The leaving of the land of my birth was an abrupt, overnight event. One day I was there, the next I was not. I spread my wings, in search of what every young man seeks. The return, many years later, was a slow, sporadic process, in fits and starts, as though a testing of theContinue reading “Homecoming”
Author Archives: Bud Pierce justplainbud
The Breakfast
Went to breakfast yesterdayNot too far, just down the wayAs I was seated in my boothThe server came, her name was RuthWith swaying hips and awesome legsShe asked me how I like my eggsI like them very much I saidBut I’ll have fruit instead of breadAnd even though I love it mostToo much carbs areContinue reading “The Breakfast”
Choices
Choices made so long agoOften tell the taleOf what a life has come to beWhich destinies prevailOf all the ones both good and badSuccess or grand mistakeThe choices I regret the most Are ones I did not make
Ode to a Self Driving Truck
A song with no tune, first came to me when a friend posted the accompanying meme on facebook. The lengths I’ll go to get a laugh know no limit. 🎵I kepper fulla diesel I washed ‘er ever’ day When I went in the Minimart She up an’ drove away🎵 She left me for a KenworthContinue reading “Ode to a Self Driving Truck”
Dreaming
I was dreaming And the parts that I recall Don’t tell me what the message was If there was one at all Buried in the shadows Deep inside my mind Images of days long gone Of things I left behind I was thinking But more in recent days About the possibility Of taking up oldContinue reading “Dreaming”
Things and Friends
Tools, toys, money, memories, experiences, loves, lives. Why do some people spend years, decades, accumulating things until there is room for no more, then dump it all, just to start over? Some people I know are purely interested in the acquisition, as though it’s a competition. One person in particular, from early childhood, would setContinue reading “Things and Friends”
On Friendship
I had my fiftieth high school reunion a while back. I still think on the faces, some with smiles, some with tears, but all happy to be together for what might possibly be the last time. There was a memorial table, with pictures and names, of the classmates that have gone ahead, wherever that is.Continue reading “On Friendship”
Grinchy Me
Thank you Dr. Seuss, for providing a simple way to define myself. Grinchy days behind me Grinchy days ahead Holidays don’t cheer me up It’s grumpiness instead I don’t know why I am like this A mystery to me It’s just the way I’ve always been As far as I can see That’s not toContinue reading “Grinchy Me”
Beauty and Friends
The way you find the beauty In everything you see Defines the way I think of you And what you mean to me
At the Park
Grasshoppers FlipfloppersBoys on four wheelsGirls on the sidewalkSome in high heelsMothers with babiesChildren with dogsDucks in the waterChasing green frogsSummer umbrellasOf yellow and blueA sunny day picnicTogether with you
