Is there a point where you suddenly realize that you have dementia but as you start to think about how this condition will influence your future you quickly forget about it?
Thought for the day
Author: Ian Hunter
I retired from the energy business in 2014 and started writing poetry. At first I shared my writing with family and friends. Then I set myself a challenge to write a poem every day for a year. After meeting that goal I just kept going and started this blog in 2021. I hope you enjoy reading my poems. Remember happiness is just a state of mind and poetry is great nourishment.
Roaming past restaurants
Roaming past restaurants
Whiff a waffle
Hint of a hot dog
Smell a samosa
Pursuing a pepper
Aroma of an Apple
Flavor of flounder
Memory of a macaroni
Explosion of eggs
Linger of linguini
Scent of sushi
Trailing a tagliateli
Imagining an Iceberg lettuce
Ignoring an ice cream
Following a flounder
Relishing a radish
Loving a lemon
Meeting a melon
Observing an onion
Pursuing a persimmon
Quality controlling a kumquat
Dribbling over a dinner
Salivating over an sausage
Running away from a roast dinner
Crawling to a crawfish
Smiling at a salmon
Tickling a trout
Cheating on a carrot
Diving into a dead fish
food musings
as I awaken
my wife makin
eggs and bacon
fried not shaken
got the munchies
crackers and cheese
with flavor guarantees
oh yes please
curry and rice
oh so nice
full of spice
eat it twice
by all means
rice and beans
better than sardines
full of proteins
a software engineer
constantly drank beer
made him queer
ruined his career
fish and chips
lick your lips
and your fingertips
watching an eclipse
had a hunch
time to munch
soon be lunch
crispy salad crunch
hey come back
got a snack
in my backpack
its a sixpack
hi there mister
saw your sister
selling moonshine liquor
getting rich quicker
with enormous conceit
eat grilled meat
drink scotch neat
life now complete
Easy Money
Looking for some easy money
Get rich quick secrets
Without the hard work
Lots of options on the internet
Looking for some easy money
Get paid to answer online surveys
You can earn thousands
I clicked on a link
Registered with all my personal data
The first survey took twenty minutes
And I earned a total of $.10
With a full week of this I could earn maybe $12
My first million will only take 1,602 years
Looking for some easy money
Lets try another way
Get paid for playing solitaire online
Seems like easy money but wait
You have to pay to play first
You only get paid if you win
Lets give that one a miss
Looking for some easy money
Lots of experts promising wealth
They make you watch really long videos
Full of testimonials and huge earning statements
Its seems to good to be true
Then they want you to buy their book
Or pay for online seminars
Moving on quickly
Looking for some easy money
I just got a text with a job offer
Work from home 2 hrs a day
Earn $5,000 a month!
I finally hit the jackpot
Looking for some easy money
I Googled the name of the company
Oh dear its all a big scam
You download an App to get started
Then you pay them for the premium level
Immediately they disappear without paying you
Stopped looking for some easy money
What’s on your plate today
dieting is no fun
denying yourself tasty food
eating leaves and cardboard
counting calories and carbs
dining out is pure torture
reading the menu is so hard
firing up your tastebuds
before you order a boring salad
dressing on the side please
no cheese please
I’ll just have water thanks
how many carbs in a carrot
the scales become your enemy
trying everything to beat them
pre weighing toenail trim
and a skin scrub shower
step on scales slowly
hoping the numbers drop
only to see the naked truth
you are up a pound
back into cardio routine
drinking gallons of water
not looking at the wine bottles
avoiding cookie jar eye contact
you need a distraction
watch a movie on TV
but then there are commercials
delicious foods fill the screen
lots of dieting coaches
telling you to try this and that
you discover a new dieting mantra
if it tastes good……. spit it out
Spending time
Today is a gift of time for you to spend continuously.
You are free to spend it wisely, spend your time with others or just go on a crazy wild all day self indulgent spending spree.
There is however no bank for you to deposit today’s time for the future, every passing moment must be spent but remember there are no returns or refunds allowed for bad choices.
At the end of the day take a few moments to reflect on the value of your purchases and think about how you might spend your gift of time tomorrow.
Just pop them pills from the TV and be happy
TV commercials for prescription drugs
In a country ravaged by illegal drug abuse
Its fine to get your legal fix
Be it antidepressants or pain relief
There will be a commercial for you
Smiling faces and happy pop music
Enticing you to ask your doctor to prescribe
Whispering the obligatory side effect warnings
The latest trend is weight loss drugs
Developed for treating diabetics
Now craved by rich healthy overweight people
Unwilling to diet and exercise
Just buy the magic drug to curb your appetite
Watch the weight just fall off
See your bank balance dwindle away
Ignore the side effect warnings of possible death
Who cares, at least you will die thin
Grove Towers
Grove Towers
Iconic building
In Coconut Grove
Popular area of Miami
Built the 1980’s
During the cocaine wars
Immortalized on video
By George Michael
Singing Careless Whispers
We discovered you in 2018
Fell in love with your design
Became friends with the residents
Stayed with you through Covid
We masked and basked
Watched your 40 year renovation
Listened to the noisy concrete repairs
Felt the vibration of the jack hammers
Thankfully its all over now
Re-emerging from the chrysalis
Of a full makeover
Now rebuilt and looking fabulous
Watching over Biscayne Bay
Parks and bays trails abound
A short walk to the Grove
Standing proud
Grove towers
The vigilante
I grew up in the hood
Watching folks do no good
Crime offered to me on a plate
But I always stayed straight
I hit hard
I hit hard
I never did drugs
That just for mugs
Surrounded by insanity
I searched for some humanity
I hit hard
I hit hard
I discovered how to guarantee
I became the local vigilante
When witnessing criminal activity
I use my personal creativity
I hit hard
I hit hard
Making a citizens arrest
In this wild wild west
Only ever one outcome
Detained until the cops come
I hit hard
I hit hard
The criminals eventually moved on
Nothing more to be done
They had preyed on the weak
Until they witnessed my technique
I hit hard
I hit hard
Now our hood is happy and clean
Its a great live music scene
People dancing in the street
A great place to chill and meet
I hit hard
I hit hard
The mourning mourning Dove
A mourning dove sat on the railing
Soft cooing sounds filled the air
A second mourning dove arrived
More soft cooing
They watched the sunrise together
More soft cooing
They both flew off to find food
The railing looked empty
They returned a while later
Contented cooing sounds
Happy mourning doves
More soft cooing
One of them flew off
The other stayed on the railing
Sad lonely cooing sounds
Solitary mourning dove
His mate never returned
She had been taken by a hawk
He stopped cooing
Lonely mourning dove in mourning
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