by Cat Givens
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November 16, 2005

Looking For My Humor

February 08, 2006 10:33 AM EST
views: 5 | rating: 9.4/10 (10 votes) | comments: 43
I'm looking for my humor
Mayhaps it's just asleep
What's us'lly on the surface
Must now be burried deep

I'm looking out the window
To birds who flit and fly
Elusive, like my humor
I kiss to them and sigh

Tho weary down with sorrow
My humor keeps sane
It keeps me seeking pleasure ---
Uniqueness in mundane

Alas, my Humor's missing
Or at the very least
Is muted by life's beatings
Troubles which are not ceased

I'm looking to the snowfall
Blanket of purity
To wake my sense of wonder
Of love for all I see

With senses dulled I wander
Perhaps it's just as well
If sadness gets much stronger
I'll taste the flames of hell

So humor, go on sleeping
I guess you're tuckered out
I'll rest my self a little
P'rhaps will ease my doubt
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Comments: 43

Stephen Schneider Feb 8, 2006, 10:43am EST
I know the feeling. In fact, I think I'm quite bitchy today. Good post.
Carol Voigts Feb 8, 2006, 10:53am EST
"I'm looking for my humor" is such a pleasing way of saying how I feel often in the morning. Your turn of the word is delightful here.
Enoch Allen Feb 8, 2006, 10:58am EST
I think this poem gets at an eternal truth, that some mornings our sense of humor is like a fugitive on the run, and we have to catch it 'fore it gets too far away from us.

Terrific job.
Cat Givens Feb 8, 2006, 11:03am EST
Wow! The club of seekers speaks, and so very well indeed!
Stephen, When I'm bitchy, I try to sequester myself.....alas, I would that I could get away from ME on those days! Good luck!
Carol, you relate and still comment kindly, bless you!
Enoch, I love your "like a fugitive on the run" analogy.
You guys rock!
d g. Feb 8, 2006, 11:09am EST
Oh man, you guys would hate me so much in the mornings, I don't even drink coffe. I'll just sit quietly in the corner now and smile, don't mind me.

Nice work, I am fond of your poetry - always.
Cat Givens Feb 8, 2006, 11:17am EST
David, Can you come over?
I usually am the one to be toned down in the morning, so happy am I to live another day in the beauty and wonder of life. It's just been tough, and despite my resolve to be happy, my chpper ain't chippin lately!
Trying harder.......
d g. Feb 8, 2006, 12:10pm EST
I just told everyone here at work that I am delightfully ill and must go to Cathy's house because the only way I'm going to improve my health is to go out and play.

I have a new box of pastel sidewalk chalks and the kite that MS gave me we could play with. This kite is awesome! One of those stunt kites. And virgin pastel sidewalk chalk? Oh yeah - truly cool. We're talkin' now, bay bay...

Or we could make chocolates, I still have half a batch of homemade caramel, some pecans and dipping chocolate - TURTLES!!!!

Okay Cathy, wanna' turn this into a round robin challenge:

I'll start, what is an inane nene?

Tag, you're it---
Cat Givens Feb 8, 2006, 12:23pm EST
Cuckoo Bird? cukoo for co co puffs!
d g. Feb 8, 2006, 12:40pm EST
Silly Goose, Trix are for kids!
Cat Givens Feb 8, 2006, 12:49pm EST
I've got a 96 box of crayola crayons and construction paper......

I, too, have a kite to fly.....

I've got a fondu pot for the chocolates. I think we're set!
And I have a big front porch for the pristine sidewalk chalk.....
Loverly...

