A day out with Luke

A day out with Luke

05.02.08 (8:34 am)   [edit]

A day out with Luke

Took Luke, who is 96 years old,
to see a good friend yesterday,
I combine trips,
he had a dentist appointment,
and Clair lives 15 miles away,
she loves Luke very much, which is not hard to do,
he is a gentle soul,
always smiling and helps to take care of people 30 years his junior.

I asked him what he wants for lunch,
he thought for a few minutes,
he always looks up to his left when thinking,
smiled,
and said,
baloney sandwiches, with mustard,
something I could agree upon,
I so love baloney.

I asked for hot dogs,
we are both cheap dates that is for sure.
With mashed potatoes and baked beans,
a coke, glass with ice
and I for one am set.

We arrived,
Clair and her grandmother
and the dogs,
treated Luke like he was a rock star,
such a fuss,
while I,
sad to say was ignored,
a 60 year old cannot compete with someone 96,
with enough charm to coax apples off a tree before their time.

There was a very nice Jamaican lady there,
I am such a ditz
I forgot her name,
but herself no,
she was very nice
big smile,
and best of all she let me have some Chicken and rice,
ahhhhhh such memories of my Panama days
when Mandy would bring home the same dish,
it almost tasted the same,
et the whole thing
to my shame,
well no, no shame at all.

Of course more pictures of the baby;
I think the world will one day end,
drowning in pictures of the perfect babies,
shown by proud mom’s and grandmas,
throughout the world;
yes of course the baby is perfect.

We ate,
laughed,
I drank my coke,
ate four hot dogs,
mustard on the bottom of the bun,
then onions,
then yes the hot dog,
baked beans,
sour kraut,
and yes the chicken and rice;
so in the end,
to say I was surfeited is an understatement,
did not even have room of ice cream,
but it was Clair's fault and the nice Jamaican lady,
it is cool to have someone to blame,
yes?