We need anything politically important rationed out like Pez: small, sweet, and coming out of a funny, plastic head.
Mary Wilson Little
There is no pleasure in having nothing to do; the fun is in having lots to do and not doing it.
Garrison Keillor
They say such nice things about people at their funerals that it makes me sad to realize that I’m going to miss mine by just a few days.
Henry J. Tillman
The saying “Getting there is half the fun” became obsolete with the advent of commercial airlines.
George Bernard Shaw (1856 – 1950)
Life does not cease to be funny when people die any more than it ceases to be serious when people laugh.
My Favorite Jeans
You’re my favorite pair of jeans.
The ones that fit in all those funny places
where the waistline USUALLY gaps in tunnel vision
of that flat spot on my lower back
And the thighs are USUALLY uncomfortably snug.
But you. You fit.
You meander over the curves in breezy style;
You don’t squeeze me awkwardly
Or expose my unsightly bulges.
You fit. You’re comfy.
Sure. There’s a hole in your pocket and some fraying at the hem,
And I’m torn because I want to wear you,
but if I do will I tear you?
and I don’t want to forget you
in my effort to protect you
by hanging you next to my prom dress
and purple buttoned shirt.
You’re my favorite pair of jeans,
so I guess I’ll continue wearing
your navy faded fabric
that fits me all just right.
I don’t want a brand new pair.
I want you. You fit.
(written by M. L. Jamieson)
Please do not use without permission of the author.
Mr. Harris
AIMEE MANN
So he’s retired
lives with his sister in a furnished flat
he’s got this suit that
he’ll never wear outside without a hat
his hair is white but he looks half his age
he looks like Jimmy Stewart in his younger days.
And honestly, I might be
stupid to think love is love
but I do
and you’ve waited so long and
I’ve waited long enough for you.
My mother’s calling
from where she’s living up in Troy, Vermont
she tries to tell me
a father figure must be what I want
I’ve always thought age makes no difference
am I the only one to whom that’s making sense?
And honestly, I might be
stupid to think love is love
but I do
and you’ve waited so long and
I’ve waited long enough for you.
The day I met him he was raking leaves
in his tiny yard.
Of course I know that
we’ve only got ten years, or twenty, left
but to be honest
I’m happy with whatever time we get
depending on which book you read
sometimes it takes a lifetime to get what you need.
And honestly, I might be
stupid to think love is love
but I do
and you’ve waited so long and
Near Me Always
JEWEL
Please dont say I love you, those words touch me much too deeply
And they make my core tremble
Dont think you realize the effect you have over me
And please dont look at me like that, it just makes me want to make you near me always
And please dont kiss me so sweet, it makes me crave a thousand kisses to follow
And please dont touch me like that, it makes every other embrace seem pale and shallow
And please dont come so close, it just makes me want to make you near me always
Please dont send me flowers, they only whisper the sweet things youd say
Dont try to understand me, your hands already know too much anyway
It just makes me want to make you near me always
And when you look in my eyes, please know my heart is in your hands
Its nothing that I understand, but when in your arms you have complete power over me
So be gentle if you please cause your hands are in my hair, but my heart is in your teeth, baby
And it makes me want to make you near me always
Your hands are in my hair, but my heart is in your teeth, baby
And it makes me want to make you near me always
I want to be near you always
I want to be near you always
I want to be near you always
