50+ Lifestyles

A Pause for Poetry

By Gary Heath
Poet in Residence for 50+ Lifestyles

 

 

 

Seagull with French Fry

A gray and white seagull atop

A light standard above a fast

Food franchise descries a

French fry tossed out a car

Window, he thinks just for

Him. He swoops down and

Grabs his golden prize, and

Returns to his aluminum aerie.

Each salty bite, he shrills gull

Pleasure, this is the life he

Seems to say. Now he hungers

For more of the fast food life.

Far from the sea, Iowa is now

Home, home of free fries, fried

Fish, and hamburger, too. Hold

The mayo and keep the bun,

And fries, please, just not one.

Cat on Sofa

The cat jumps onto the sofa,

Looking for a lap. Laps sit down

Rather regularly here this time

Of day, in the shank of the

Afternoon. The cat knows when

To take a lap, when to take a nap.

She prefers a nap on a lap, the

Best of both her worlds. She spends

The afternoon purring on the laps

Of the household, loves the way they

Stroke her fur and purr in their own

Way, rather un-catlike, but purring

Anyway. She yawns. This afternoon

Has been pure purrdom, and now it’s

Time to dine on kibble.