Watching us go to

the jungle gyms of our minds

and have very little fun.

~

Mental gymnastics,

though they may keep our wits keen,

provide scant satisfaction.

Ahhh! Melodrama!

For some, it’s the “staff of life”,

for others it’s a cudgel.

~

The schtick of these sticks,

staff of life or cudgel, can

become a real show stopper.

Let’s pause and collect

these treasured moments in the

baskets of our minds.

~

Our minds, like baskets,

are most imperfect vessels

for such tiny precious things.

The boss’s day gift

was a large wooden mushroom.

Lurid office revelry.

~

For a high old time,

wood’s no good. Injest magic

mushrooms and watch your boss glow.

Sorry I got snagged

by my concerns and forgot

you have your own too.

~

Into every life

chaos comes, from time to time,

even to the rest of us.

Unpleasant changes

don’t get any easier

even when they’re “for the best”.

~

What we think will be

an unpleasant “best” can be

a change we come to value.

Any wise words to

share with other members of

the sandwich generation?

~

Ketotic diets

are highly recommended

for those stuck in the middle!

Cleaning up debris;

the new national pastime

surviving this storm season

~

We do what we can

to prepare and afterwards

we do what we must.

Not so long ago

I carried you in my arms.

Now you chauffeur me.

~

The bearer is borne

in the process of aging.

So goes the cycle of life.

Global Climate Change.

Can we weather this cyclone

of our own manufacture?

~

All the himicanes

in charge twist in denial

 of multiple winds of change.