Our society may be crumbling before our eyes
As foundational structures change dramatically,
Families are not cohesive units as they used to be
Seldom we experience those extended family ties.
Sunday church attendance is at an all-time low;
Non-religious stats show fewer people in the pews
And the news media is often less news than views,
Amusement parks are the Sunday “in” places to go.
Educational systems are constantly under attack
By parents who want control over what is taught
As COVID rages, new teaching methods are sought
And our healthcare systems are sadly out of whack.
Our federal government is an ineffective nightmare
With partisan divisiveness the order of the day,
So, honorable leaders don’t want to enter the fray
And larger numbers of citizens polled no longer care.
Since the mid-nineties, we’ve been seeing gloom
Talk of zombies, disasters, killings, even Apocalypse
The economy always seeming to teeter on collapse
It’s hard not falling into the habit of predicting doom.
written January 15, 2022
Love That Avocado Green!
Our house was built in 'sixty-eight...bi-level, brick and white.
This was the modern age, and avocado made it bright!
I loved my new appliances in shiny sixties green...
refrigerator, matching stove, fulfilled the new-age scene.
They lasted many years, replaced just once...the find was tough.
But come mid-nineties, luck ran out...no avocado stuff!
Refrigerator died one day...a new one needed fast.
A plain old white one took its place, and I was left aghast!
My faithful stove looked sad without his avocado mate;
His lady fridge was gone, and soon he followed her bad fate!
Oh, how I miss those special days when colors were such fun!
Now Avocado green's Retro...it's modern era's done.
Pure white or stainless...choice today is dull...great colors lack.
If pendulum should swing again..bring avocado back!
Sandra M. Haight
~2nd Place~
Contest: Green Humor, Old or New
Sponsor: Carolyn Devonshire
Judged: 03/23/2019
I answered the phone, ‘OMG! Was the cry.
‘What’s happened now?’ I sit down and sigh.
‘I can’t take anymore, I have just had enough.’
What does she mean is this another bluff?
Why oh why can they just not do it?
I have showed them so often, I am sick of it.
It’s time they were put away in a home
Why can they not just use the new mobile phone.
I’m sick of it I want to kill either them or myself
Do you think I am right Mandy? they are bad for my health.’
‘Jill my friend,’ in a soothing voice I say
‘They are not your parents, you can’t put them away.
It’s only a mobile phone, don’t feel so low
They are complicated enough for me sometimes, you know.
Your mum and dad in law are both now in their mid nineties
Give them a break come on, why don’t you please?
Leave them with their old fashioned phone
Let them get on with it, just leave them alone.
Just because you think they need bringing more up to date
Are you sure it’s not yourself you are trying to recreate.
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