Smart or Stupid?

Ever notice how some people, pets or other animals can be very clever or smart about some things?

The Rat wannabes have returned

But it seems that the mice now have learned

If they sniff at the trap

Their necks will go snap

So the bait I put out has been spurned.

And clueless or stupid about other matters?

They drop stuff behind everywhere

Are they dumb or just unaware?

It they cleaned up their scat

I might not know that

The mice had even been there.

Confessions

How am I feeling?  Fair to maudlin.

Because I have not jogged at all lately

And been spending my mornings sedately

My jogs were the times

I worked on my rhymes

My output has fallen off greatly.

Tuning fifty I was still cruising

Reaching sixty was a bit less amusing

The years slip on by

The numbers get high

And seventy was more of a bruising.

Trying to Catch Up

Traveling broadens your horizons.  Berkeley, CA, late morning, everyday between Christmas and New Years, men, women, students sitting outside various coffee shops talking and having coffee.  Looks enticing.  Back in Maine after New Years - No Freezing Way.

Men sitting outside drinking coffee

Conversation seems easy and free

Just shooting the breeze

Relaxed and at ease

I admit I regard them with envy.

Unfortunately it’s not just the weather, I think it’s me.

There’s so much that I’ve left unfinished

My task list is never diminished

I don’t have a clue

What I would do

With time and money to do as I wished.

To the New Year

I would like to wish everybody a happy holiday season, and a wonderful New Year.  I would like to end the year on a cheery note.  I would like to celebrate the lengthening days and a resurgence of hope.  But right now, I’m a bit under the weather.

My eyes are runny, my nose is red

I can scarcely breathe when prone in bed

This West Coast cold

Now six days old

Leaves an ache that was my head.