by Bob Sparrow<\/p>\n
First and foremost, thank you Sis for last week\u2019s wonderfully written tribute that touched my heart.\u00a0 I feel so very fortunate that you are\u00a0not just family, you are\u00a0a true friend.<\/p>\n
Those who have lost someone very close know that for a period of time, the world just isn\u2019t quite right; days seem a little cloudier, the music is a little flat; things are just out of rhyme.\u00a0 Which, for someone tasked to put some topical, humorous rhymes together, is problematic. For example, reading the HEADLINES <\/strong><\/span>this week all I get is:<\/p>\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The word came in a \u2018Rush\u2019, when he called that girl a slut;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 He passed up a really good chance to keep his pie hole shut.<\/p>\n Ok, it\u2019s not out of rhyme, but it\u2019s not out of Shakespeare either.\u00a0 There\u2019s just no good stories about MONEY <\/strong><\/span>these days:<\/p>\n \u00a0\u00a0 They have nets around the top floors of the \u2018sweat shops\u2019 in China\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 To catch the workers when they jump, so they don\u2019t miss a day of work.<\/p>\n See, out of rhyme.\u00a0 SPORTS <\/strong><\/span>\u2013 you\u2019d think it would be easy with all that\u2019s going on.<\/p>\n Waiting for March Madness, waiting for Baseball, waiting for the Masters\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Waiting for Danica Patrick to beat the boys.<\/p>\n See, now I\u2019m writing about NASCAR, for crying out loud, ya\u2019ll.\u00a0 And LIFE<\/strong><\/span>?\u00a0 It sucks right now, but it will get better, and so will my rhymes.<\/p>\n So why not subscribe to Morning News In Verse<\/strong>\u00a0so it comes directly to your email \u2013 where you can delete\u00a0it without even opening it up.\u00a0 It\u2019s free.\u00a0 Two steps: A) fill in the white blank in the right hand column of this blog with your email address, and 2) go to your email and confirm the subscription.\u00a0 Instruction for the secret handshake will be forwarded as soon as your background clearance is complete.<\/p>\n Also we\u2019d really<\/em>\u00a0like to hear from you, so click on ‘comment’\u00a0and let us know what you\u2019re thinking.\u00a0 Or riddle me this: we get more hits, significantly more, when we write prose verses poetry, can you tell us why?\u00a0 Saying something like \u2018bad poetry\u2019 is perfectly acceptable.<\/p>\n Thank you to current and future subscribers for your support<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" by Bob Sparrow First and foremost, thank you Sis for last week\u2019s wonderfully written tribute that touched my heart.\u00a0 I feel so very fortunate that you are\u00a0not just family, you are\u00a0a true friend. Those who have lost someone very close … read more