Reality Check
I’m withdrawing from the argument. I have no more opinions.
I abstain from giving voice to what I think to my few minions.
Thoughts fly swift and easy lately on the internet.
They are so filled with hate. How much more rancorous could they get?
Our fearful hateful leader might hem and haw and hem,
but the problem with such enemies is, they turn us into them!
My grass is fresh and verdant. Fresh flowers bloom every day.
I’ll watch them from my hammock and put politics away.
From the troubles of the world, I need a short vacation.
My back yard is so lovely, and nature an education
to stop and rest and notice all the pleasures of this life.
We need to take in all of it, not just the pain and strife.
I contemplate the garden, suspended in my nest.
Morrie jumps up to join me—an uninvited guest.
Suspended in my private world, I find no rancor there.
Just mariposas fluttering, suspended in the air
above the tabachine blossoms—a sort of meditation
better for my blood pressure than any medication.
I fall asleep and doze for hours. Awakening from my nap,
I try to rise and gently spill the small dog from my lap.
It’s feeding time for animals. I go to find the cats.
They swarm around my ankles, both for sustenance and pats.
It’s when I find the hummingbird they’ve left me like a treasure
that I’m reminded that all nature is a blend of pain and pleasure.
The prompt words today were abstain, verdant and swift. Here are the links:
https://fivedotoh.com/2018/09/15/fowc-with-fandango-abstain/
https://wo/rdofthedaychallenge.wordpress.com/2018/09/15/verdant/
https://dailyaddictions542855004.wordpress.com/2018/09/09/daily-addictions-2018-week-36/swift
lifelessons - a blog by Judy Dykstra-Brown 
An amusing poem about the vagaries of nature — the animals brought you the best gift they could think of!
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Today the dogs brought me a possum!!! The men painting my house disposed of the poor thing for me.
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Ick! I’m glad there were other people around to dispose of the possum for you! I hope you thanked the dogs profusely while you told them not to bring you more possums!
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Well, I did four weeks ago when they brought me the last one!
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Oh, dear — did they get the wrong message?
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No, I think they taught me the right one..Life depends on violence at all levels..Sad but true. All we can do is to try to choose a more peaceful way.
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As your poem says, “life is a blend of pain and pleasure”! That’s an interesting take on the gift from your dogs!
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My dogs are not killers. I know this because I have two Scottish Terriers and a PLAGUE of mice and they haven’t bothered to kill even one lousy mouse. My other terriers used to pile them up like logs by my feet, but these guys? All they want are biscuits. Some terriers!
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Want me to send you a cat or two?
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