Joyce at 74, 2017
She’s drop dead (not yet) gorgeous, vivacious.
Here & now, g-d willing way Yonder
audacious, tenacious & hellacious.
My wife of never ceasing wonder!
Her style & demeanor youthful.
Never caught even fibbing
engaging & often truthful
as so swift at ad libbing.
How did she do as a Mom?
for all her four offspring?
Sheer mom-entum & aplomb
a bottomless wellspring!
How’s she doing as Granny?
Clearly for her seven
a warm friend, not a nanny
strives to act as leaven.
And as a Neighbor & Friend?
What a neighborhood hit!
Someone on whom to depend
lending her sewing kit.
Never the ‘take pains’ planner
she’s snappy on the draw.
Duck! When she wields a spanner
we all scatter in awe!
No one knows better How to Intervene,
at work & at home: she’s The Reigning Queen!
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-ad lib = without advance preparation
-aplomb = coolness and composure under strain
-audacious = disposed to venture or take risks
-hellacious = remarkably something
-leaven = an influence that works subtly to lighten or modify
-pains = take (great) pains to do something
-snappy = quick or sudden in action
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