NOBODY WANTED OUR POT–LUCK!

We took what I thought worth taking,

A soup of my own making…

Boiled cabbage and ham

But no thank you Ma’am,

Just me and the wife were taking.

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Competition was rather strong,

Lasagna and casserole gone…

What little we ate

I’d consolidate

And use for suppers till gone!

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I had someone’s lemon meringue,

Almost too sweet–no tang–

Along with ice cream

(And lasagna again!),

Enough food for the whole gang!

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My wife left her pink NORTH  CREEK hat,

I’m rescuing stuff like that…

Everyone knows

Keeping track of clothes

Is anything but old hat!

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–Jonathan Caswell

 

DIABETICS AND ICE CREAM

One half cup real ice cream

Allowed  per day we mean…

Foregoing treats

Desire retreats,

Will not want it in their daily scheme.

–

But let us get a taste

Desire returns in haste…

Not just ice cream

But when men have seen,

The finest ice cream cakes!

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–Jonathan Caswell

ADVENTURE–NOT JUST VACATION!

ADVENTURE–NOT JUST VACATION!

Synopsis of a week Up-state,

A visit for me and my mate…

A dead battery

Begins it you see,

And lots more left on the plate.

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We both made the trip without grumbling,

(That fact especially humbling)…

Making good time

Before the sun’s decline,

The car not ever stumbling.

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The next day the battery

Quit, was jumped frequently…

Next door’s garage

Wasn’t a mirage,

And changed it eventually!

–

Then my Diana and me

Spent time in Emergency…

Two separate days

In our own ways

And she came out sooner than me!

–

I visited the local train station,

Finding myself in consternation…

The camera was home–er,

I’d done me boner,

That didn’t help the situation.

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That visit I found all three

Train engines posed for me…

The next time–not–

Just two I got,

The third went south for duty.

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That Saturday as we were leaving,

A Railfan Day was receiving…

Special views

With the train crews,

But we had just that day for leaving.

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My wife found her blueberry pie

While shopping for the food supply…

And got some ice cream

(Mountain prices: a scream!),

Before we waved “bye-bye”!

–Jonathan Caswell

SPUTNIK’S ANNIVERSARY AND MINE

SPUTNIK’S ANNIVERSARY AND MY BIRTHDATE

 

My birthday (soon!) may lack,

We’ll be content with accounts in the black…

It won’t leave much

For ice cream and such,

But we’re happy to have our lives back!

 

–Jonathan Caswell

 

ALWAYS HAS TO BE ONE!!!!

THERE ALWAYS HAS TO BE ONE!!!

 

There’s always one–guy or gal—

But most often a guy…

Who flips a bird at policy

And one never knows why.

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He’s like a little boy

Grinning ’cause he didn’t get caught…

Unless someone is there to insist,

He won’t do as he ought.

–

He’s often in mid-upper management,

Not high enough to be the boss…

He sneaks out when he can

And the guard suffers the loss.

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A simple matter of signing out

Is always the avoided theme…

You’d think that he was forced to wash

Before eating his ice cream!!!

 

–Jonathan Caswell