Thursday, November 29, 2012

The Hundred Dollar Dance

The Hundred Dollar Dance
at the
Montecito Country Club...

and I fall down
like a sack of rocks
on my back walk
and the ankle gets twisted
and
will
all
my money
be wasted?

What will i wear?
Will I be able to dance?
"Mother" would be
     so proud...

We will get a glimpse
into how
the other half
lives...
(of course, "they"...
will probably not
be there)
We will only get to see
where they would be
on some day
when the place isn't
rented out
to the
wanna bees...

I will have
a glass of wine
(I'm planning)
and then
all will be fine

will my swollen ankle
fit into its shoe?

I have some nice
pearls
I bought when that store
-was going out of business
-in the depths of the
      Great Recession

I'll wear those
nobody will know
(they were 60% off)

It will be worth it
(I hope)
just for the chance
      to dance
it will be like
a vacation
from my hum-drum life
and from the housework
I haven't
been
doing






Waiting For the END OF THE WORLD!!!!!

Waiting for the end of the World
     while living in the motor home 

--the thing that bugs me
     is the whining...

no place
to take a shower
     can I use yours?

I worked all my life
for this shower
two jobs
sometimes three
-years of doing nothing
     but paying for
The American Dream

Was I wrong?
The tiles have fallen
     in that shower
One can see boards
     and lathe and plaster
That one
     is not supposed
     to see

One's Victorian ancestors
would be aghast...

One's X said "HE"
     would fix it
-and so many
      other things-


And what will you do
     if the world does not End
on dec. 21, 2012?

Less than a month
     to decide

My house will
     still be old
and so will I

Many of my friends
say
what a relief it will be-

nothing more to worry about
by 2013

Waiting for the End of the World
It never was ours
anyway

when one watches
"scientific"
things on TV
It can be seen
that the next meteor
or super volcano
or sun storm
will render all our
machinations mute

maybe the motor home
makes more sense
     after all
than
the
30 year
mortgage

while waiting
for the end of the world

 








A Different Story

A Different Story 
(there and back again
and there again)

If it isn't
     one thing 
It's another 
     And then 
Another one 
     after that 

This must be 
     The Way 
It's supposed 
     to be- 
Because 
     it is... 

So I need 
     to quit 
whining about it 
"stay calm 
     and carry on"

This must have been 
     What He meant 
     When He said 
"Don't kick 
     against the pricks"

Bills come like 
     water 
Through the door 

Water falls 
     as rain- 
The latest bill 
     has to do 
     with keeping 
the water, the rain, 
     on the outside 
and not 
     the In...

-Even Hobbit holes 
     require maintenance 
     I suppose
Where is my Sam Gamgee 
When he's needed 
(cannot wait! until that movie 
gets here)

It takes a village 
     and a government 
To make 
     a really good 
     movie 
-With Elves-
(The good Elves 
     don't come cheap)

after all the
Plumbing Work 
and the 
Major Debt... 
---the kitchen sink stops up!
(excellent excuse to go out 
     to lunch)


This would not happen 
if Elves or Gandalf 
were 
involved

Magic wands 
     and Elfin ways 
must have 
     built in 
"magic plumber"
settings and sayings- 

Magic incantations 
     for drain opening 
and bill paying 
and dealing 
     with "muggles"...

-even if 
     that's 
     a different 
     story ...