Rainy Day

Sitting outside watching the rain fall so slowly
Soldiers marching into battle

Sonnet

For you to love is a gift from above
You may only get to do it one time
We want to feel the sweet embrace of love
A friend forever you will always be mine 

Your hand in mine fits perfect like a glove
When our hearts meet the feeling is sublime
You lift my spirit like wings of a dove
To be without you would be a true crime

Never ending love there is no lack of
When you are around my heartbeat will climb
My feelings will not budge they will not shove
Your love sings to me like that of a chime

I've come down with the love bug like a flu
I hope you know my love for you is true

Sestina

To play the game isn't always sweet
Sometimes you have to roll the dice
To get to the top you'll always have to climb mountains
Take each day with a spoonful of sugar
Move on the board and have some fun
Win and you will be king

Kneel before the king
He is bitter but he is sweet
He needs to have a little fun
So he gambles with a pair of dice
He's too afraid to get some sugar
From the girl up in the mountains

Snow piles as high as mountains
Even away, he is still king
The purest powder white like sugar
The taste on the tongue numb yet sweet
The feeling of hitting snake eyes in a game of dice
But when its gone it wont be fun

But who's to say what can be fun
Surely we can all climb mountains
And games don't always require dice
A queen doesn't always need a king
Some like sour, some like sweet
The world can't always be sugar

So the king leaves his sugar
Leaves behind all the fun
Bitterness can be so sweet
There he travels over the mountains
To go back to his throne as king
No gambling this way, no dice

They were loaded anyway, those dice
And there turned out to be no sugar
He remained a lonely king
There was no more fun
He'd never even seen the mountains
To play the game isn't always sweet

Ode to Sunglasses

Early morning driving
Blinding bright lights
My shades shall protect me
From blistering hot sights

Oh, sunglasses you can make
The world less intimidating
Ease the pain of sunshine
And be rid of the berating

You're by my side as always
Whether morning, noon, or night
And help relieve the pain
Of the sun's gruesome bite

Sunglasses you save me
In every season of the year
I could not thank you more
For keeping my line of sight clear

Blog 10

      Orientation and A&P had two very different bosses. The manager in A&P seemed to be very strict with rules and took his job every seriously. The boss in Orientation, on the other hand, didn't seem to worry too much about his office. If he had cared too much, then he probably wouldn't have a serial killer in the office, for example. The boss in Orientation also didn't seem to care too much about the new employee staying at the office, by some of the things he chose to tell a newcomer. The boss in A&P, though, tried to change the cashiers mind about leaving.
      Also, Orientation and A&P were very different in the interactions between coworkers. In Orientation employees were in love triangles on one end, and there were also employees that not a single person would even acknowledge. The cashier in A&P seemed friendly with his coworker but not overly friendly. Also, the other cashier in A&P aspired to be promoted at the store, while in Orientation everybody seemed content with where they were at and, as far as the narrator let on, they weren't very ambitious.
      Lastly, the attitudes in the two workplaces seemed to be quite different. A&P seems to be a bit more uptight, while the office in Orientation seems to be more laid back. For example, in Orientation, The narrator tells the new employee about how he will have to stretch an hours worth of work into a whole day. The productivity of that office would have to be substantially low compared to the market in A&P.