More Than Enough

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Thursday Thirteen - Grandma isn't listless anymore

Last week I listed things that I'd love to do more than once.
Today, things I don't like get equal air time.

One of the things I don't want to do
is eat cottage cheese.
Baked beans make two.

I really hate funerals,
they don't comfort me.
That's why on this list, they're number three.

What's earned a place as number four?
Cleaning clothes, house or dishes -
there's always more.

Laying in hospital barely alive,
is truly not fun.
But it is number five.

I'm not successful and don't get my kicks
raising money for charity.
That's number six.

I like making bread, using yeast as a leaven.
But when it won't rise,
that's number seven.

Paying the bills is number eight.
And on creditors' lists
when I am late.

Am I included with people who whine?
I'm hoping not,
'cause that's number nine.

Put foot in mouth. Yes, that's number ten.
Someday I'll keep quiet,
I'm just not sure when.

Fog, snow and ice, whether driving or driven,
Are just too much stress.
Now the count is eleven

Late for anything.
Making a scene.
I try to avoid numbers twelve and thirteen.

Think this rhyme is the worst that you've seen?
Could I have one more?
Critiques are fourteen.

Grandma


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Comments

  1. Alice AudreyJanuary 28, 2010 at 8:50 AM

    The thing about funerals is that if I miss one, I spend years afterwords reaching for that person.

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  2. From TracieJanuary 28, 2010 at 9:30 AM

    Fun list! (minus funerals...those are never fun.)

    I liked cottage cheese when I was a kid, but I can't stand it now. Weird.

    Happy TT!

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  3. ForgetfuloneJanuary 28, 2010 at 11:08 AM

    Fabulous poem! I don't enjoy paying bills, either. Or cottage cheese! Great T13!!!!!

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  4. Emily/RandomabilityJanuary 28, 2010 at 12:07 PM

    Very clever!!! I don't mind the laundry, it's the folding and putting away that gives me fits.

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  5. Grandmother WrenJanuary 28, 2010 at 12:16 PM

    Now that was a Fun Read!
    Very Nice TT-
    thank you for your witty words.

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  6. Calico CrazyJanuary 28, 2010 at 12:23 PM

    You always manage to give me a giggle. ~ Calico Contemplations

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  7. Shelley MunroJanuary 28, 2010 at 2:14 PM

    I loved your rhyme. I'm definitely not keen on housework, but I can live with cottage cheese occasionally. ;)

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  8. Susan Helene GottfriedJanuary 28, 2010 at 2:55 PM

    I've done some crazy Thirteens, but never one in verse. I must now rise to the challenge because despite your protests, this is quite awesome!

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  9. sherileeJanuary 28, 2010 at 3:11 PM

    Fun list. Love to see it done in this style!

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  10. CelticlibrarianJanuary 28, 2010 at 4:17 PM

    Wow. In poetry no less. *is impressed*

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  11. Americanising DesiJanuary 29, 2010 at 1:52 AM

    wow wow poem

    Common hence Over-Rated

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  12. 2catsJanuary 29, 2010 at 8:21 PM

    Very good. I liek your lists.

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