Many People Never Plan for the Future

It is said it’s wise to plan for the future
to have the “nestegg” when you retire
from the workforce.

Some people are just not planners,
and the future is too far away for them
to consider.

And sometimes all the planning for the
coveted nestegg comes to nothing;
many die before they retire.

I know I’m not being prudent, but I like
people who live for today, and get as
much fun in this life as they can.

But, without question, the planners
who live long enough to retire are
for sure the wiser of the two.

No worries about becoming impoverished
in old age, instead a comfortable life
in their remaining years.

Bob Boyd

Josie Was a Good Girl in High School

Got all A’s, made the honor roll,
participated in many
extracurricular activities
graduated and went to college
worked part time to pay tuition
in a fast food restaurant
pay was insufficient
sacrificed her morals
became a stripper instead
in a striptease club
for far better pay
the sleaze in the club
eventually infected her
got addicted to drugs
conned into doing porn
ten years later no degree
a walking dead
drug addict
homeless in the streets
prostituting
to feed her addiction.

Bob Boyd