Yo-yo

 “I’m here to buy a horse,” Jim said. “A horse that likes to run.”

“So point out one you think I’d like and let us start the fun!”

The rancher scratched his head, “I think it’s Yo-yo I will sell.”

“He’s faster than the others and he listens very well.”

The deal was struck, the money paid, but just before Jim mounted,

The rancher said, “There’s one thing more that cannot be discounted.”

“This Yo-yo, he is great to ride—to stop, you say ‘Hey! Hey!’”

But say the words, ‘Thank God’ to get him started on his way.”

Jim nodded quick. Too eager now to note the rancher’s word,

Then scrambled up and soon forgot the things that he had heard.

Away across the fields they went and Jim was soon a-grin,

This horse was fast! Jim made a deal when he’d selected him!

But then, across the prairie, there appeared a chasm deep,

No worries, they would simply stop. No landing in a heap!

“Whoa!” said Jim, and pulled the reins. But Yo-yo wouldn’t mind,

“Yo-yo stop!” he yelled again, (then said a word less kind!)

Ol’ Yo-yo ran the faster. Poor Jim soon was filled with dread,

And he began to rack his brain for what the rancher’d said,

What were the words that stopped the horse? Jim simply didn’t know,

Then all at once, it came to him. “Hey! Hey!” The horse did slow!

Just a mere foot from the edge, he froze like a cadet,

And Jim, he sat there in the saddle, scared and soaked with sweat,

But grateful he’d remembered those two crucial words, ‘Hey! Hey!’,

And vowed he’d ne’er forget them to the very end of days,

He breathed a largish sigh and, grateful that he wasn’t dead,

Looked up into the heavens and, “Thank God!” our Jimmy said.

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 Karen, Charlotte, Mimi, 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, our talents you'll decide

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Topics for the next few weeks (with a huge thank-you to Mimi, who comes up with so many of them!)...

Yo-yo (June 6) Today!

Roller Coaster (June 13)

World Refugee Day (June 20)

The Happy Birthday song (June 27)

Independence Day (US) or Sidewalk egg-frying day (July 4)

Loneliness (July 11)

Ice Cream (July 18)

Old Jokes (July 25)