Bang the drum softly

Bang the drum softly, Forth time to have Covid 19th, Die on the job insurance is good, Bang the drum softly, Can’t call in sick Mercy One will rape her of her job, Spent her life working, Her child raised herself, Her second husband sat on his ass, Smoke and drank, Penny carried the load,Continue reading “Bang the drum softly”

Just like the Army

Hurry up, Make plans, Worry, Get ill, Go, no place! So, I got call this morning, Grogging like a froggieI returned the call, Asked that stupid question like always, “DIDN’T YOU LISTEN TO THE MESSAGE!’ No like like a groggy mouse I say! Penny says I’m sick we can’t go! I want money coming in!Continue reading “Just like the Army”

GM of Comfort Inn , Independence,Iowa

Told me her father in law was a chiropractor, She loved her mother in law, The North Carolina GM self starter worked her way to Head of housekeeping, The GM inherited her mother in law in the divorce, I love this story , shows that this manager is just the kind of person Iowa willContinue reading “GM of Comfort Inn , Independence,Iowa”

Marketing

Self taught, We sell ourself to our goals, Getting blue, Melancholy a poets must, But at sixty-five, I know that I’m my biggest fan, And my worse enemy, My friend Penny is low just now, But her possibilities are vast, She asks who would care about her, As an empath full of sorrow with thatContinue reading “Marketing”

Honor

More than a word: More than a deed, More than heart felt, Honor is action, Placing you in harms way, More than placing others first, Honor takes dedication, How is this honor spelt? Semphi! Ask any Marine he will say Always faithful@ I wore that uniform, I wore that code, When I was in need,Continue reading “Honor”

Food processor

One of many items on my imaginary list, My old cat Mr. Black old age, Bad teeth, I would chew meat or cheese for him, He liked it with little more water than Boots, His daughters are eating now, No cat canned in house, Have ham, So Duh!

Worse bitchiness then human female

Female cats! Jealous, More then that! Tear up my legs, Terror in my fourteen year olds blue eyes, Red with anger, Red with terror, Pissed! Young main Coon Precious my baby is scared, Hungry, Off I go chasing my baby girl, Sge didn’t ask fir thus, All my fault, January, I could not ketch Penny’sContinue reading “Worse bitchiness then human female”

Ham

Not like my kid sister, Ellen Beth Heike Mathis she lived mom’s scallop potatoes and ham, Course mom had like her momma dropped everything without onions twice, Like a double gangler, So we had onions and no onions, We were all lucky to have mom, I would have gone with one, One wasn’t how myContinue reading “Ham”

Forty pounds

Nasty pokie corner, Little mean green, Totting one hundred and twenty pounds kitty litter inside, Sixty- five year old; Right sore arm is longer this morning,, Don’t care to observe videos at Mercy One in Waterloo for a job, Hate how they treat sister Penny, Seven nights on the clock for one day off PennyContinue reading “Forty pounds”

Coming home

Nothing else matters, Even if I get upset, My homes nit yet on my.own land, In Sawyer County, Near where my granddad bought three hundred acres in the nineteen thirties, In Chipquamigan National Forest, Where my dad and baby sisters remains rest, Where the heavens gently kisses the surface of Cub Lake, My first fictionContinue reading “Coming home”

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