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Monday, November 1, 2021

Grandma Hearing

 


For years, poor Grandma’s hearing had been slowly growing worse,

T'was steadily much tougher for her loved ones to converse,

And so she got a hearing aid to stop her daily strife,

Was told: ‘With perfect hearing, she’d a whole new lease on life!’

 

A few weeks later, back she popped for further tests and such,

Her doctor asked if life had changed. She told him, “Not that much.”

“The hearing aid you chose is number one,” he said. “First-rate!”

“Your family must be pleased, now that your hearing’s gotten great!”

 

But Grandma merely smiled. “I’ve yet to tell them anything.”

“I sit around and listen to the chats of my offspring.”

“They don’t know I can hear their many sordid gripes and crimes,

“But I can tell you, doctor, dear, I’ve changed my will three times!”

Photo Credit: Karen of bakinginatornado.com
Cause Mondays do get knocked a lot,
With poetry, we all besought
To try to make the week begin
With gentle thoughts,
Perhaps a grin?
So KarenCharlotteMimi, me
Have crafted poems for you to see.
And now you’ve read what we have wrought…
Did we help?
Or did we not?

Next week we promise will be fun,
Cause our topic will be PUNS!







Thinking of joining us for Poetry Monday?
We'd love to welcome you!
Topics for the next few weeks...

New Lease (November 1) Today!
Puns (November 8) 
Clean Out Your Refrigerator (November 15) 
Your favorite record (or) best stereo or record player ever (November 22)

Chia Pets (November 29)
Hanukkah/Holidays (December 6)
Ice Cream (December 13)
Music (December 20)
Fruitcake (December 27)
Sleep (January 3)

10 comments:

  1. Ha, the double edged sword of hearing what your family is actually saying!

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  2. Ha, good one! I'm writing this down for the future....

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  3. Hehe, brain not faltering, only hearing. Go go granny!

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  4. Love this! Reminds me of when I worked in the dorm office. I don't look like I speak Spanish so all the international Hispanic students assumed I didn't. I learned a lot.

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  5. Heeheehee! You go, Granny.

    If you are looking again for future topics, Jan. 10 is Peculiar People Day. Jan. 17 is Ditch Your New Year's Resolutions Day, because by that date, most people have.

    Then Jan. 24 is Opposite Day, and Jan. 31 is Typo Day, a day to celebrate the mistakes that are often so funny, especially when autocorrect is involved.

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  6. That's so cute. You have to watch those grannies.

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  7. Granny! I feel like I would've made a fun one, too!

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  8. Lol. Love it. My mother wouldn't turn it up loud enough and would accuse others of talking about her because she thought they were "whispering behind her back."

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