A wisp of pink in a pale blue sky
The street light's just come on
And I alone at the window-sill
Wonder where the day has gone.
The waking hours are filled with tasks
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I have two favourite acronyms
To help me through each day
One is ICBB, the other SOA.
Acronyms are handy
If one doesn't elaborate
In explaining just how one feels,
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I was feeling rather wobbly
So I donned the panic button -
It can hang upon a chain around my neck.
I didn't want to use it, it was just security,
As I was really somewhat of... Read More
There have been just two medicos
In the practice down the road,
And now another one has come
To share the heavy load.
I've yet to meet this doctor
Who is coming to r... Read More
When you're shopping down at Aldi
There's no music from Vivaldi
Or any one composer you could name.
But there is a constant sound
That can follow you around
As y... Read More
Sitting in the surgery, waiting for the doc,
Becoming more impatient
As the hands move round the clock.
Your appointmnet was made well ahead
By the time you're seen, you... Read More
"I'm afraid you've got vertigo",
The kindly doctor said.
I thought that he said "Verdigo"
so many thoughts ran through my head.
"You mean", I said... Read More
It's great fun to be a nonagenarian
Though you live in an area that isn't riparian.
The river's not close, but the beach is quite near,
But you don't venture down there, th... Read More
Whoever invented fitted sheets has a lot to answer for.
Long ago all sheets were flat, and that was well before
Clotheslines had shrunk, and backyards too,
And retirement villages were so ... Read More
It's bad enough when we adopt
American pronunciation,
By and large it is a constant source
Of downright irritation.
But when it comes to euphemism
that really brings on pessimi... Read More