The Barn Wedding

Weddings on picturesque farms are hot. But rustic beauty comes with a price. Couples and guests must brave the elements and the animals: curious cattle, farm vermin, barnyard smells, and the occasional spitting llama.  WSJ

Those who insist they be wed

in agricultural shed

are only previewing

a life full of mooing

and chaff in their nuptial bed

Wholeness

A falling off of wholeness seems

to push me to complete extremes;

at times I'm merry and content,

at other points I'm crabbed and bent.

My days are embers, cooling fast;

God only knows how long they'll last.

To suck the sweetness from each one

I did what ev'ry fool has done --

Climbed on the tinsel carousel

and stormed romantic citadel;

pursued the wind to catch a breeze

and found that life is just a tease.

But though I felt I ought to cease

to count upon the Man of Peace,

when all my labors came to naught,

His love has my new wholeness wrought.

Berlin’s mayor tries to wean Germans off the H20 bottle

Public drinking fountains are surprisingly rare in Germany, a country that prides itself on environmentalism, innovation and universal access to basic necessities. But Müller and his colleagues hope to change that, setting an eco-friendly example for other German cities by adding 100 new fountains to the roughly 50 already in the Berlin capital.   WaPo

There was a young woman from Kiel

who shunned bottled water's appeal.

She drank from the curb,

which soon did disturb

her liver and lights at each meal.

 

A Tweet from Trump -- John Kerry is a Traitor!

John Kerry had illegal meetings with the very hostile Iranian Regime, which can only serve to undercut our great work to the detriment of the American people. He told them to wait out the Trump Administration! Was he registered under the Foreign Agents Registration Act? BAD! @realDonaldTrump

John Kerry is a traitor and should be hung up by his thumbs.

His sneaky dealings with Iran are making me take Tums!

When will our gallant people see that this bad Democrat

is treating their poor President worse than an old door mat?

A Tweet from Trump -- His great economic policy

The problem with banker Jamie Dimon running for President is that he doesn’t have the aptitude or “smarts” & is a poor public speaker & nervous mess - otherwise he is wonderful. I’ve made a lot of bankers, and others, look much smarter than they are with my great economic policy! @realDonaldTrump

My financial plans are so sound

that happiness soon will abound.

The poor will delight

when they see the sight

of rich folk majestically gowned.

discarded apples

discarded apples

on a pile of green pine boughs --

not yet mushy brown

Insignificance, or Confessions of a Crumb

Why should I feel convivial

that I am deeply trivial?

The only largeness to me traced

is likely my expanding waist.

Otherwise, my life is shrinking;

consequence is wishful thinking.

My days are marked by details small;

I'm in a microscopic thrall.

Should ramen noodles be my lunch?

(God doesn't care, I have a hunch.)

Small things may lead to great in some;

but me, I guess I'll stay a crumb. 

the weary darkness

the weary darkness

fights the street light a bit more

before giving up

failing summer

becoming undressed

in the blue morning breezes

of failing summer

Utah governor and Utah, schools superintendent issue plea to former teachers: Come back

According to Dickson, there are about 30,000 Utahns who have teaching credentials who are currently not in the classroom.  Deseret News.

You want me back to teach those kids?

You must have really flipped your lids!

I will not teach again, no way.

It isn't just about the pay,

but rather that the kids are glued

to their text-ridden cyber mood.

Plus why should I patrol the school

to keep those brats from vaping Juul?

Working in the private sector

compared to yours is truly nectar.