PLEASANTRIES ON THE STAIRS
A fabulous redhead I saw,
The fan I decided to trawl…
She was very busy
And in such a tizzy,
With no reading time at all!
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Talking for that minute,
For me had value in it…
She was alive and smiling,
Positively beguiling
And real discussion was in it.
–Jonathan Caswell
A JOY OF SECURITY WORK:
Whether entering or leaving past
The guard smells her perfume last…
A snootful of joy
For this old boy,
Make pleasant a sedentary task!
–Jonathan Caswell
CERTAIN SMILES
Sitting at Security watching the folks go by
Ready to accept any smiles given on the fly,
When favorites known to me
Bless by their pleasantries,
Gratitude keeps my spirits high.
–Jonathan Caswell
MEDICAL NECESSITY
I met another redhead
For an echocardiogram…
She said her hair normally
Was darker, not the current red tam.
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‘Twas pleasant, but she had her job
To do checking my heart…
Don’t know if she found what she was looking for,
It’ll probably show on my chart.
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She sat rather close and I behaved,
The ultrasound probe pushed down hard…
When she finished up I toweled myself
While she looked at her next dance card.
–Jonathan Caswell
By the Mighty Mumford 