As we get older

to the pavement outside his home.He wanted to seehow many people would bend overto try to pick up the coin.He racked up a scoreof twenty people or moreuntil one bright spark came backwith a hammer and chiseland he got it up.

others might see it as a sin.PatienceMeans waiting for a key to a door,that holds treasures locked within.PatienceMeans despair at every corner,and rejections from left to right.So is patience,a virtue or a sin.I will let you decidewhich category it should fall in.

but you know itwhen it bites youbecause your head goes in a spinand leaves you never knowingwhere you’ve been.You go weak at the kneesand are putty in its hands.There is no preventionand no way to make a stand.For when the love bug bites youit really does it hardand sometimes leaves a scar.Invisible to the naked…

my temperature gauge began to rise.I turned up the heater full blastto cool the engine down a bit.My wife sat in the passenger seatroasting a little bit.She said she could smell something,probably just her cheesy feet.I could take my clothes off.I said no streaking today.You would scare the living daylightsout of all the drivers around…

for friends who may have gone away.Caring, a word with such expressionwhen times are hardthe out stretched willing helping hand.Caring a thing, we cannot always see,but it’s nice to knowthat there is always someone there.Caring something, we always needa cherished thoughtby someone, anyone who cares.4 October 1979

Someone said she could become a starWith the voice that was heaven sentShe looked up at the jewelled night skyWondering how far she could goThey offered a record contractAnd a bit part in a west end showShe could see herself singing around the worldPacking her bags off she wentShe appeared on TV, even made it…