Posted on December 28, 2007 by Janice Green
© 2002 by Janice Green
ParEEE! ParEEE! My daughter, Joni, and I were going to Paris! A close friend advised that I should dress up in Paris if I wanted to be treated nicely by the locals. So with my strained budget, I shopped at a special discount dress shop and found a long cotton skirt [...]
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Posted on December 28, 2007 by Janice Green
© 2002, © 2004 by Janice D. Green
I’m old enough to know myself
To know what I can and cannot do
Don’t fault me for choosing
Not to beat my head against the wall
Yet one more time
Just to please you.
Some things I do well,
Yes, I truly excel.
While in some things I’m slow
Though by now I know
How to compensate for [...]
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Posted on December 28, 2007 by Janice Green
© Copyright 2004 by Janice Green
Shout it out,
do not pout.
Without a doubt
to go without
speaking your mind
would be unkind
to yourself.
But then again
words spin
in the wind
and when
they return
you may get burned
for your neglect
of respect.
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