find I must transport
As manly heart anticipates the finding of a laundromat queen
Perhaps a Vida Guerra clone
Or Jennifer Lawrence all alone
Or Charlotte McKinney, sans cell phone*
But it doesn't seem to be my day, none such are here, I ween.
When it comes to laundromatic love it seems I am quite out of luck,
For the only lass who toils within
Sports globular frame and trebular chin
And more body hair than Rin Tin Tin
Much like Rosanne Barr with a silly grin, had her face impacted a truck.
*So she can't call for help.
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