We may be out of

school, but there’s a lot to learn

that can’t be shared on twitter.

~

But all the wisdom

we post here on the daily

fits easily in a tweet.

On a bell shaped curve

occupying both tail ends

is not a thing of pleasure.

~

No one likes where they

fall on such a curve. They think

it could always be better.

He looked everywhere

for happiness, thinking it 

was somewhere out there.

~

But it wasn’t found

in Kansas or Missouri;

it was in him all along.

Being a sandwich

means you’ll be, forever, squeezed

between two crusty slices.

~

If you’re a sandwich,

my metaphor-loving son,

you’re the squeezer and the squeezed.

                                                                                                           JDG

Peace of mind – how do

we find it in a world filled

with endless chatter?

~

Insist on silence.

Silent strolls through silent woods

with cell phones in silent mode.

My apologies

for the grimness yesterday;

it was the migraine talking.

~

With a migraine, you

still chose to join this noisy

bunch – that speaks volumes to me.

So, can we just say

a little bit of being

together goes a long way?

~

If we knew today

was the last we had to live

is this how we would spend it?

As the sun descends

after another long day,

shall we not embrace the dark?

~

Evening and night hold

a gentle offering of

sanctuary at day’s end.

Can you tell me what

sun says to morning dew that

sets her ashiver?

~

His protestations

of hot incandescent love

reduce her to steamy vapors.

Thanksgiving’s approach,

for the over-functioner,

means more work than giving thanks.

~

Under-functioners

give thanks for their existence –

makes their own much easier.