March 13, 2013
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POE, GONE SIDEWAYS
Once upon a midnight dreary,
while I pondered Weak and Weary,
a niche magazine, like Fishing Lake Erie
or the urologist's rag, Peeing Clearly
They come monthly, along with others,
Bus Boy Journal, and Prison Mothers
I should unsubscribe, but it's so hard
remembering to send the enclosed card
Thus, Tire Review and Commercial Lights
Go unread, until the day I have free nights.
My copies of Line Dance and Weave and Loom
Would fill nine or ten doctors' waiting rooms
Don't become like me, with all this mail
crammed into your box daily, without fail.
Please write deceased on the cover of each
copy of Reptile Retail, and Medical Leech
Foist stacks on old friends and boarders
Or risk accusations of being a hoarder.
Comments (7)
rofl....Wonderful. When my parents died one of my siblings had all their mail forwarded to my address. Three years later I still have a box full every time I pick it up.
@C_L_O_G - My Mother-in-law passed away ten years ago, and we still get Reader's Digest in her name.
@MelFamy - I get Golf Digest in my dad's name.
somehow I get Women's Day. I think someone signed me up as a joke. The joke's on them because there are wonderful recipes inside.
I'm off to read this month's issue of Grape Soda Monthly.
@godfatherofgreenbay - Grape Soda Monthly has folded; Carbonated Commerce Quarterly is the new magazine of choice for the bubbly fan
Mel, I just gifted you my subscription to the Avian Lit Review; great cover this month 'A Raven's ravings.' And if you do need to cancel, just write 'Nevermore' on the attached card.
@jsolberg - If there were a Pulitzer Prize for Best Reply to a Post With Low Readership, you would need a second shelf.
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