WHAT MAKES MY WORLD TURN

Pumpkin pie with homemade whipped cream;

The fact that I never have a bad dream;

Roses in bloom in the early Spring;

The joy of an awaited telephone ring;

Seeing a cable car traverse Nob Hill;

Eating homemade ice cream 'till I get my fill;

When the laundry gets the right amount of starch in my shirts;

My refusal to ever give up desserts;

Hearing Jessye Norman's beautiful voice;

31 Flavors Ice Cream.....So hard to make a choice!

Coffee and toast slathered with marmalade;

The return of my cat who had recently strayed;

My best friend's voice when he calls on the phone;

Sucking the meat off a chicken's wishbone;

Beholding the rainbow after the new fallen rain;

After the holidays and my scales show no gain!

Finding some money when I thought I had none;

The sense of relief when a hard task is done;

An early morning walk on a deserted beach;

The soul stirring sound of a peacock's screech.

To remember the Prune Whip my wife used to make;

And salivate over Dear Abby's Coconut Cake;

A frozen Snicker Bar on a hot summer day;

Or a drive in the country smelling new mown hay.

Yes, these things make my world turn and turn me on too.

Do they, by any chance, have the same effect on you?

The serenity I feel on a high mountain top

Though I know if I slip I'll surely go PLOP!

Looking for sand dollars on a fog shrouded shore

And never being satisfied ...always looking for more.

A "can't lay it down" book keeping me up until three

Along with chocolate mint cookies and peppermint tea.

I don't feel neglected, left out or rejected

And from this world I "ain't" disconected

Because all the foregoing things are surely enough

To keep me from shouting,

"STOP THE WORLD, I WANT TO GET OFF!"

by William B. Grove