A Nod to Waylon & Jessi

Storms never last, do they, baby?
Bad times all pass with the wind.
Your hand in mine stills the thunder,
You make the sun want to shine.

Flawed and Fabulous

I'm looking at sixty in the rear-view mirror,
I drink milk right out of the carton.
Nonetheless, my dear,
I consider myself a bargain.

My new hip seems to work just fine
most of the time, and my dental work is paid for.
Got a few miles on this heart of mine,
but she's open and you'd adore her.

My hair is more salt than pepper these days,
And I don't have all original parts,
But I'm better than ever in most every way,
Except those annoying farts.

Still, I try to keep that at a minimum,
and I'm working real hard to control it.
Probiotics are helping, but then again,
there's always something - you just gotta roll with it.

I'm built more for comfort than for speed,
that train has left the station.
But this old engine's still got steam;
we're on track, we're just not racin'.

So when you wonder about us old girls,
we're yet among the living.
Should you desire to give us a whirl,
remember: we're not grateful,
we're just more forgiving.

Somewhere Around Here

I've got a sestina in my head,
and a sonnet in my pocket.
If I can just get them down,
they'll be the best I've written yet.

If I can remember that opening line,
and re-create the internal rhyme
I wrote on the back of my grocery list,
I'd be sitting pretty.

I know I've got a witty one-act
play in one of these notebooks,
or at least an outline.
Or maybe some dialogue I heard
on a train.
All the same...

Once I get it organized,
this lyrical bit, infused with wit,
I'll have something really good
to submit.
Somewhere.

One of These Days (Song)

A little country song that's not quite finished, but one of these days...

One of these days, you're gonna take me back.
One of these days, we'll be back on track.
One of these days, I'm gonna see you again.

I'll write that letter and apologize.
I can finally look you in the eyes.
One of these days, I'm gonna see you again.

Out of the blue, you'll post me a card,
tell me how your doin', and where you are.
One of these days, I'm gonna see you again.

Maybe someday, we'll try to anchor down
find some sweet little Midwest town.
One of these days, I'm gonna see you again.

One of these days, you'll take me back,
we'll get our love right back on track.
One of these days,
I'm gonna see you

again.