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Gittin Going
by Tom E Leftwich → (All Poetry by Tom E Leftwich)
Wednesday, December 15, 2021    Rated "G" by the Author.
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Getting the day started ain't always easy



Gittin Going

Is that you? No it’s me , I just got outta bed,
Yeah, yeah, yeah, I heard everything you said,

Gotta take a pill before I do anything. you’re Right !
Wait a minute, This pill is blue, I need one that’s white,

Yeah I know the bottle’s empty, take the one that’s brown,
You right sure that it’s the same? Cain’t swaller the sucker down,

Chew it up you idiot, That’s what you’re supposed to do,
Instructions on the bottle , they put’em there for you,

Well I can’t find my glasses. Don’t think I wore’em to bed,
I wouldn’t put it past you, have you looked up on your head,

You don’t have to be sarcastic, I know you lost yours that way,
But I don’t have no hair up there. And they would never stay,

Gotta shave before I make the coffee, go on back to sleep,
I’ll call when it quits perking, You’ll hear the boiler beep,

Hey,you flushed the toilet twice , we’re rationing water you know,
Well California ain’t burning yet .and I need it twice to Go,

I wish that as a kid, they’d had, rationing for the creek,
Then I wouldn’t a had to take a bath every stinking week,

I guess today with everything what does Save the Planet mean,
I see that all the portable potties in town are painted organic green,

Hey reckon you can make it outta bed ? Coffee’s ready I think,
Yeah that’s your hair dryer running, I’m blowing whiskers off the sink,

It dries’em up and moves ‘em easy that’s how I learned this trick,
Pretty sure you don’t want none of them messing up your new lip stick,

Hey better have your coffee, you’re gonna have to git it,
Cain’t spend no half hour, woman fixing, you just gotta hit it,

Remember you’re the one that wants to hit all yard sales in town,
And quit your yelling, it’s cold in here . I put the toilet seat down!



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 Reviews of "Gittin Going"
Reviewed by Ronald Hull
Reviewed on December 17, 2021
Right in familiar territory! You hit all the key functions of the morning in a single git up morning poem. That is an accomplishment in itself. And I had to chuckle all the way through, couldn't help myself. It's just that good and hits home with nearly every line.

Ron

Reviewed on December 17, 2021
It's good when you get old you can still find love and humour with each other. This makes me smile!

Sandie :)

Reviewed by T. Wignesan
Reviewed on December 16, 2021
Hey, Tom, one of your funniest takes on old age blunders, not to mention green-house consequences thereabouts. Your use of idiolect in special registers makes it all more compelling. How funny can you get is what's left to divine. ALL THE VERY BEST OF THE SEASON and THE GATHERING OF THE CLAN 'ROUND TURKEY AND THE CHEERFUL TALK...Much binding in the marsh, as they say across the Atlantic!!! Wignesan


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