No!
You may not
crash at our house,
hang out with us,
sit by us,
or take my wife out
to lunch.
You had your shot.
I’m setting boundaries.
Do you hear?
No means NO!
I’m trying to be
a good and kind
Christian.
You’re making it
very difficult.
When your life is lived/
environmentally, each/
day is an Earth Day.
Decades passed since I/
cleaned the Milwaukee River./
This Earth Day, I plant.
Today my daughter texted me at about 4 p.m. to ask: “What does Grandpa always say about sunsets?”
(Answer: If you’re too busy to watch a sunset, you’re too busy!)
Ironically, later in the evening, I was outside working on finishing installing/repairing our new (to us) chicken coop. Suddenly, shortly after 8 p.m., I stood up and looked westward … and realized I’d missed most of the sunset. Weird that my daughter and I had JUST DISCUSSED that point … and I’d missed the lesson!
So I wrote this haiku:
Dont get too busy/
and forget to turn around
and watch the sunset.
Today I turned off/
the screaming guitar to hear/
morning birds instead.
To capture nature’s/
true beauty, you may need to /
kneel down in the weeds.
When you suspend disbelief
about who you are, then
you can come to believe
who you truly are.
Pre-made cookie dough,/
a drying Tannenbaum, she/
plays Yule songs. All’s right.
It might be time I/
stop guessing what gifts I should/
give. I’m not that good.
OR:
It might be time to/
stop guessing what gifts to give./
Seems I’m not that good.
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When you’ve blown someone/
away with a gift, it’s hard/
to ever repeat.
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Folks should know: When they’re/
not enthused getting gifts, the /
source dries up quickly.
When folks get drenched to/
their cores, their souls more eas’ly /
find paths to connect.