Category Archives: Nonfiction
Got to rise
Nap was lovely, Penny called had a small wreck, Went to sleep at the wheel, Could nit sleep like usually in hospital garbage twenty-two below, Was cold driving too, Fell asleep at wheel, Nearly sixty, No break in fifteen years, No meds last few nights, It’s the drugs that allow her to stand and workContinue reading “Got to rise”
Now that’s the stupidous thing!
Now FaceBook is stuck on another stupidass commercial between plays if words with fr I ends, Want to hear it it’s weird soundless they flash a paragraph, Medicare wants to sent you a grocery card fir Over two thousand dollars, Bullshit! Every month we get starting January if your on Medicare and Medicade two hundredContinue reading “Now that’s the stupidous thing!”
Opens
Thought all libraries opened at eight thirty, Wrong, How do they open at nine thirty, What if there’s a book emergency? Ok that was a silly notion I will always love my library best, Waukon,Iowa Rohbie library might be spelt wrong, She taught High School English, She taught me, I want to be able toContinue reading “Opens”
Leprosy
Mr.Boots, Went to the vet last week, In Oelwein, A very nice caring guy, Gave me powder said didn’t think it was made any more, Saud the lump beind his right ear us a tumor, The surgery would kill him, Mr.Boots is near seventeen, Extremely sweet, I knew it was cancerous it reminded me ofContinue reading “Leprosy”
Bout time
Like the dollar not store for one or two things, The expensive seven hundred dollar eye examination and glasses that like pants given are always too big for my ass seem huge for my head, The glasses are kept in my business bag in my office car, Office car only car I have, So yesContinue reading “Bout time”
Oelwein Iowa White Trash
My friend Penny is homeless, Works all night long seven nights in a row, Mercy One Waterloo, Gets off at 3 am, This summer gave a young mother a kitten, Humans a louser, Her boyfriend left his wife for her, Neither are working, Young woman uses Penny as a sponge to wring out what sheContinue reading “Oelwein Iowa White Trash”
Milk
Am I really getting older, Took my laptop today to the library , Had to get two labels one fir New York and one for Utah, So I sent two to three additional books per box, I eat that cost, Life isn’t about money it’s about smiles and surprise, I think anyway, More money wouldContinue reading “Milk”
Two
Two below in northern Iowa, A dear friend I ends getting ready to move to Saint Paul, Instead of dread she wished her mother in law would die, She acted like she’d love nothing else, Laura was one hundred and three survived Covid and was returned to the nursing home with the highest mortality rate.Continue reading “Two”
Thirty four years
Blissful, Full of love, Nary a harsh word, Together working, Together through fun times, Sickness and health until, Until Covid kept this life of love apart, These two women, Love at first site, Ruth and her lady, Lived in Suncity I beg pardon if that’s two words, Covid separated these loves, This partnership she thinks,Continue reading “Thirty four years”
Val Whitewolf 