ANABELLA

Annabella needs a beau. Every Latin lover abandoned.

ABANDONS

EASTERN

Each A-grade stock took exceptional returns. Nice!

RETURNS

FATUOS

"Fatuos" always translates unacceptably outside Spanish.

ALWAYS

EXAMS

Eliminating Xarelto always makes sense (when I'm about to have some kind of surgical procedure, so I don't bleed out!)

BLEED

NATIVITY

Naturally, a tsar is very intimidated to yammer.

YAMMERED

SERVICE

Some eccentric riders verify I-phone calls excitedly.

EXCITED

SAFETY

Some affected foxes eat tasty yams.

AFFECT

SALLY

Sally attended lengthy lectures yesterday.

TENDS

HATER

Had a tic! Embarrassed; really!

STUDS

XAVIER

Xarelto allows very intermittent energy's renovation.

ALLOWS

ENGAGES

Englishmen never get aroused grabbing egg shells.

AROUSED

Saw surgeon's assistant today, and they were quite pleased with my progress. Said I've lost eleven pounds since I checked in to hospital for the surgery last Monday! Well on to Stage Two now in my diet, maybe for up to four weeks, but could be shorter. We'll see. eating Lightly, Daniel

What in the world is "Elicobacter" ??


PARIS

Petite ancient rhinestone is stunning.

STUD

UNITED

Unending nights in the email done.

TEXTED

SOMALIA

Small operation marches across line into Aden.

MARCHES


Posted new experimental haibun (with rhyming prosetry) about a "Difficult Thanksgiving"

Thanksgiving Struggle

home from gastric sleeve surgery two days
thankful that Tuesday night's pain had ended
and that prayer, patience and tenderness pays
son, daughters and grandchildren descended

trampoline chaos
exciting our Corgi-pom
Thanksgiving guests

two ounces clear liquid every three hours
savoring my daughters' whipping up feast
dog nudging for a scrap that he devours
turkey, ham and fixin’s… a taste at least?

small scoop of Jell-O
with endless sips of water
Thanksgiving dinner

Black Friday wife and daughters head to mall
son-in-law watching all eight of the kids
I tend the kitchen to keep the mess small
sneak a cube of cheese; diet on the skids

banana-stomach
needing three-week healing
Thanksgiving pig-head



© MLee Dickens’son 02 Dec 2019
Daniel J Ricketts

Thanks, Sylvia! Called coordinator yesterday, and last night started cream of wheat (4oz!!) for my "meals" and can have a protein shake twice per day as well, which I mix with my water, to make it more palatable (the water!). Seeing surgeon's assistant early this afternoon to see how quickly I may take next steps and will attend support group tomorrow evening. Wanna get back to exercising, but I'm thinking he'll hold me off from that for a couple weeks. We'll see.

I wrote another experimental haibun (with rhyming prosetry) yesterday, so I'll post that here too, okay? deLightingly, Daniel

SEALS

Some elephants are losing sleep.

SLEEP

ECLAIR

Emails can lie around in rows.

AROUND

Give it a Rest

If you're fighting with crowds at the mall
your experience won't be called dull,
but your Amazon Prime
takes you so much less time.
Christmas shopping is done by the fall.

Why the pushing and shoving to shop,
finding parking spots, stress till you drop?
Pick and click it online
then lean back to supine,
dream of friends who are rushing nonstop.

© MLee Dickens’son 07 Dec 2018
Daniel J Ricketts

RWANDA'S

Relatives will always necessitate desiring aloneness seasonally.

SEASONS


Enjoyed going to church this morning, but I had a miserable time watching the Philadelphia Eagles lose again! … and I prefer purchasing things online too. Wrote a poem about Amazon Prime last year. I'm gonna go post it, in case you're interested, just for fun. It's called "Give it a Rest"

It's hard NOT to have SOME repetition! LOL

OFTEN

Outmoded forensics tested even nickers!

GENES

You didn't leave me a word, so I'll simply use the last word in your sentence:

MONDAY

My octopus never desires any yeast.

DESIRE

Bid adieu to daughter Dana and Glenn and their four children, plus Glenn's sister and her daughter, as they headed back to Hershey, PA area yesterday evening, after all the "girls" spent 7am - 4pm doing the Black Friday thing together, which they look forward to each year, no so much for the shopping (though they do a little) but for the uninterrupted time together without spouse, children, kitchen. Glenn took care of the eight kids, and I kept the kitchen from over-flowing, washing dishes and keeping food put away, plus cooking down the turkey carcass for Eileen to make soup with when she returned.

ARABIAN

All relatives are barbarians in a nosh!

RELATED

SEALS

Sunbeams evoke a lovely sensation.

EVOKE