Larry

Larry

I see your smile,

I hear your laugh,

The giggle is different,

With twinkling eyes and vibrating frame,

All the same,

I miss you,

I miss you,

Meals together at the chicken buffet,

Girls on one side and boys on the other,

Seems old fashioned,

But,

We’re old,

A single beer is all you want,

It’s all you need,

Well, except for your pretty wife at the end of the table,

She’s able,

She’s so stable,

You’re lucky you’ve got her,

Just as I’m lucky to have mine,

We call them “our girls”,

(Women for a long time; I still think they like that we say, “girls”),

OK, buddy,

Up to heaven too soon for us,

Too soon for us,

Why do we tear when we know there’s joy,

It the simple stuff,

The “stuffing” of life here,

And, here’s to you,

My friend,

We send our love,

Until we meet again in glory,

We send our love!

Peter Lowell Paulson

September 13, 2018