Living the Aging Life

May this day go well for you.

May your heart be light.

May you bathe in happiness.

May you choose the right.

I feed my cat.

And I take my pills.

Then I sit out pulling weeds among the daffodils.

And when it seems

I’ve used all the pills,

the pharmacy gets busy and sends out re-fills.

Then the cat gets hungry,

once again,

and there are still as many weeds as there have ever been!

I don’t want wabbits in my yard!

I want to Be Alone!

The City Council should enforce a strict

No Wabbits Zone!

I want the pesky critters

to eat someone else’s lawn.

And when they’ve eaten what they choose,

I want them to HOP ON!

I hate wabbits!

With a nod to Elmer Fudd.

My neighbor’s house stands vacant,

sitting empty, week by week.

Now and then, a stranger’s car

drives by to take a peek.

Somewhere there’s a family

that needs to find a place,

and this house needs a family

to fold in its embrace.

I went down to the shopping mall.

There’s so much stiff – I can’t recall!

With items piled from wall to wall…

How ever do they sell it all?

I’m safari-ing in Africa!

I’m here in Tanzania!

I see the mighty animals!

Oh, Gee!  Oh, Momma Mia!

My eyes are wide with all I see

across the broad savannah.

The skies are high and bluer

than the Big Sky of Montana!

And when we’ve seen what we can see

we’ll go by motor car,

 to visit awesome wonders of the

isles of Zanzibar.

And then I’ll pack up bags again

to hop upon a plane,

and head back tired and happy

to Nevada once again.

Tomorrow is forever

yet it’s never, ever here.

You can wait for it a lifetime,

still, it never will appear.

I welcome coyotes to my yard.

I cheer each one I see.

Where there are coyotes in a yard,

that yard is Rabbit Free!

I sing my country’s songs today.

I sing of liberty.

I sing of hope and justice

and of opportunity.

I sing my country’s songs with joy,

with love, with harmony.

I sing about America…

my country, that is free.

Good Morning, Friend.

Arise and shine!

Today’s a fresh new day.

May you know Joy and Happiness.

All good things come your way.

Today.