graphics on the 9 of hearts

LUCILLE BALL and Brenda Starr

Bloody Mary, steak tartar

Little kid’s Rad-i-o Flyer

colored cheeks, I caught you liar

Baseball sox at Fenway Park

Letter F, a failing mark

Shiny fire engine fender

eyes after a three-day bender

Wedded raji’s forehead dot

Herring in a mystery plot

Apple orchard’s ripened crop

octagonal sign to stop

ketchup on some CORNED BEEF HASH

negative amount of cash

CRESCENT CITY’S tall tree forest

Ruby, clown nose, Santa got dressed

Ripe tomato stripe on flag

her monthly discarded rag.

whoa, 20 lines, gotta stop! fun…

There may be one there may be ten they’ll always fail the test

From Cinicinatti to New York the journey is the best

And though one’s owned by Clint Eastwood I’m really not impressed

And even if I’m titled like a knight who bears a crest

Or eat my breakfast porridge sprayed with lemon for the zest

One thing I’ll say and more than once and never, never lest

This canine really is most definitely an awful kind of pest

But, I couldn’t take a bite.

If I live to be one hundred

I won’t forget that fateful night.

Tom and Katie came to visit

(Not the Cruises, but the Means.)

They drove from Cucamonga

With their Schnauzer, Mister Beans

Geeze, that Beansy was a yapper!

He made an awful noise

That riled my own sweet poochie

As Beans chewed and strew his toys.

Tom asked if my dog was O.K.

The Pit Bull seemed quite mad.

I said, “Relax, I’ll eat my dog

If he hurts…No, Donuts! BAD!!!!

Enter the contest: “OPEN TO ALL”

“Win a date with your favorite leading man”

I filled out my entry and tossed it in the can

My 1st choice had been an evening with George Clooney

But much to my surprise, I won a date with…Andy Rooney!

Every time I think of what we did in Corpus Cristie

My eyes begin to water and I get all kinda misty!

Instead of having breakfast with a man that gave me fever

I found myself across from one who looked like a retriever!

While I was fantasizing getting loony with George Clooney

I wound up eating oatmeal with Mr. Andy Rooney!!!

I saw it with my own eyes

You have to believe

I don’t make up lies

I saw Brad Pitt

Eating toast in Charlotte

While his wife Angelina

Was acting like a harlot

They went on a walk

With a cute Chihuahua

And talked about their trip

To Mexico’s Tijuana