Day 35 of The Year Apart (and Sometimes Not)
The boys are back in action! Davis suggested a poem:
"Today's Challenge:
Write a six couplet poem about your day."
Davis wrote this piece:
"An Evening’s Couplets (March 12, 2018)"
I woke up to blowers of leaves and things, a bit peeved and blinking and dry
Took a shower so cold, it left me brazen and bold, facing forward determined and spry
A cortado “for here,” a quick glance at the news, to a meeting, I finally went
With some voice over guys (both warm, funny, and kind), that I hoped, for me, might represent
We drove up to Jasper, pretty much just right after, to see grandmama and grandpappy,
He teetered, she choked, but they laughed when they spoke, very old and yet still very happy
We stumbled through the lines and songs and try to stay on script
The writers come tomorrow and we are scared, but well-equipped
Rehearsal flies like time with wings, despite the songs of praise
The Spanish gospels sung off-key, an intoxicated craze
A day like this deserves reflection, so, at last, we do regroup
While Leeann cooks pasta around 11, and I sit and sip my soup
The bed calls out, and we pray to answer, if not now, then certainly soon
For our eyes are weary and we’ll sleep, in theory, quite well under crescent moon
Charles wrote this piece:
"March Couplets"
Roused reluctantly from a night’s sleep
Drove to work in the forest green Jeep
Worked the day with an unconscious dunce
And somehow failed to thank my lucky stars even once
Took deep breaths in the Hamakua wide open
Clipped ‘em in, zipped ‘em and stayed mostly soft-spoken
Took solace in the stories of a hillbilly named Vance
Recognized my L(if)e had begun with one hell of a chance
Went to the h(om)e of a family most endearing
laughed and loved over plenty of dear meet
Learned all the ways that we grow before birth
Took a deep breath, became on with the E(art)h