Category: Poetry

Tomorrow was their anniversary, They’d been married thirty years. He began to moan out loud And shed crocodilian tears. His wife asked why he was sad, As he sat there on their bed, Showing signs of depression… Holding tightly to his head. “Thirty years ago tomorrow The judge told me, in stern voice, Marry you […]

Last night when Mommy tucked me in I hugged her neck and kissed her, She whispered that the “Baby Stork” Was bringing me a little sister. If I can catch that stupid bird Before it finds my mother, I’ll make it take my sister back And swap it for a little brother!

It’s the way I make my living Calling people on the phone. I could hear a lot of voices So she wasn’t home alone. She was speaking in a whisper. I could barely hear her voice. So I asked for either parent Leaving her to make the choice. She said, “Both my folks are busy. […]

My dietitian said to stop My candlelight dinners for four. He said I’m gaining too much weight And not to have them any more. I asked, “Why not, one has to eat, A meal’s a meal, why should you care?” He said, “A meal for four is good But there should be three others there!”

He was a country preacher, With a country preacher’s zeal. His earnings were quite small Sometimes a single meal. Attendance was erratic, His congregation small. But when all thirty came at once, They barely fit inside the hall. Then one snowy Sunday morning One old rancher named Jerome, Was the only one to show up, […]