Some Holidays are special for other reasons - Maybe I should have put this in
the Action /Thriller category

I never forget Cinco De Mayo,

Birthday cards they give you and celebration cheers,
Sympathy might be better for all the golden years,

Never thought I’d get this old or have so many health requirements ,
What happened to all those wonderful things, they said about retirements,

Along came this pan damnit, as if I didn’t have enough,
Every ailment in the book, gittin old is pretty rough,

She said move over six feet more from where you are.
Hell’s fire miss boss lady, l cain’t even walk that far,

Glad I had all the fun when girls were my addiction,
Now everyone’s offended , clean fun is science fiction,

I met her near St, Paddy’s Day when I was on the prowl,
Naturally rejected, Then I had to chase this Gal,

It was plain to anybody and everyone, to see,
She could bag a whole lot better squirrel than me,

I guess I was persistent and she finally took my views,
I fell off the bachelor wagon and practiced my I Do’s,

Was her Dad being funny or getting a message through,
He had this ancient shotgun , he showed me a time or two,

God was directing traffic in this case I would guess,
I really cain’t remember if to my question, she said Yes,

We’d only known each other for two short weeks at best,
We’ll have time a plenty to learn the hidden rest,

I reckon she had no idea of what there was to come,
But an instant loving friendship, It really happens to some,

Procrastinate , I guess we didn’t know the word ,
No sense in burning daylight was a comment that I heard,

Cinco De Mayo Is as good a day as any for us to tie the knot,
Now looking back a long long ways you wonder what I got,

Guess I hit the marriage lotto , just look at what we’ve done,
Still leaning on each other. This year is sixty one!