HONESTLY

Honestly!

You'd think they'd never seen

A naked picture before.

Honestly!

Such prudish inhibitions

Make me wonder if they live

On this planet drenched in worldliness,

Seething in its seamy side,

Mass proliferation of the airways

And the media.

 

How could it be missed?

How could they be so blind?

How can they fail to deal with

The blitz of heart and mind?

Honestly!

 

WORK ETHICS

Many a lesson I learned from my father...

Like when to be strong;

When it's proper to cry

For a man grown mature in his

Nurturing ways;

How to put dignity into our days

Which are labeled and numbered

'Til fate plays it's hand;

How to put back what we

Take from the land.

But by far the greatest lesson of all,

Taught by my father's example to me,

Was that work is a privilege,

Not a labor,

Nothing in life is for free.

Those who are hired by those willing to pay

Have a contract, a promise to fill,

And no one should need to look over your shoulder

To make sure you're paying the bill.