List your top 5 favorite fruits.
The peach, it's peachy
And summer fruit is the
Best. It's wonderful when
Summer is in your bowl
Or drips down the side of
Your mouth. Sweet and a
Little sassy. The tart plum
Brings more summer but
Is solid and stoic. Apricots
Have a sudden moment
When flavor is heightened.
Other seasons have a right
To their tastes like when a
Pear is perfect and ripe or
The perrenial apple makes
Its varietal abundance known.
List the people you admire and look to for advice…
A list, no matter how heartfelt,
Is such a boring approach, but I
Get where you're coming from
And where I want to go. My peeps
As I call them, to myself, if not to
Them, are universally patient, and
Unstinting in their help. Always
Of good cheer and right to chide
Or redirect me. I go to them for
A guiding hand, in admiration and
With total gratitude. The list is
Silent but well-known among us.
What are your favorite emojis?
I misinterpreted your emotion, my bad
I misrepresented mine, maybe worse!
The array of little symbols with which
To declare my position or understand
Yours confuses and leaves me quizzical
🧐 😇 🙃 😋 😉
Jot down the first thing that comes to your mind.
It used to be, I would say, all in
The timing. Ask the comedian.
The funny guys know just when
A pause will draw a laugh or a
Puzzled look. Puzzled looks are
All we get when the timing goes.
Time runs ragged and is lost or
Just hard to track. Sometimes.
It used to be all in the timing.
What are 5 everyday things that bring you happiness?
Five? Is that the magic number?
Everyday things, like sunshine or
Clouds, like flowers, coffee mugs
Or a t-shirt I love because of the
Memories it conjures, is that the
Key? 5 ordinary, everyday things.
If they bring happiness, they are
Truly extraordinary. Plainly not
Plain or everyday in the everyday
Sense that everyday suggests. So
Much depends on the ordinary, the
Everyday. That is extraordinary!
Describe something you learned in high school.
In elementary school, you learn
To read and write. By high school,
You may have mastered thinking.
Being philosophical is becoming
To the teen. Thoughtful and full of
Thoughts with the ABCs as a sweet
Soft cushion to bolster axioms, to
Underpin creeds, and enforce the
Theories to which rampant ideas
Give voice and credence. Dogma
And ideology do not endoctrinate
The freethinking being who, being
Human, hatches plots that connect
To all others in the world mankind
Shares. Philosophy is a special gift
Which might lead to wisdom in the
Advance of years. But for now be
Content like the grinning Cheshire.
You are young. Everything is new.
What animals make the best/worst pets?
A spider is an unpleasant pet
I should think, though there's
Charlotte to consider. Her web
Gave a child some pleasure. I
Would not be so happy with
Web or insect for my pet, ugh.
A goat is cute in an angly way
But I believe it might be smelly.
Dogs and cats, cats and dogs-so
Common and conventional and
In need of so much attention.
Great company, I know and very
Loving. Also so loveable. How
Much is that doggie on display?
A leash and collar, we go for a
Walk. Oh darn! Now it's raining.
How often do you say “no” to things that would interfere with your goals?
It might suit you, but I would
Have to pass. What you are
Proposing is way above my
Class. I really couldn't and I
Know I shouldn't. So I will
Just have to say no 'cause I
Can't and I mustn't. I have to
Say no because it wouldn't be
Right for me to do what you
Ask. I find it hard but "No," I
Have to pass 'cause what you
Are asking won't do for me at
All. It might suit you, but no.
I would have to decline. No.
What is your middle name? Does it carry any special meaning/significance?
Without a middle I emphasize
The first and always spell the
Last, adding, for good measure,
A jocular remark referencing a
Populist product with which we
Have come to share our family
Name. Lacking that initial that
Distinguishes Paul Smith as not
That Smith but the one named
John feels like a small but big
Omission. What would I do with
An initial between first and last?
Tamara, really