I really wish they hadn't called my name To play in the company basketball game. I'm bruised, battered, beaten and sore. Will somebody help me up off the floor? I ran down the court once or twice, But both my knees soon screamed for ice. Then someone smacked me on my head -- To tell the truth, I thought I was dead. I believed I was healthy and able to run, But I soon found out they weren't playing for fun. Those guys were serious...they had come to play, So I got in one's face and said, "Make my Day!"Well I'm not as young as I used to be, 'Cause the other team made a mess of me. I begged the coach to please take me out Account of arthritis, bursitis and gout. Next year if our team is short a man, Find someone else if you possibly can. You younger guys can run and gun, But I'll be soaking up Florida sun.
Cartoons by Sandy Smith, Roanoke illustrator/artist, whose work is published regularly by several Virginia newspapers and television news programs. Her caricatures are featured online at http://ww4.choice.net/~ktbarney/thenose/smith.html. Contact the Smiths by e-mail at
donsandysmith@webtv.net.
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