Finally
Today I forgave someone
and found myself
grinning from ear to ear like
the possum is said to do
I believe that possums do
grin when they have cheated the
speeding car on a dark road
That seldom happens

Poetry not profitable
The clerk in the bookstore looked
incredulous when the patron
came out of the Bible aisle
and asked about Poetry
She led him down many aisles
to a back corner section
where the selections were few
and most were onsale