bad hair day

illustrator: Laura Ellen Anderson

 

pull

tease

stretch

surrender

(redheads are known to be wild, but red curly hair seldom shows its roots when you ride the twists)

stretch

Beanie and Stretch by J Byron Schachner

 

wear a mitten on your head

fingers for antennae

 

cuddle with a red-haired girl

whose barrettes look like ears

that hear for you when

your ears are snuggled down…

 

in the green green grass…

 

non·ne·go·ti·a·ble

illustrator: Matthew Cordell

!

purr-lick-love-nap-stretch

growl-chatter-meow-explain

spy-jump-catch-deliver

Stretch

Don in 1988

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living with you is a “stretch”:

climbing to the man-cave
hanging from the monkey bars
lowering the toilet seat

moving the car seat back
clearing the dishes in the sink
moving things from the washer to dryer

folding the clothes
stacking on shelves
finding the remote

cleaning the bird poop from the deck
balancing the tires on the Rogue
waxing the paint

manicuring your nails
tailoring your pants
listening to your encyclopedic lessons

starting over each day
taking time for the tidbits
being washed downstream with you.

coo coo ki choo!