Parody ZOT of Free Republic

[EsmeraldaA]

Most definitely!

You were not aware of this?

Curious.....

[Irish_Thatcherite]

No, what am I begging for?

[NicknamedBob]

The Last Goodbyes

Every time you say Goodbye, it is a last Goodbye,
And sometimes, it becomes a Last, without a hint of why.
I said Goodbye, some years ago, to a little girl of ten,
Just heard the news report today. I won’t see her again.

It never should have happened. That much is always clear,
But accidents and tragedies have no respect for time of year.
In Springtime, when the budding life is bursting out like song,
The loss of one so full of hope just makes the world seem wrong.

One never does expect it. Surprise is no surprise.
The Reaper dressed in party clothes is in a poor disguise.
Still I recall the time that I was last to see her leave,
I don’t think it occurred to me I’d be the one who’d grieve.

We said Goodbye. It lasted long. A lifetime I suppose,
She should have gone about her life, for that is how it goes.
I wither and diminish. She flourishes and thrives.
But age is not the only thing that puts an end to lives.

Please take these notes in sadness, from lessons I have learned,
When you say Goodbye please make it Good, and make the Last one earned.
Like Jefferson and Adams, each stricken to his bed,
Yet each was sure the other lived, on a day that each was dead.

Our Goodbyes have a purpose, they hold a memory,
A flash of frozen joyfulness, in case of tragedy.
Please make the most of them, and “photograph” the smile,
And hold that hug, or handshake. It has to Last a while.

NicknamedBob . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . May 16, 2005

[NicknamedBob]

"I think he plays dominoes!!"

I know He plays billiards.

By the way, He's Good.

[Irish_Thatcherite]

Excellent.

[Irish_Thatcherite]

I know He is!

[HKMk23]

>> I know He plays billiards.

Snooker. Undefeated. Just ask "Old Scratch".

[EsmeraldaA]

You were begging for a glimpse of the' method acting ball' of course!!!

[Irish_Thatcherite]

It was an aspiration, not a necessity!!

[NicknamedBob]

If respiration consists of inspiration and expiration, what the heck is aspiration?

And is it something you should be doing in polite company?

[EsmeraldaA]

Sometimes showing up with role models in tow IS a necessity!

[Irish_Thatcherite]

Not now, I'm using my brain power on the IQ test HKMk23 provided.....

[Monkey Face]

I would love to have you for a doctor!

Even when we "expect" death, it's always a shock. I don't deal with it like most people because I have seen so much of it. I lost my best friend when we were 14. She had a seizure and fell into some water and had a coronary. But she was only the first of many, and I'm still unprepared.

Your poem said it quite accurately, Bob.

[Irish_Thatcherite]

A ball is a role model - I'm aiming for the stars!!

[Kindly Old Doc Tsu]

thank you

[Alice au Wonderland]

Oh, Mama. I'm so sorry. Are you and your patient okay?

[Kindly Old Doc Tsu]

a ball is a roll model

[tuliptree76]

My IQ isn't great.

[EsmeraldaA]

You want an explanation for your aspiration to excel and exhale.......mmmmm....not in the mood.

[Alice au Wonderland]

I have returned.

At some point, I will take a shower, but not right now.

Tulip and KODT: I hope that you feel much better soon.

'Face: Hot Toddy's either work or get you so snookered that you feel wonderful despite the gallopping epizootis.

NnB and DC: Do you have an eta on the balls yet? *heavy breathing*