Is it possible to purchase a best shirt
in a resale shop?
I looked at the tulips too late
to appreciate my four percent Dutch heritage.
Imagine the carnage
if autumn leaves fell like guillotines.
My surname is a place name
of a land I never visited.
Famous musicians should busk once a week
to keep in touch with people who can spare change.
Your tongue never cared for the taste
of a verb’s proper tense.
After so many years I realize my sense of home
is contained in being warm and dry with a full tummy.
My thirty-plus years writing poetry never made me famous
but flattened my ass from long hours in a chair.
copyright © 2022 Kenneth P. Gurney
Umflop 
My ass needs flattening. Sitting down too much made it big from lack of exercise. LOL
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“Flattened my ass from long hours in a chair.” Indeed, my friend. Indeed. But well worth the flattening 🙂
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