What a dork

"Why do you want to be a census taker?"
"Well, I have been a fan of the constitution
for a long time."

Show Offs

Do the conifers mind
the deciduous
shameless display
this time of year?
Do they mutter under
their breath
"You weren't looking
so good in February"

Women weeping on Loomis Street.

I asked if she was OK
and she said no.
I asked what the problem
was and after a long pause
she answered
"What would you do if your mother
died and your father abandoned
you in a group home?"
I tried to offer up positive
answers and options
but inside
I knew I would
probably be weeping
in the rain.

All nine holes.

Reporting in just
fine today. All doing
their jobs on
time and within
budget.

Bedford, hang on to your socks

Hydrant flushing tonight
between 8 and midnight.
Don't freak out
at the rusty water
in the toilet.

Cube mates ism's

"Mr. Happy...he's happy"
"How big do you think my teapot is?"
On seeing a shirt with an American Eagle on it -
"Is that a beer shirt?"
"Most people put data at the bottom of the pile,
not me, I put it at the top
right underneath reality."

Pretence

"I like that guy, he's nice."
"He is only pretending to be nice."
"Damn it, I guess I will have to pretend to
like him."

Sweet and the bitter

A beautiful spring Sunday
with family laughing and
smiling. A delightful saunter
walk in the cemetery
revisiting family that has
gone before us.
However to return home
to reunite with a loved one
stalked by a monster
who blows with the
inexorable north wind
of the bitterest winter day
and mocks us. How can we lift
ourselves to help?