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  • Words of Contention Are Flying

    Words of Contention Are Flying

    The debate rages on, as intense as ever, continuing down through the ages. 

    When fighting flies, do  traps perform better than rolled up newspaper pages?

    Traps, they come with instructions, the consumer must certainly read.

    However, there is no clause within, to which the fly himself must heed. 

    A scientist said, “This aversion flies have for traps, can be summed up as thus. 

    It’s because flies are from Mars, and Fly Traps are from Venus. 

  • One way or another . . .

    One way or another . . .

    The CEO for ACME Compass and Transit was in a mood most foul and dour. 

    He summoned to his office, the chief product officer, “Be here within the hour!” 

    Our competitors are offering products that have become in great demand. 

     It seems our product development team has its head buried in the sand. 

    We’ve been running in circles, lost as it were, its time for a course correction. 

    You’re fired,  you’re out, I’ve hired a new guy, we’re going in a new direction. 

  • A Cool Plan

    Create an emergency preparedness plan.

    Having an Emergency Preparedness Plan is prudent, practical and swell.

    For the moment in which we need it, is a moment we can’t foretell.

    My plan is a work in progress, a document that lives and breathes.

    It’s safely stored in the refrigerator, between the baklava and Cheddar cheese.

    Should disaster strike when I’m far from home and my plan remains safely there.

    I’ll not be concerned, I have the first step memorized: I fall to my knees in prayer.

  • Members needed . . .

    What profession do you admire most and why?

    The profession I admire most and let me tell you why.

    The well-rounded, just git’er done, universal, regular guy.

    He can tell a joke, modify a street car and trap a bison for live-release.

    He can repair most any broken thing by applying some elbow grease.

    This profession is on the wane, its membership is in decline. 

    Don’t worry , the group’s international president can fix the problem without even trying.

  • Members needed . . .

    Members needed . . .

    The profession I admire most and let me tell you why.

    The well-rounded, just git’er done, universal, ‘regular guy’.

    He can tell a joke, modify a street car and trap a bison for live-release.

    He can repair most any broken thing by applying some elbow grease.

    This profession is somewhat on the wane, its membership is in decline.

    But please no tears, the group’s international president can fix the problem without even trying.

  • If you don’t see me,                         get to know me

    If you don’t see me, get to know me

    I’m the guy:

    •   that’s there to observe
    •   not to be seen
    •   nary a word do I say

    In the group photo:

    • my face won’t appear
    • as if I wasn’t there that day

    About me I’d say:

    • Not handsome
    • not good looking
    • a bit haggard with unkempt hair

    Others might say:

    •   he’s a nondescript chap
    •   not one to mention
    •   not worth a human care 

    My mother would know me, she would say:

    • he’s a good lad for sure
    •   my joy, indeed

    The police commissioner would know me, he would say, 

    • he’s a scoundrel, 
    • a lowly hayseed. 

    I’m:

    • rather quiet
    • a bit aloof
    • akin to blend in
    • Not one to stand out in a crowd. 

    If there’s one thing you should know about me:

    • of me I am most proud

  • A bit more pressure . . .

    A bit more pressure . . .

    I’m an old chunk of coal, not much more than carbon.

    In the making for millions of years, no harm have I done. 

    Made of ancient swap vegetation, much energy do I possess. 

    It is humankind, not ancient fossils, that have created a modern mess. 

    My formation relies on a process that is tried and true. 

    When the process is finished, I become of use to you. 

    Today I am held liable for phenomina, like global warming, oh what a shame. 

    I’m not the cause, those who abuse me, they are the ones to blame. 

    You say that I’m inanimate, just hydrocarbon, an old chunk of coal.

    You fail to realize, I’m part of creation, without me the world is not whole. 

    Just as a body is no longer perfect when it looses one of its members. 

    So the earth suffers when I am reduced to ash, from once glowing embers. 

    I thrive and grow when I’m under extreme pressure. 

    The value I provide when fully formed is beyond measure.

    To you, mere mortals, don’t become too cocksure. 

    Your race will meet demise, but coal shall ever endure. 

  • It’s all about me

    How would you describe yourself to someone?

    I’m not originally from here, I was born out of state, my parents aren’t from here too.

    I am in good health, I’m a bit short for my weight, my favorite color is blue.

    I’m third in the birth order, I can write in cursive, I’ve had the measles, mumps and the flu.

    I do things when I get a round to it, my methods are tried and true.

    I have a younger brother, born after me, of sisters we have two.

    For me that’s about all there is, now tell me, what about you.

  • Got Change?

    What would you change about modern society?

    These times are marked by rapid technological advancement and globalization.

    A rise in secularism and a focus on the individual, rather than the nation.

    My recommendation to bring a change to modern society.

    Let us count our blessings and become purveyors of propriety.

  • Next Stop . . .

    What are your future travel plans?

    I’d like to visit Antarctica ‘cuz I hear the place is cool.

    Then it’s off to visit Africa, home of the world’s largest gene pool.

    I’d visit Mawsynram, India, which gets the greatest amount of rainfall.

    Off to Atacama Desert in northern Chile, that receives no rain at all.

    After all of this travel I am famished and I need a bit of a break.

    To The City of Brotherly Love, for the world’s best Philly Cheesesteak!