Do I have any doubt,
Sweet sausage and sauerkraut…
Are ideal
For an evening meal,
As long as a breeze is about?
–
–J.E. Caswell
Do I have any doubt,
Sweet sausage and sauerkraut…
Are ideal
For an evening meal,
As long as a breeze is about?
–
–J.E. Caswell
LATE-NIGHT LAUNDRY
–
I wish I could
Sit down where the light’s good,,,
To finish laundry
Before ten thirty,
Before the folks on either side think me rude!
–
–Jonathan Caswell
LATE EVENING HAIKU
Poet howls away,
Seeing figures in the dark…
Walking toward him!
–
Luscious ladies lope
Longing eyes luxuriate…
Evening romance glows.
–
Supper not enough,
Large special sub* with the works…
Salad, meat and bread.
*(NOTE “sub” short for submarine sandwich.)
–
My relief comes now…
What am I gonna do?
๐
–Jonathan Caswell
FISH CAKES AND COLD PIZZA
Gastronomic delights
Fortify my nights…
Catch as catch can
For mortal man,
Whatever comes into sight!
–
Sampled kitchen leftovers,
Manicotti…over and over…
The overcooked sauce
I considered loss,
But then, I’m a late-night drover.
–
I took my insulin
And shoveled more food in…
Cold fish cakes and stuff
Were more than enough
To keep me from wearing thin.
–
Oh yeah, I do have an apple,
Another “cold” food to grapple…
Prob’ly going home,
Under my car dome
While finishing a bottle of SNAPPLE*.
–Jonathan Caswell
* SNAPPLE…an American brand of bottledย and flavored ice tea
LATE NIGHT “PRICE CHOPPER”**
A cute cashier named Ashleigh,
Was very pleasant to me…
I was conflicted
‘Cause my wife insisted
My going out late for coffee!
–
This Ashleigh had a nice smile
I found worth the extra mile…
Mollified
On the homeward ride,
I really did like her style.
–
At another store, Stacie’s my friend
Who likes Poetry I send…
Personally,
On each shopping spree
Or on the homeward bend!
–
Stacie, like me, can’t afford
The Net, plus room and board…
She’s happy to get
Printed ones that
Buoy her spirits up when they are floored.
–Jonathan Caswell
** PRICE CHOPPER is a grocery store chain founded near Schenectady, New York, with stores throughout New York and the New England States.ย ย Many of these (like the two, in different towns, mentioned above) are open 24 hours…for those of us who have to shop after a late 2nd shift…or when one’s wife refuses to live without ground coffee!ย ๐