"The Modern Merry Widow" (Entry 27)

Woe is me, alas, alack!

My husband, I did bury.

Attired in weeds of deepest black,

Now, I’m the widow merry.

(The life cover has been granted...)

Look out world. There's no holding back.

Aboard an oceanic cruise,

Dressed gowns of sequinned black,

Point me to the booze!

(Well, it’s what he would have wanted!)

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"Weather or Not?" (Entry 6)

Snow!
Oh no!
Cold and wet.
Nice on a card, but yet,
Slippery roads,
Schools are closed -
But that's all on the T.V.
Here in the south by the sea.
It's sunny,
ain't it funny!

That was yesterday.
Gloat - it stayed away.
Today... Oh no!
We have the snow!

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"Cat Nap" (Entry 5)

Large monochrome cat curled up on my bed.
I see your white paws.

I see your black head.

You lie there before me pretending to sleep

but through those flat slits,

I see your eyes peep.

The point of your tail swishes back to and fro.

Large monochrome cat in your dreams,

where do you go? 

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Originally published in Bright Voices anthology - United Press 2004

Dedicated to Asterix (1992 - 2007)

"Minute Minutes" (Entry 2)

Though years pass by 
           at measured speed;
I watch my life chase down a path 
I can not follow,
          nor take the lead.

Into the past those seconds melt,
I see my fate the arcanes dealt.
Is it the trail I would have mapped?
Is it a time fulfilled, or destiny's trap?

I can not say. Nor judge my days.
I accept my lot, and embrace the way.
The minute minutes of my story unfolds,
And look forward to my future goals.

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