Thirty Minute Stall

The longest half-hour of all time;
the last thirty minutes of a shift.
You wonder,” Will someone relieve you?”
Or just leave you stranded and adrift.

Those thoughts cross your mind, as the clock ticks.
Each tick seems forever and a day.
A hand turns the knob, someone enters.
Then you are finally on your way.

Such is the life of caregivers and
to most it’s a matter very small.
But if you have been a care-giver,
you know of the thirty minute stall.

                   c.d.m. 5/26/14

 

An Answer to ‘Time’

‘ Time ‘ declares,” The Tea Partie’s done.”
and ” We have them on the run.”
We’ll let them believe what they will;
those liberals on the hill.

For out here; in the middle land
we prepare to take a stand.
While they ‘think’ the Tea Partie’s done,
we say, “We have just begun!”

We declare,”Enough is enough,
of all that pen and phone stuff!”
We believe that we have a say,
’bout all those taxes we pay.

‘We the People’; want to be heard,
no more of our laws altered.
So you think the Tea Partie’s done?
That’s what they thought in Boston*.

             c.d.m. 4/24/14

*Home of the original ‘ Tea Party.’