Noise Day by Shel Silverstein

In honor of Memorial Day weekend and summer, I have decided to share this poem. Memorial Day is to honor those lost. I thank all Military people for their services and I remember those whom I love who have passed away. Yet, Memorial Day, all over the nation represents something else; the beginning of summer. The pools are now open and the majority of kids are out of school. SO, I find this poem very appropriate. :) enjoy. ~T

Let's have one day for girls and boyses
When you can make the grandest noises.
Screech, scream, holler, and yell--
Buzz a buzzer, clang a bell,
Sneeze--hiccup--whistle--shout,
Laugh until you lungs wear out,
Toot a whistle, kick a can,
Bang a spoon against a pan,
Sing, yodel, bellow, hum,
Blow a horn, beat a drum,
Rattle a window, slam a door,
Scrape a rake across the floor,
Use a drill, drive a nail,
Turn the hose on the garbage pail,
Shout Yahoo--Hurrah--Hooray,
Turn up the music all the way,
Try and bounce your bowling ball,
Ride a skateboard up the wall,
Chomp you food with a smack and a slurp,
Chew--chomp--hiccup--burp.
One day a year do all these,
The rest of the days--be quiet please.


R.I.P. baby nephew Mason('99-'00), Uncle Bill ('56-'07)and Great Uncle Charlie('30-'11). I love you.

I'd like to make a special thanks to Shel Silverstein also, for teaching me it's ok to mis-spell words and create words of your own as long as you do it on purpose, with purpose. :)
R.I.P. Shel Silverstein ('30-'99)

Open Windows

Open windows reveal to me
another world,
someone else's place to be
rushing by, I hope to glance
into this world
a hope, a chance
what lies behind those blinds
could change the way we think
do they have things to hide?
are they the next link?
so as those windows flash by
glance and you might see
a man who knows how to fly
or a woman going pee.

LOL, so I wrote this humorous poem today. The idea came to me when I was driving home from work and realized that when I see houses that have their lights on inside and curtains/blinds open, that I look to see what's going on inside the house...I guess I'm nosy...anyone else do this? lol.
~T~