MISTAKES

I'd hoped to go through life with no mistake,
But that's a goal I did not make.
I doubt anything could be finer
Than that all the errors be minor
For which one blame must take.

YOUR THYROID

Is your thyroid working great?
How is your metabolic rate?
Have you seen your medic?
Is everything copesetic
Without a problem that could escalate?

Is your thyroid outputting thyroxin galore?
Or does your system need a little more?
Is the TSH from your pituitary
So high it's a little scary?
Then how is your free T4?

ALBATROS

This huge bird eats food from the ocean,
Makes long flights with no flapping motion
On narrow wings several feet long
Through frigid winds that oft are strong,
And tends its young with great devotion.

On wings narrow and long,
In winds cold and strong,
With no flapping motions,
It soars above the icy oceans
Where this huge bird belongs.

CHILLY RUN

Rolled out of bed right early
Lest my wife later be surly.
Put on a third shirt,
Thinking it hardly could hurt.
Went out and started my run
Well before the rising of the sun.
With insufficient warning,
A chill had come before morning.
Though I think I'm no bumpkin,
Was surprised to find frost on the pumpkin.
The temp I had wrongly assessed
And was a little too lightly dressed.
Didn't consider turning back,
For courage I didn't lack,
Knowing cold you can face
If you keep up a good pace.
Light gloves, no hat, no tights
Would quite serve me alright.
Barely warm enough on arms and torso.
Wished some other parts were more so.
Got cold beyond the wrists,
But fingers survived by making fists.
Ears got cold after a mile.
Legs warmed up after a while.
Few cars to be seen on the street.
Rubbed ears to bring them some heat.
On the trail it was right lonely,
And bare legs mine were the only.
Put a glove on a private part
When it started to smart.
Double duty that glove served,
Half its time for my hand reserved.
Though the chill did not my style cramp,
My shirts became but a tiny bit damp.
Not one shirt did I doff.
A sunny day was starting off
When to finish I was glad,
Though it really hadn't been bad.

REGIONAL IRON HORSE TRAIL

Included in my Alamo jogging course
Is the Regional Trail Iron Horse.
It's long and straight and flat and boring.
But instead of streets exploring,
I use this paved resource.

It's here that many locals jog
And many a lady walks her dog.
On this former path for locomotives
There is no traffic automotive,
Nor is there any smog.

GET OUT THAT DOOR

When the weather is cold or poor
And your muscles are a little sore,
By far the hardest part
Is at the very start --
Getting out through that door.

A good run is out there in store.
So, running friends, I implore,
Think of the runs you've had
That weren't all that bad
Once you got out that door.

You've got the gumption
For running resumption.
Call up gumption more
To pass through that door.
It won't cause consumption.

This you've done before.
This you can do once more.
Though your legs be gimpy,
Don't you be too wimpy
To get on out that door!

THROUGH THE WALL

Can you recall
Hearing your parents crawl?
How were your construing
What they were doing
When you listened through the wall?

MOTHER OR DAUGHTER

Of course the daughter would be stronger
And would last somewhat longer.
But I don't thinks I could loose
Whichever I might choose
If I didn't wrong her.

LADIES' LEGS

Lovely ladies' legs I admire.

They oft set my heart on fire.

While boobs are always covered,
Legs are oft discovered,
Depending on attire.

THE WEALTHY

Of wealth some folks have quite a bit.
In but one room at a time can they sit.
This is a problem they have to face.
But they can wear a million-dollar necklace
As in their room they sit.

GROWING OLD

Growing old is hard to get used to.
You're not doing as well as you used to.
But you're doing better than you will
As you skid further down the hill.
Thus spake Zarathustra.

SUDDEN SAD ENDINGS

On this in life you can depend:
Sometimes as you round a bend,
Something that to you is dear
That contributes to your cheer
Is suddenly at its end.

It can happen in any season
And indeed for sundry reasons.
You're in the middle of a yawn
When without warning gone
Is something very pleasin'.

When you reflect upon
This that you can count on,
When this happens to you,
Clearly what you must do
Is somehow continue on.

SLED DOGS

Malamute and husky, male and bitch
Can flip a magic switch
When they're several hours out
And then run faster, it turns out,
Than when they started in the sled dog hitch.

MORAY EEL

Helper jaws has the moray eel
In its throat they are concealed.
When it's in the mood
To load up with food
They help the eel a great deal.

SET A GOAL

There's no substitute for
Having a goal to shoot for.
If you improve instead of worsen,
You may become a person
Folks would like to root for.

When in a training plan you enroll,
Set yourself a worthy goal.
Maybe you will break it.
If you do not make it,
Try yourself to console.

Once you've duly set it,
Don't you then forget it.
If somehow you miss it
And goodbye have to kiss it,
I sure won't say "Don't sweat it."

DAILY EXERCISE

Runners know while others maybe don't.
Runners will while others maybe won't.
But everyone would be wise
To daily exercise.
The evidence has, beyond maybe, shown it.

TOYS

There are plenty of adult toys
For well-off girls and boys,
Like motorcycles, ATVs, motorboats and jeeps,
Sailboats and airplanes, costing heaps,
All designed to bring folks joys.

Other toys, too, are trendy,
Which may be less expendy,
Like skis, bikes, skates, bows, clubs and canoes.
Since these take muscle to use,
I find their use commendy.

CHILI COOKOFF

I don't think you should scoff
At Snowshoe's chili cookoff.
If you're fond of chili,
Consume it till you're silly
Ere your bib you doff.

JEEP RALLY

Six score jeeps the tally
At the Snowshoe jeep rally.
Owners will tell their tales
Of driving mountain trails
High above the valley.

SARAH PALIN

With the election three years out,
Sarah, fighting, is coming out,
This gal who hasn't got
A prayer of a shot
And is now a job without.