Living On the Diagonal

  AGENDA ITEMS FOR THIS LAME DUCK PRESIDENT As this president nears what is the inevitable, White House staffers are undertaking a daunting task. They are to guide Trump to his promises and new proposals to serve his legacy. In his waning days, President, Donald Trump is expected to issue his final executive orders as follows.   Tariffs fail to hold China accountable for the inferior products they export to America. In rural Georgia a lone manufacturer utilizes trees indigenous to their State. They produce chopsticks; China considers as best in the world and imports billions each year. Trump is expected to order the company to intentionally export chopsticks made from inferior trees thus doomed to fail.  Order the Army Corps of Engineers to build an unscalable 12-foot wall enclosing Mar A Lago.  T he President is expected formally appeal to the PGA rules to include a weed-whacker to the official number of golf clubs.  Under the Emergency Power Production Act proclaim all No. 2 penc

FALL LEAVES AND A SHROUD OF GRAY   Spring showers, cherry blossoms, A warm breeze and days at ease Summer paints a watercolor each day A sunny canvas then a warm afternoon spray   Brilliant blue skies give way To a shroud in fifty shades of gray Each dawn with a moist dew The sun rises to lighten our mood, our day   Trees teeming green fades to brown Transforms a landscape of color in every hue Lavenders, yellows turning gold Orange and reds bright and bold I come to regret sunny days now gone A loss forfeited to stay home When I should take a chance To steal moments, life in the sun   Our hallowed ground, a day for the dead We grieve the coming days we dread The relentless wind and chilling rain Vibrant life leaves, only to clog a storm drain @All rights reserved ASCAP Productions Living On The Diagonal, garygrz4@gmail