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A Watched Deck Never Dries
by Patrick A Granfors
Sunday, May 20, 2012
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Part of my Ozark vacation ritual (we brought my 80 year old mom along this year) includes the annual weather sealing of my wooden deck. This year I was a bit early and, since last time I used a superior product containing a bit of oil, it didn’t penetrate as fast. I nearly ended up flat on my ass yesterday as I stepped out the door onto a thin oil slick.

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Through the power of observation

It comes as no surprise

Matters not how long you stare

A watched deck never dries

It’s been two days and counting

The weather’s been ideal

It should fully dry by now

As I pen this sad appeal

My vacation time is ticking

I cannot use my deck

I’m cooped up here with mother

While I become a nervous wreck

My plan to sketch and paint the lake

With watercolors bright

Will have to wait another day

Perhaps another night

Otherwise I just might find

I’m not as agile as I think

Ending flat upon my ass

On my wooden skating rink

Although I’m optimistic

I’m forced to realize

It matters not how long you stare

A watched deck never dries

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Reviewed by Joyce Bell	5/24/2012

NOW YOU KNOW...DON'T YA? WHAT YOU DID LAST YEAR, S-L-O-W-S THE PROGRESS, CONSIDERABLY, THIS YEAR. NOW, YOU'LL JUST HAVE TO 'WAIT'(SMILE)! CONTINUE TO ENJOY YOUR VACATION AND PENNING THESE WINSOME WORKS THAT ARE SO ENJOYABLE. LOVE, BLESSINGS AND FAITH...JOYCE * HIS INSPIRATIONS




Reviewed by Annabel Sheila	5/22/2012

Giggle....you always manage to find the humor in things...and that, my friend, makes you an awesome person!!! I need to stain my back deck...thanks for the tip! Anna




Reviewed by Vivian Dawson	5/20/2012

Listen for a chuckle coming from my living room under a severe thunderstorm flood warning Patrick Lady Vivian




Reviewed by Paul Berube	5/20/2012

Nice work, Patrick. The deck too. ;-)




Reviewed by Lonnie Hicks	5/20/2012

..."my wooden skating rink" Beautifully put and so apt.




Reviewed by Chip Bergeron	5/20/2012

Yeah, but at least the deck won't rot. Sometimes ya' gotta decide if the glass is half full or half empty.




Reviewed by Richard King	5/20/2012

Like the poem. Learn a lesson - Next time, save the application of that sealer until the last day, or there abouts. Lesson II – If you’d have been spending your time painting, we’d likely have missed out on this poem, I think that might be a “silver lining”: By the way, could you show us some of your paintings? Maybe you already have and I just wasn't paying attention? Dick PS: 3rd line from bottom... should that be forced?




Reviewed by Ed Matlack	5/20/2012

I'd pay real money to see you fall on your ass...LOL, e




Reviewed by * Starman * *	5/20/2012

Great verses. Perhaps the wood is like some of my writing and is bit dry. Needs to be primed to get absorption going, like our minds here. Next time try a tree stand. :) starman




Reviewed by Jerry Bolton	5/20/2012

Hah! Funny in a sad sort of way. If you can't use the deck, take your watercolor paraphernalia and find a nice shady place, plop down on the grass and do yo thang.

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