Saturday, November 21, 2020

Thanksgiving


 

Air warmed by oven heat

negates the use of thermostat

Logs crackle in the fireplace

More for atmosphere than need

Thanksgiving Day parade down 5th Avenue

Magically beamed into our parlor

Children scurry around and catch

infectious excitement from adults

Days of preparation for the holiday

Culminate into this moment

Table set with mama’s china

Linen napkins at each place

Salt and pepper shakers

shaped like miniature turkeys

Pumpkin spice and apple pies

Bowls of vegetables, stuffing and gravy

compliment the golden turkey

But mostly our joy comes

from being together­­---family.


 

 

Wednesday, November 4, 2020

politics

 

 My friend Jean sent this to me:

A small boy asks his Dad, "Daddy, what is politics?"

 Dad says, "Well son, let me try to explain it this way: I'm the breadwinner of the family, so let's call me Capitalism. Your mom, she's the administrator of the money, so we'll call her the Government. We're here to take care of your needs, so we'll call you the People. The nanny, we'll consider her the Working Class. And your baby brother, we'll call him the Future. Now, think about that and see if that makes sense."

 So the little boy goes off to bed thinking about what Dad has said. Later that night, he hears his baby brother crying, so he gets up to check on him. He finds that the baby has severely soiled his diaper. The little boy goes to his parents' room and finds his mother sound asleep. Not wanting to wake her, he goes to the nanny's room. Finding the door locked, he peeks in the keyhole and sees his father having sex with the nanny. He gives up and goes back to bed.

 The next morning, the little boy says to his father, "Dad, I think I understand the concept of politics now." The father says, "Good, son, tell me in your own words what you think politics is all about." The little boy replies, "Well, while Capitalism is screwing the Working Class, the Government is sound asleep, the People are being ignored and the Future is in Deep Shit.”

 

Politics - Definition

Poly comes from the Greek meaning MANY

TICS are blood sucking parasites