Long day gone,
Tired is nit a string enough word,
Bought lunch for a Vietnam vet,
I respect his service,
Not his politics,
So unlike my younger self I shared nothing,
He asked if I were married,
He pointed to my ring,
I said no it was my dad’s,
He was an Army medic!
Then I bought a Jo Water at Kwik Star in Decorah,Iowa it was a deal fir two reasons,
1)Price was cheaper then the best chocolate milk or white milk,
2) Kwik Star in Independence Iowa don’t carry it,
Then I went and bought books,
The other reason I travel so far,
The Vet when I told him I was a writer and sold books,
He’s in upper seventies maybe eighties his wide he divorced was ninety – three when she died,
So let’s quickly ask Goggle when to ot was . A learning moment for this historian,
This is cool! https://www.britannica.com/event/Vietnam-War
The gentleman told me about a memorial to service men and women being erected in Decorah,Iowa,
He said he believed that where those in power were sticking it is insulting,
I ask where’s that?
He told me by the new playground,
I agreed that was stupid,
A place that will welcome vandahls,
https://www.winneshiekvetsmemorial.org/memorial.html
So we both left he is on portable oxygen,
I drove to the Depot is a Thrift shop on Montgomory Street twenty-five cents a paper back and a hard cover fifty cents,
It allow my profit margin to be nice,
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Then I commenced my drive home,
Oh shoot I got two small Bannana pies,
I betcha their under the books I left on the front seat
Brought some books in,
Git three books that are Lilian Jackson’s,
She writes cat mysteries,
Four books by the fellow who wrote the ‘Christmas Box’
Hallmark had done that as a movie with Richard Thomas,
And a lovely Childs dictionary,
Paid four fifty,
The two little pies and wrapped up I’ll eat them in the morning when I go to Walmart I need a couple boxes and cat dry food,
Have to dig in all boxes I f books most diligently and check my mail to see it the red tent arrived,
Its a book,
Selling books is like fishing or dating,
It all depends on your bate,
Got one gallon of gas outside of Winthrop,Iowa,
Promised the gang I’d share the chicken after I took a nap ,
Think that ship sailed,
If I nap now at eight pm before I know it it will be tomorrow,
But I had to go down my hall,
Check on Boots,
Plug my phone in,
Stepped right in something I’m sure was wet and warm hours ago,
Coming back what I figured was poop,
I was sort of delighted to see only puke,
Cats don’t scream,
In our house only the human me who becomes annoyed,
Cats frolic,
Like a bunch of @#●□|}8♤££££₩¥¤☆$^*
That’s Charlie Brown language when it’s best just symbols are used,
Chicken time,
Val Whitewolf 