Bring Home the Bacon Why did bacon end up representing cash?It seems like an example of pure balderdashYet once in a while pig are allowedTo amuse a raucous, carnival crowd When County Fairs have a …

Abibliophobia (fear of running out of things to read) The library is closed and my Kindle’s on the fritz.Without reading material I’m in the pits.I dread not having magazines or booksReading, has me in its hooks

So You Have a Teenager Whatever You Want Me to Do I’m Against It I’ll have none of the advice you impart It comes from hubris not the heart You merely want to win I …

The Tale of a Scale(the easiest way to lose weight) The following taleAbout a fifteen-year-old scaleI thought was reliableAnd my weight undeniableBecause it was old, I was advisedTo purchase one that’s digitizedI did, then to …

I Don’t Understand  How is it possible to not construe? All souls are another you Telling lies Fostering Ukraine’s demise Hiding facts Causing acts Without provocation Strip a nation Of serenity A complete obscenity To …

What’s a Hero? Jackie Robinson, Amelia Earhart, Abe Lincoln And Martin Luther King, what were they thinkin’ ? Heroes all for different reasons Disparate generations and different seasons While what they did was diverse, the …

Pteronophobia Fear of being tickled by feathersWoe is me I’m burdened with an anxietyThat’s not at all common in any societyIts verbal representation is a strange sounding wordIt’s pteronophobia, the fear of being ticked by …

A Grandparent’s Advantage It’s okay if you spoil them, it’s not every dayMany, grandkids live quite a distance awayLike the yearly overly sweet birthday cakeBeing occasionally spoiled will not makeMonsters who expect to be givenThe …

Cacophony Not all things pleasing are observedAcoustical harmony is well deservedAsk any audiologist about cacophonyThey’ll say it’s nearly a human pathologyLike Cuba’s mysterious sonic soundsAkin to unleashing avenging hounds You can close your eyes but not …