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Poems for My Wife

Taking a Nap

June 26, 2009 By Thomas Ortega II

Today was the first day in a long time where I succumbed to the sandman's sleep chime. I do not know why, but I had no choice. I had to give in to Sleep's siren voice. It must be the …

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The Circus

June 25, 2009 By Thomas Ortega II

It's now official: We love the circus. Well, I'm sure that's news you could prob'ly guess. Me and our two boys have a grand ole time watching animals and the clowns that mime. There are …

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Back to the Gym

June 24, 2009 By Thomas Ortega II

I took a week off from hitting the gym on doctor's orders and not some lame whim. He's fixing my toe, at least, trying to. He advised against putting on a shoe. Well a week went by and I …

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Someone Knows My Show

June 23, 2009 By Thomas Ortega II

I got a small glimpse of being a star, i.e. random folks knowing who you are. Only in my case, they did not know me, but rather the show and my company. I was at the park, just me and the …

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Buying Circus Tickets

June 22, 2009 By Thomas Ortega II

We all pile in the blue Madsen van, then head to downtown as fast as we can. We are off to get tickets for the show. The circus's in town, as I'm sure you know. Afterwards, we'll …

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Riding Trouble

June 21, 2009 By Thomas Ortega II

I've ridden before down in Mexico, but that does not count for some reason, you know. It's because the horse knew just what to do. She did not care if it was me or you. One hope that I …

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