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Zummer-Rhymes with Bummer, but Sizzles

Lisa Gray by Lisa Gray
July 30, 2020
in Locals in the Loupe
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God, when’s fall?

When can I look out in the morning to see dew on the lawn, hear geese flying overhead and see the mailman wearing a muffler?

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All day lipsticks with sunscreen are responsible for the rise in summer romances and winter babies – just kidding, they used protection!

If coin washers are breaking down with the high turnover of stinky – sweaty socks, then having no water for over 18 hours last weekend had to be right up there

Scrambling for water bottles for a simple “flush” brings new meaning to being wasteful

Yet think of the money we’re saving in heating or clothing costs

If only our employers would allow us to wear shorts and bathing suits to work, life would be tolerable

Grocery shopping has become the highlight of my summer, as I race my cart to the bunkers of frozen fish and turkeys

I’ve always said grocery stores would make more money if they had customer service

You know, someone who takes you around and shows off the products so you’ll spend more

 I love talking up the merits of this brand or other with anyone who passes, just for one more minute of frigid-blowing cold –I  wonder if they’re hiring

All kidding aside, the weather man says North America is in the eye of the storm that’s coming, as the steam continues to burn itself up into the year 2022

By then we’ll all be retired – having a cold one down at some pub or wet bar,  while cruising in Alaska dining on Pacific salmon

 The new vacation spot we’ll be in Timmins, Ontario where we’ll be fanning ourselves in the back 40, with an iced-cap and a snickers bar, because I’m not me when I’m hungry

And if we’re lucky it won’t snow on Halloween –

** Lisa Gray-Copyright@2018

Lisa Gray

Lisa Gray

Lisa is a member of the Cornwall Writer Society, a group that meets at the Cornwall Public Library on the 3rd Monday of each month from 6:15 to 8:15 pm. For more information about this or any program at the library, please call 613-932-4796. To reach Lisa, email [email protected].

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