Day: August 17, 2022

No matter how hard one tries

It seems you are going nowhere

Today is the same as yesterday

The harder you try the less is

Accomplished.  You build character

You continue to travel every byway

And highway and hear the same

Negative replies.  You know you

Are good and could replace and

Outpace everyone standing in your

Way.  Finally, you get your chance

You become a shoe salesman

Having done this before you are

At ease as you begin.  You know

By intuition and experience

Which shoes are good or bad

For customers.  Kids had their

Heart set on a certain shoe, but

Will lend itself to pronation and

Further aggravate the condition.

The father is happy but the child isn’t

You improve the inventory control

Swapping out old merchandise for

New and having a great sale on the old

You move from department to department

Learning the rest of the operation

Your ideas are used and you improve

The operation of the store overall

You are called into the managers

Office where you are offered more

Money and assistant-buyer

A person overhearing the conversation

Is not happy as she has seniority

The quality of work does not enter

Her mind and negative networking

Begins.  You see what is happening and

Decide to resign the manager is not

Happy but understanding.  You move on

And find other work.  You like your

New job with animals.  Before you know it

You are the top man.  Life goes on.

Stanski

August 17, 2022,^

FROM WINTER DREAMS TO SPRING COVID

The other day about seven in

The morning I was dreaming

That snow was all over the

Evergreens and the leaves and

Branches of the deciduous trees

My screens were covered with

Snow the way the wind blows it

I was just making peace with the

Situation when I woke up and

Saw the early morning sun

Being ready for snow I was a

Little disappointed, but when

I really woke up I was a happy

Camper.  A night to day difference

A story from a fellow traveler a

While back exclaimed about a

Spring when they were confined

It was the most beautiful that anyone

Could remember.  The birds singing,

The sun out, and the trees bursting

Into bloom.  The people were let out

For only an hour a day.  When traveling

By train a lot of bribery took place

It was customary so people weren’t

Taken back.  He slept on the ground

While everything was checked at the

Border.  He was near the Niger River,

Had the stars above. The faint susurration

Of the river and the murmur of voices

From the nearby village.  Patience and

Respect were needed.  It cost him

Five pounds in bribes.  He had been in

Mali three times and mad a point of

Stating the importance of custom,

Language and protocol. Travel is like

The weather as you never know for sure

Stanski

August 17, 2022, ^