Here I Am the Tin Man

Phyllis Rogers,

Every joint is frozen
from my neck down to my toes.
Thanks to a winter snow storm
Rudolph red is my nose.

Here I am the Tin Man,
I cannot move a bone.
The pain is overwhelming
All I can do is moan.

Global warming is the problem
or so the story goes
It must be true, it must be true,
Mr. Gore tells us it is so.

Wait! I live in Texas.
What’s happened to the map?
Eight degree wind chill,
Minnesota’s moved to our lap?

Here I am the Tin Man,
I cannot move a bone.
The pain is overwhelming
All I can do is moan.

© copyright Phyllis Rogers 1/17/18

 

 

 

Published by Phyllis Rogers

I'm a married retired nurse living on beautiful Lake Palestine in the East Texas piney woods. I seek to deepen my walk with the Lord. I have 5 dogs and two pair of Mandarin ducks, one male and two female Wood ducks. They are all a source of great pleasure. I love growing vegetables, fruits and florals. I spent the first 26 years of my life in the Houston area. The concrete and traffic took its toll and I moved to East Texas and have lived a rural existence since. I have always written as a means of expression throughout my life since I was in elementary school. It is something I've always had to do. My brain just works that way. It travels all the time, by land or sea or air it's always traveling.

8 Comments

  2. Thank you, Roland. I am dubious as well. It has made him a lot of money, though. I took a geology class in college. The professor believed whole-heartedly we are in an ice age. I was not convinced. But at this moment I believe the professor.

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