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A Cross Between -

...a cross between
 a crocodile and a washing machine

a cross between
 a poorly snowman and a pot of cream

a cross between
 a flamboyant preacher and a magazine

a cross between
 an athlete ...

Categories: receptionists, fun, funny, humorous, imagery,
Form: Light Verse

Going, Going, Gone Extinct

...Say bye-bye to these:
    "Hold, please." (Hold what?)
    Typewriter Repairman Ads
    "Dial this number..." (What's 'dial?')  
    Down-time... Offline
    Compliments (Complaint Departments h...

Categories: receptionists, fun, future, goodbye, history,
Form: List

Friday Night Check-Ins

...Friday Night Check-ins


The days have been calm and collected.
The guests have been happy, content.
The weekday staff scurry out from the hotel
To avoid the upcoming eve...

Categories: receptionists, age, england, funny, humor,
Form: Rhyme

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry

Happy Mother's Day 2022

...I remember my mom having a collection of hats she stored under her bed.
For any occasion that could arise…she had a hat to set atop her head.

Moms of today are different…often they go out with th...

Categories: receptionists, mothers day,
Form: Rhyme

The Ugliness of Her Job

...She wanted to be an exotic dancer, but she was a receptionist.
Other receptionists wanted to be an admin assistant.
She was not one of those; she wanted a stripper pole.
She was envisioning hersel...

Categories: receptionists, jobs,
Form: Prose Poetry

Most Somber St Pattys Day Ever

...March 17th 2020
Somber St Patrick’s Day
No parade; I am in doctor’s office

No restaurants
No bars
No congregating

Waiting room chairs are facing the wall
Only a few left out for you to sit...

Categories: receptionists, age,
Form: Dramatic Monologue

Her Many Hats

...When I was young my mom, like most women, donned a hat when she went out.
Dad said it added to her beauty…of this I had no doubt.

My mom had a collection of hats she stored in boxes under her bed...

Categories: receptionists, mothers day,
Form: Verse

Want To Go To Heaven

...Give your wife to heaven
Give your children to heaven
Then go last of all
A good team of receptionists they’ll be
They’ll open gates of heaven for you...

Categories: receptionists, happiness, heaven, irony,
Form: Free verse

Great Departure

...Are you ready?
will made and signed
debts paid and closed
charity to poor done
broken promises fulfilled
family investments done

Are you ready?
have you repented?
Are family, friends prepar...

Categories: receptionists, allusion, death, heaven,
Form: Free verse

Bad Surgery

...My
Doctors'
surgery could 
do with some music.
And some decent lighting.
And better looking receptionists.
And possibly a dancing pole in the middle.
Oh and a Buffet....

Categories: receptionists, funny, health,
Form: Free verse

You Can'T Have a Security Company Without Having Security Guards

...you can't have a security company without having security guards
for it's those dedicated men and women who are the company's heart
how many vice presidents do you need who only sit in meetings?
h...

Categories: receptionists, angst, business, inspirational, political,
Form: Dramatic Monologue

Twenty-Six

...Twenty-six doctors
At my door                (I gotta get rid of this darn door!!!!)
With twenty-six diagnosis,
And then, twenty-six more...

Twenty-six pills
For twenty-six ills,
My voice sta...

Categories: receptionists, confusion, funny, health,
Form: Burlesque