EATING DIFFERENTLY
While people morn, this life must go on,
Tony brought me humus and crackers to feast upon…
Chickpeas ground with garlic
Is supper tonight,
Have a head of broccoli
For a going-home snack just right…
Eating healthy
Will help me feel okay,
Thank you, Lord, for Tony
And friends to show the way!
–Jonathan Caswell
WHAT IS OUT THERE???
The mind of a child is happy and gay,
While his wants to slink away…
Inspirational void
With no prospects toyed,
He’s reluctant to join in the fray.
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A sense of wonder is gone,
No anticipation at dawn….
Of what’s out there,
The wonders to share
And to see them before they have gone.
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Is life suddenly boring,
Has the poet lost a good mooring…
Being swept out to sea
With no poetry,
To comfort while he’s in mourning.
–Jonathan Caswell
COMMON CAUSE
A number of my friends
Are mired in grief…
A close relative,
Who is tested in belief.
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The latest one a colleague
Whose son just died…
She hugged me before she left,
His arrangements to decide.
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Times like these we want to ease
Suffering amidst life’s pause…
Put aside different opinion
And comfort in a common cause.
–Jonathan Caswell
POTENTIAL PUSSY (CAT):
We’re looking for our kitty cat,
Our old one’s dead and gone…
We’ve had three months to grieve and heal
And it’s time for moving on.
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We identified a shelter
That may have whom we need…
A couple of cats sounded interesting,
But nothing’s yet guaranteed.
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We don’t have our house anymore
But live in an apartment complex…
We’re only allowed one kitty cat,
In our home of either sex.
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This cat must be spayed or neutered,
Something we’ve near always done…
Except for our “Jessie”
Who ran off before he became one.
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We’ve agreed on a ginger tabby,
Or a black-and-white, we don’t care…
As long as they accept our loving
The Lord will lead us to who’s there.
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If weather and finances jive
The wife and I…
Will visit the kitty cat shelter ourselves
And pick out our blessing undisguised!
–Jonathan Caswell
By the Mighty Mumford 