
A Funny Story

ANOTHER NO CREMATION VOTE
Never appearing in a Shakespeare play alas
yet not wanting to give up
the outside chance
of the Yorick role
A POET WALKS INTO A BAR
Have you seen my horse
No
Any priests, Irishmen or rabbis
No
How about a Black Russian
PLAYING OLD 78s AT THE NURSING HOME
Aunt Myrtle
skips a groove from time to time
The needle, still diamond sharp
plays 1952 for a round or two
Then the niceness of the people here
grandpa’s bad temper, and the size
of the long kitchen at the farm
The sweetness of her husband
sometimes here and sometimes gone
and where is he now?
Reminded that he died some years ago
with quick humor still intact, replies
That would explain why he never comes to visit
The “Lure of the Limerick” book’s at my side
The one I’d sought far and wide
I was sad to discover
Some dirt on the cover
And happily much more inside
REMEMBERING THE
Architects of Texas
are often charged with the task
of adding a little southern charm
to an eastern chain’s boxlike plan
So
that is
why you’ll see
Spanish Mission touches
on the top and corners of the
new hotel out on Airport Road
Holiday Inn Alamoed