SEARCHING THE FILES

SEARCHING THE FILES

for an old poem

but there was no way

I could find one to suit the day

friend Tony

of

IWVPA fame

says my daily dribble of drivel

was his muse yesterday

these current ones

 are the spaces occupied

by my words and song

until a real poem comes along

I still use the Oxford dictionary

because the Microsoft spell checker

is kind of like a limp pecker

or a tone deaf canary

its bill paying day today

and a see how far I can stretch my pension

this month

housing charges, internet, phone, hydro, cable,

groceries, mailing charges,

and WAM  for my daily coffee

friends to see today

at

Word on the street

at the library

some reading and flogging

their books

I must resist their blandishments

before my collection

forces me into the street

haircut today

weather predicts a drizzle

but I can’t let my dreams for the day fizzle

I actually enjoyed

with many smiles

reading some of the oldies

while

searching the files.

JWL