PLEASE READ MY BOOK I sure would like you to read my book.
Don't put it down-it's worth another look.

It's full of poems, some funny, some sad.
It has everything in it, from a homely cowboy to a boy and his dad.

Most are fiction, but some are true.
My main objective was to entertain you.

This little book took a lot of time.
I really racked my brain making each verse rhyme.

But it all paid off and I hope that you'll agree. There are some great ones here-just between you and me.

So tell your friends about me, I'd like to be a star.
And if I sell enough of...

RETIREMENT

(I recently retired from an office products dealer after eighteen years of dutiful service.)

I'm riding off into the sunset; eighteen years is a long time. I'm putting away my catalog to write some irresistible rhyme.

I'll miss my coworkers and my customers as well. One thing I won't miss, however, is that 6 AM alarm clock bell.

My first job was delivering newspapers, and I ended up selling office supplies. After all those years of paying taxes, Social Security is awarding me a prize.

I'm expected to live on what they give me. I think they are out of their minds....