they said they’d call at Eight,
But all he did was wait…
They WANTED TO know
He was ready to go,
But didn’t bother those conditions to relate!
–
They expected his computer on line,
He’d tried to tell them a previous time…
Wi-Fi/phone separation
His a difficult situation,
Do you think this they BOTHERED to find?
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–J.E.C.
“COLD SNAP” HAIKU
–
Pity poor peepers,
Stiff cloacas do not help!
When bodies are too.
–
Snow blowers and plows
Get one last fling before Spring..
.Or rather–in it!
–
Snow and rain the same,
Draining experiences…
Both can change your plans!
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–Jonathan Caswell
LOWERING COSTS-? SOMEONE’S A LIAR!
(And knew it…ahead of time!?
–
What can we do to pay
All our med debt away…
We’re in a bind
Either go blind
Or–what’s left but to pray!
–
Government doesn’t care a fig,
Because it has gotten so big…
The folks “up there”
Show they don’t care–
The Prez. does whatever he thinks!
–
By gentleman’s agreement,
Enforcement of laws is meant…
When they shove a bill
Then change it at will,
Represented–by little extent!
–
It used to be funny, you know,
Politicians with noses that grow…
Now that it’s real
THEY get their deal
And we ‘re told to “go blow”.
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–Jonathan Caswell
(a political opinion piece).
(IMAGE Courtesy “Squatty Potty”)
THE CHAMBER POT SQUAT?
(This is not a product endorsement.)
–
The radio claimed “SQUATTY POTTY”
Was much better for one’s body…
Elimination by squat
Healthier than not,
Compared to a sit-down potty!
–
The announcer claimed over time
Squatting and our bodies did fine…
But when we sat
Began troubles that,
Would cost us quite a dime.
–
His answer for his family,
Was to use the squat, trouble free…
The natural pose
Helped easily dispose
Of all the junk internally!
–
So listen for the ad as described,
Don’t wait for the benefits derived….
Write your plot
With benefits of squat,
Be glad that you’re still alive!
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–Jonathan Caswell
HECKLING HER STAFF?
Irena sits on the arm of a chair
Marvels at Eric’s ice chop…
Sees great chunks fall to the ground,
Watch all that ice drop!
–
Smiling taps on the window so he
Sees her watching his work…
She denies heckling her staff,
Watching is one of her perks.
–Jonathan Caswell
THAT LIMERICK BEAST
Limericks tend to be pithy
In subjects somewhat iffy…
If this offends
Before this ends
I’ll have one more in a jiffy!
–
Sarcasm, satire and jest
Suit the limerick best…
If ya can’t take a joke
Then be a good bloke
And pass it on to the rest.
–Jonathan Caswell
THE RODNEY DANGERFIELD OF CONDITIONS
My sleeping late gave her an air,
And a comment of quiet despair…
You’re back doing THAT,
Under her hat
And couldn’t understand or care.
–
What I often go through
Some folks understand…just a few…
Who don’t wag their heads
At over-slept beds,
‘Cause they drink a similar brew.
–Jonathan Caswell
THE WAITING ROOM READ
Reading magazines whilst I waited,
Unusually recently dated…
Normally
They are two or three
Years since they were circulated!
–Jonathan Caswell
M*A*S*H-ED
His work partner often bashed
The faith folks had in the Bible…
With “logic” he would lash
Out with no chance of their survival.
–
The one sitting on the side
Didn’t dare interfere but in jest…
Sadly he’d sit and hide
As the other would sarcastically molest.
–
Remember the movie, M*A*S*H,
Where Hot Lips’ shower wall fell down…(?)
The man sitting on the side
Felt like the nurses sitting on the ground.
–
Perhaps each of them, too, had
Gone through the same demeaning…
With tired eyes they observed,
As Hot Lips off her lover was weaning.
–
The next thing we see is a tarp
Moving suspiciously out of a tent…
A man had started to “love”
Her and that’s how the movie went.
–
Some people can rarely stand up
To the ones who keep knocking down…
A price is paid for acceptance,
Overwhelming domination may drown.
–Jonathan Caswell
JEHOVAH JIREH JINGLING!
Recently wrote a Requiem,
For a dead and buried Friend…
Subsequent to that
Acted like a brat,
Sarcastic and angry to tend…!
–
Today while at a doctor visit,
A glimmer of hope exquisite…
My wife was told
Of a black one year old,
“Cuddle-bug” cat needing a new home–are we’s it?
–
Seeing a photo of the cat,
He’s cute and furry and all that….
Delivered with all his shots
Has a neutering been already got?
–
Perhaps by New Year’s Day
The kitty cat can come and stay…
Sooner won’t unravel
Our desire to travel,
He rides real good…so they say.
–
Another blessing came to light
This afternoon from nowhere in sight…
Di. got a phone call
So that it befalls,
To fix her special floor lamp (which didn’t work) just right!
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Praise God for His Bountiful Good
For His people, to be understood…
Accordingly grace
Proceeds apace,
From the sacrifice of Christ’s blood!
–Jonathan Caswell
By the Mighty Mumford 