Serendipity

- "Are you French?"
"Almost", she replied,
"I'm from Jersey."

A Nobel Peace Prize Frontrunner

I declared Armistice 

between my cat 
and a solitary sock found in the basement just last week 

a meter maid 
and a stop sign 

a fair-weathered friend 
and his necktie 

a large body of water 
and a leaking tap in my apartment 

I even brokered a sit-down 

between a dog
and its tail

a truck driver 
and his flat tire 

an author 
and her muse 

I did all this for the good of humanity 
and yet I am still sitting on the curb 

Waiting to for my invitation to arrive

   Image - Paul Pretzer