Nursery rhyme

 

Strawberry rhubarb

Jumped in a jar

Little they know 

Didn't get far

Denis Streeter    4/23/22

Scotch Blue

The six pack looks like
A bottle of fine Scotch

Denis Streeter   12/29/21

a work pun

 I asked my lumber customer if he wanted a bag, then thought of this:

Q:  What do you call a small bag?

A:   A baguette.

He didn't get it.   Even when I explained how a cigarette is a small cigar.

He was in an all-business mood, so I shrugged my shoulders and let him move on.

 
Denis Streeter     12/22/21

Sarcasm equals

I love it when it's busy and no one gives me useful information.  I was trying to unlock something, and my coworker told me to use the unlocking tool in a way that is wrong.  Another told me to cut the tool open with scissors.  Not a chance.  Then the customer tells me it was a gift for his wife.  Shit.  I tell him he can swap it out.  He says can I get that gift wrapped?  I tell him it's not in the warranty and walk away.  Later I find out there is no way for us to unlock that.  It wouldn't have set off any alarms.  They are supposed to use pliers and a wrench to pry it open.  Happy Holidays.  

Denis Streeter   12/11/21

Work

It's a strange world
What do we become
At the end of the week we want to forget
All the unpleasantness
Watch tv
Like Abbot and Costello Meet Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
Aquaman
It's a waste of time
I could be doing something more productive like reading
But writing seems to do more
Of a chronicle
I'm not sure it makes me feel any better
It just makes me recognize more of what I'm feeling
Why I hate work
When I'm not at work, I think about going back to work
How will I deal with that
It's a matter of withstanding mental blows
From customers who smell blood and dare you to make mistakes
So they can punish you
It's true, most people are fine
Perhaps it's all in my mind, but I don't think so
Ultimately it comes down to yourself
How do you protect yourself
From being constantly watched for mistakes
Authority is basically made of stupid rules
Or demeaning principles
You are an actor
The world is watching
It's wearing you down
You need to recharge
How you recharge is up to you
Where will you go
What will you do
Is there prayer
Or Jesus
Or God
That will make everything better
Or just bearable enough
Perhaps it's observing enough
Where love breathes through
There's safe passage

Denis Streeter   9/11/21

Sawhorse

Customer:  I'm looking for a sawhorse
Me:  How much saw could a sawhorse saw if a sawhorse could cut saw.
Customer:  Laughs, then says "Huh?"
Me:  No answer.  It doesn't make sense and I'm not sure it's funny.
Me:  I direct him to tools.

Denis Streeter   9/2/21

reason for this

daftness barms 
no alarm
of foolishness
a catapult away
drinking wine
a sashay
a trope
wanders sly
inbred with paint
on the horizon
felt a splash
deter a whale
out to sea
in a sieve
leaking a mountain
of grease
gas lit on empty
as you might expect
busy
in that ordinary way
business supplies
weighty
foster in rank
removing itching
from semaphores
dangerous banks
deck and ocean
not all bad
it's a place
where happiness
subsides
dungeons
are fakes
roadmaps
draw doors
let them in
rats on skewers
blistered things
grab my
petit fours
ounce our roundings
blank our ships
more to that
wide enough to go
traffic flow
gets in the way
guidance 
sets you free
i don't know
i'm still here
drinking in me
sophomoric
teaching
turning gravestones
into flies
not sad so
busy overnight
chasing them out
set bed aflame 
or not
wandered toes
fasten doors wide
toothpaste in
flour awry
and it goes
on
knows
on
until
it stops

denis streeter   7/11/21