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I Pray You Joy

I pray you joy from day to night,

with dancing steps,

and a heart that’s light.

I pray you laughter on your lips

and success at the end

of your fingertips.

Stupid Mask

It’s just a bothersome, pesky chore–

to don a mask as I leave my door.

I’m an American! You can’t ask

ME to wear a stupid Virus mask!

Thus doth the Virus flourish and grow.

Selfish Americans make it so.

My Prayer for You Today

I pray today will bring you joy

with light steps along the way.

I pray for laughter in your life

and sunshine in your day.

Ruth’s 90th Birthday

I’m sorry to miss your party.

I’m just not up to Zoom.

I’ll think of you during the party –

safe—here in my living room.

I’m glad life planted our gardens

so we’re still not far apart.

You’re always part of my garden.

I hold you in my heart.

A Message

There’s a single, urgent message to

broadcast throughout the land.

It’s a clear and cogent message:

Wear a Mask! You understand?

Wet Forecast

The forecast is for rain, followed by rain, followed by rain.

It isn’t yet November and the rain’s already a pain.

But there’s an upside to the downpours that we have in our Northwest.

We have water in the summer and that water Tastes the Best!

Cleaning House

I do not like to clean the house.

I do not like to do it.

I clean and clean and clean some more.

And never do get through it.

Prayer

Sooth and comfort through the night.

Wake me with the morning light.

Guide my steps along the way.

Shelter me at close of day.

Daphne

Daphne is the oldest one.

Still, the one most like a kitten.

She never met man, woman, or child

with whom she was not smitten.

She bats her head, weaves round

one’s ankle, and lifts a tentative paw.

And any cold heart who comes her way

always feels a little thaw.

Wacky Weather

The weather report said: Wacky.

And, I guess I would agree.

It’s raw and quite unpleasant

to a remarkable degree.

It’s just Seattle weather—

with cold and gloom and rain.

It’s just Seattle weather.

It’s Winter Time again.