I had every intention...
On your Birthday I had every intention of writing a poem worthy
of you. And what i wrote did not pass the smell test. And while it's
tempting to claim form follows function by declaring the poem was
about the card game: go fish. So, yeah, it was supposed to stink.
But one can't hang laurels on that fishhook and expect anyone to think
"Yeah. What he said." But for better or verse, I did think about you and chuckle today.
For instance, in the dentist's office I saw a New Yorker cartoon with a couple driving
with a blue whale in the back seat and the caption was: "Well I thought you meant it when you put
that bumper sticker on the the car!"
Later in the day there was a radio story on a father who taught his daughter how to be a Luthier.
If you did not catch it you can hear it here:
http://www.npr.org/2016/10/04/496138785/a-father-daughter-luthier-duo-builds-souls-into-guitars
