Renovations

 

I just got a dye-job on my hair - erasing years.

Hadn't realized how ancient graying hair appears.

Problem is that, once you start, it's kinda tough to quit...

When gray roots start growing back, it's gonna look like shit.

I don't tend to bother with appearances that much;

Don't wear make-up, jewelry, accessories, and such...

But we're going to a wedding with a "hipper" crowd

For my sister's daughter... She said, "frumpy's not allowed."

So, I'm getting all dolled up...  I even did my toes.

Went out shopping with my Mom and bought some sexy clothes.

Don't think I can keep this up 'cause it's a lot of work.

Frumpy is much easier and I'm a lazy jerk.

Taking a Knee

 

Football players take a knee to demonstrate concern;

Waiting, praying for an injured player 'til they learn

If the guy will be okay or if he's badly hurt

While he's lying there in pain and writhing in the dirt.

They don't kneel in disrespect...  The opposite is true.

Now they're worried for our body politic (Me, too!)

With a sitting President who's chosen to attack

Free speech from a former San Fransisco quarterback.

I know there are people who will not agree, and yet

Even Robert Kraft, who is as pro-Trump as you get,

Said he's "deeply disappointed" by the Donald's "tone..."

Judging by the NFL's response, Kraft's not alone.

I served in the military 30 years ago

And don't find it disrespectful when the players show

Their concern in peaceful protest when they take a knee.

Why that should insult our troops or flag's a mystery.

Dear Mrs. May... US, Too

(Photo courtesy of ABC News', This Week with George Stephanopoulos)

As United Nations leaders gather in New York,

I sure wish our President would learn to put a cork

In it, because any time that he shoots off a tweet

He steps into - yet another - scandal with both feet.

I watched poor Theresa May, the Brits' Prime Minister,

Asked what her reaction to the Donald's comments were

As she stiffened up her lip, kept calm and carried on,

And, politely, said it wasn't helpful of the Don.

She (like all our allies) is unsure of what comes next...

Will Trump start a war with North Korea via text?

Are we in or out of Paris?  What's Trump gonna do?

Join the group Theresa...  We're all wondering that, too.

Castle Rock in Chelmsford?

I had yet to hear the news and so it was a shock

When location scouting agents stumbled on my block.

They were looking here and in some other neighborhoods;

Said they were from Warner Brothers and they liked our woods.

They are shooting Castle Rock - a Hulu TV show -

Based on books by Stephen King.  But, now I wanna know

What is it the scouting agent saw that made her think

Our woods would be suitable?  Now I'm afraid to blink.

Did she see a rabid Saint Bernard or scary clown?

Are there monsters roaming through my quiet, little town?

It's a little disconcerting when somebody looks

At your house and thinks it's like something from Stephen's books.

Do The Math

 

How is it, as millions try to flee from Irma's path,

Climate science's deniers still can't do the math?

This is what the scientists predicted coming true.

Ocean's gotten warmer; now the bill is coming due.

Storms that only happen every thousand years or so

Hitting the United States for two weeks in a row?

Catastrophic floods in Houston; Florida's up next.

It seems evident to me that Mother Nature's vexed.

If our prayers aren't answered - if the hurricane won't turn -

I hope Mar-a-Lago floods.  Then, maybe, Trump will learn

It's not just the "little people" global warming hurts,

Businessmen like him are also gonna lose their shirts.

You May Say I'm A Dreamer...

 

Dreamers got a rude awakening from Donald Trump;

He kept campaign promises he made while on the stump.

He's eliminating DACA which protects a kid

Who was not responsible for what their parents did.

95% of them, in college or employed,

Will not have the luxury they formerly enjoyed

Of not fearing deportation from the only place

They have ever known.  This is a national disgrace.

Like a deer caught in the headlights, Dreamers registered.

ICE knows where to find them now that action's not deferred.

I guess when the President said he would show some heart

He meant that he'd give Dreamers a six month running start.

Move-In Day - Part 6

(I believe it's "Freshmen.")

Youngest son is back at school and he'll be sorely missed.

This year, though, I didn't get my panties in a twist.

Didn't weep on move-in day...  Just helped him make his bed,

Put away his clothes and took him out to lunch, instead.

Gave the standard "Carpe' diem" speech and then we left.

This is our 6th move-in day and so we've gotten deft

At the process.  We were in and out in half a day;

Only got a little "misty" when we drove away.

Mostly, I'm just happy for him. This will be his year.

All he has to do is focus (and lay off the beer.)

We have known forever that our youngest son is great.

Now he has to prove it to the folks at Worcester State.