Sookie's Birthday Surprise

 . . . WHEN SOMEONE ASKS . . When someone asks "How are you?"  I can say "I have a cold" or "My back is stiff"...

 . . Poem I wrote: . . THE COST . . When they fight about money (And they fought all the time) It was always about money Every nickel and di...

 . . . I GET GLOWING  As an active meditation  I describe each thing I'm doing  In my mind, silently to myself But I precede it with ...

 . . . ADDICTED TO PENANCE He drank poison and nearly died It was not enough He burned his flesh and fried It was not enough He bled from de...

 . . . DOWN BY THE RIVER If the river was whiskey And you were a diving duck  You'd dive in the river And never would come up While I st...

 . . . DUST TO DUST I have abandoned altars Where once I worshipped devoutly But now those gods are dead Their shrines covered in dust The c...

 . . SQUANDERED - STEP ONE When should he give up? Raise his white flag in surrender When should he admit defeat? His best efforts have utte...