Independence Day

I wrote this one in a bit of a hurry.  Been on vacation.

INDEPENDENCE DAY

The worst effect
I have ever seen
in a movie
is on Independence Day.

I've seen some
really bad effects
in my day,
but nothing
quite as bad
as the dog
jumping
into a doorway
as the fireball
blasts behind him.

I think they put that in
at the last minute.

Test audiences
don't like it
when dogs get
blown up.

For Jack Bauer

Yes, I've been watching 24.  Shut up.

FOR JACK BAUER

I want to watch
The Tim And Eric Show
or pretty much anything else right now...

Last night you kept me up
until six a.m.

An episode ends:
I should turn it off,
but I need to know
what happens next.

I think there's a reason
I didn't start watching
until now.

I hate you, Jack Bauer...

...at least your daughter is hot.

Memories

Here's the new poem for today.  I wrote this a few days ago, based entirely on a random conversation I had with Lori... and no, I was never married.

MEMORIES

It's been eight long years
since my wife died.

She used to love
how the birds all
flew together in a V.

"Birds of a feather
flock together."
she would say
and wrinkle her nose
as she laughed.

I never understood
how she could hunt quail
if she loved birds so much...

...but boy howdy,
did they taste good
with orange sauce.

She died from food poisoning.
Salmonella.

Some say it was
revenge.

For Allergies

Yes, I am getting sick.  That doesn't happen all too often, so I guess I'm overdue.  I wrote about it.

FOR ALLERGIES

Good lord...

Are you trying
to make me
cut off my face?

I think allergies
are just life's way
of making us
appreciate the little things
in life...

...like breathing,
for example.