Thanks, David!
Cat Givens Feb 8, 2006, 12:53pm EST
OH, I'm the silly goose, huh?
Well, I tried....
Cat Givens Feb 8, 2006, 1:09pm EST
Harry, you always make me smile :)
Cat Givens Feb 8, 2006, 1:58pm EST
Mary, methinks it takes one to know one :)
And come on over......
I have bubbles, too!
Cat Givens Feb 8, 2006, 2:06pm EST
Round Robin Round Robin....
what's a colonic necklace?
d g. Feb 8, 2006, 2:24pm EST
As I ponder the challenge I will add - I was hoping Mary would come over to play too! Especially when you mentioned Crayola Crayons. Which color was it, Mary? Ah, now that I know the smell of a box of Crayola Crayons and have associations - I miss it. Bezonkers!
Cat Givens Feb 8, 2006, 2:33pm EST
Hint.... i should say WHO is a colonic necklace......
explore your mind.....
jessie voigts Feb 8, 2006, 4:51pm EST
i am so crabby sometimes that everyone avoids me. i MUCH prefer i am looking for my humor! thanks!
Beryl Singleton Bissell Feb 8, 2006, 6:44pm EST
I really like your last line. Sometimes we just have to let be what is ... go down when we are down, wallow a bit, and when we are ready rise again. It think it's called going with your biorhythm, but I could be wrong. There are those who say smile as if you were happy and you will be happy. We got so many options. Best thing is to know that "all will be well and all will be well and all manner of things will be well."--Julian of Norwhich
Cat Givens Feb 8, 2006, 6:45pm EST
Mango Tango!
Play dough and Glitter! Far out! We'll need a whole week...... for sure.
Cat Givens Feb 8, 2006, 6:48pm EST
Beryl, as usual, you are a wealth of wisdom......
Bless your lovely heart.....
Cat Givens Feb 8, 2006, 6:50pm EST
Jessie, it's all in the spin, right? :)
Thanks Nick!
Gisela S. Feb 8, 2006, 7:33pm EST
I too had a crabby morning....only 66 of 195 invitees have RSVP'd to my daughter's wedding - but you expressed yours so much more beautifully than I (although I suppose there is a sort of beauty to clean chonies straight from the dryer...)

Thanks
Cat Givens Feb 8, 2006, 8:41pm EST
OOOH, right from the dryer? honey that is divine!
Sandy (Site Psychic™) Knauer Feb 9, 2006, 2:09am EST
Your humor hasn't gone far.. I felt it just below the surface in this writing. Very nice. Gotta have humor, so if you don't find it soon, I'll send you some of mine.
d g. Feb 9, 2006, 7:21am EST
I agree with Beryl and Sandy. I think it's important to experience emotions as they come and go. A rich blend is the heady stew of life. Although I would never - EVER invite Misery to come live with me!

Now that I have another clue to the challenge I will ponder it a bit more before uncle-ing in. All I could think of yesterday was seeing a dispenser for those public toilet protector sheet thingies years ago with graffiti that said, "Nancy Reagan Shower Caps". There's your humor for the mornin' babe!
d g. Feb 9, 2006, 7:24am EST
Mango Tango - that's one tasty Crayola Crayon.

Okay, what's a chonie?

Good luck Gisela! Stress Monkees - RUN!!!!
Cat Givens Feb 9, 2006, 8:15am EST
Thanks, Sandy!
Cholonic Necklace = Balboa (sound it out)
EEWWWWWWWW!
d g. Feb 9, 2006, 9:07am EST
EEE - EWWWWWWWWWWWWWW

hee, hee, hee

Here's an old one I heard on the Prairie Home Companion's joke show: What do you get when you cross a Unitarian, a dyslexic and an insomniac?
Cat Givens Feb 9, 2006, 9:31am EST
Hmmmmmmmmm...........
Dunno....
Funny, I am a Unitarian (Pagan Witch) and also dyslexic.
Since insomnia is not usually a problem, I cannot solve this one with empathy.
I give up!
d g. Feb 9, 2006, 10:04am EST
am also a Unitarian Universalist

Not dyslexic, or a witch, but have been told by my doctor's nurse that I am ADD. Didn't believe it until she ask me how many of them it takes to screw in a light bulb. Want to go ride bikes? I was busted...

Someone who stays up all night wondering if there is a doG.

Please forgive me!
Cat Givens Feb 9, 2006, 10:11am EST
Oh, I loved the answer!!!!!!
I also have ADD, Dear.....it served me well raising kids.
Have a groovy one!
Edward Nudelman Feb 9, 2006, 1:13pm EST
Very fun! Humor has saved us all on innumberable occasions!
Edward F. Feb 9, 2006, 2:19pm EST
I really enjoy reading your poems. Watch it Mary S. My icon might get you. (:<))
Cat Givens Feb 9, 2006, 6:27pm EST
Yep, the explorer Balboa! Bowl boa~ sorry, I like Mary's answer better.
Thanks Edward.
both Edwards, in fact!
Stacie Dahlin Feb 10, 2006, 4:47pm EST
Great poem! We've all been there.

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