numb thumb
NUMB THUMB Little Jill Joiner sat in a corner playing her screen real keen. She wiggled her thumb until it was numb, and said, ”What a swift girlie am I”. Leroy Erzinger August 6, 1998
Humor
negotiating the night
NEGOTIATING THE NIGHT When I was young on the Missouri farm I must have had cat eyes. When we blew out the kerosene lamp it was feel your way dark. Unless the moon was shining through the windows. Now I navigate the house at night by the lights on the electronic equipment. Don’t want to …
devalued / inflation
DEVALUED / INFLATION Used to be a penny found made a kids day, lollipop at least. Nobody bends to pick a penny anymore. It must be at least a quarter to make it worth the stoop and scoop. Leroy Erzinger 9/28/01
wrong tree
WRONG TREE In the garden of Eden everything was for eaten, except the tree of Knowledge and the tree of Life. The Devil knew he would win and get them to sin, if he got them to take a bite. He only stirred up strife and created a miserable life, because he went to the …
dispair
DESPAIR When you reach the bottom of the bottom Of the bottom of the barrel. And it seems that life Is in desperate peril. When there ain’t no where To scrape a crumb. Then you take the barrel And make a drum. Then beat the darn thing Till kingdom come. Beat it so hard You …
listen and heed
LISTEN AND HEED Listen to your wife. Do what she says when it makes sense. Listen to God. Do as He says when life doesn’t make sense. Listen to your parents. Never do what they say until you are 21 and they make sense. Leroy Erzinger 12/19/07 Woke from dream with this full blown. Think …
delete
DELETE You can trash e-mail messages without adding to the landfill. Leroy Erzinger 10/11/05
heat indexes
HEAT INDEXES Warm as a bundled bunny in a baby buggy. Cool as a crock of kraut in Carlsbad Cavern. Cold as tear trails atop Mount Everest Hot as a branding bar on a bawling bull. Leroy Erzinger March 16-July 4, 1998
over done
OVER DONE It’s all about the paper work to justify the government and lawyers existence. They pile rules upon rules to regulate the regulations. The Constitution, Ten Commandments, yes and no are simple. Perpetual pages of proposed positions won’t change them. They only radically raise the cost with very little effect on quality. An old …
perpetual resurrection
PERPETUAL RESURRECTION Yo ho ho Christmas joy Santa deflated out by the tree. Turn on the lights turn on the air he rises up for all to see. Leroy Erzinger 12/15/02