T H E C A L E N D A R

There it sits on my nice table in all it's scribbled beauty.
Each space filled with inky notes, reminding me of some duty.
Sure enough, it carries numbers and names to keep me abreast
of the things I have to do each day-it surely knows that best !

Yes, there was a time when on it there was hardly an open space,
but now there is no big problem to find an empty unused place.
Most prominent are doctors names or a time to go to school-
that I am able to keep appointments show that I am no old fool.

In July, all of a sudden, these time keepers appear under my door,
after keeping one or two, they go to the Library for 25 cents, no more.
Truly they show pretty pictures or landscapes of much delight,
but how fast these days go-it surely could bring serious fright.

The older you get, the more you have to rely on such an aid,
to get where you are supposed to go, to be sure you are not late.
You can rely on these so pretty contraptions to get there on time-
if you just pay close attention your reception could be sublime !

August 2012