WHAT A KISS WILL DO

When I woke up this morning,
I was feeling mighty low,
I started for the light switch,
And bang! I stubbed my toe.

I looked out the bedroom window,
The dawn was cold and gray,
The sun had not yet shown itself,
It would be a dreary day.

The fire had gone out in the night,
And of course; the mercury dropped,
The kitchen range just wouldn't start,
And the bedroom clock had stopped.

I had beard a dog howl all night long,
And every horn that blew,
The neighbors had a party,
And they were noisy too.

Some cats had squalled for quite awhile,
They finally gave it up,
Then I heard the lonesome crying,
Of my daughters brand new pup.

I guess I did drop off to sleep,
A little af1er one,
I heard the neighbors kids come home,
They sure were having fun.

They yelled and banged and laughed and Sang,
And one girl squealed with glee,
I guess they had a lot of fun,
But it wasn't fun for me.

I tossed and turned; and tossed again,
I couldn't go to sleep,
I thought of all the bills to pay,
And appointments I should keep.

I thought; of what the Doctor said,
And I hoped he wasn't right,
I wondered what we'd have for lunch,
And wished it would get light.

When morning finally came,
Anther day was here,
I knew things would be better,
When hubby said; Hi; "Dear".

He came out to the kitchen,
To get his morning hug,
And of course a kiss is thrown in too,
You see I love the "Lug".

I heard him singing as he shaved,
The song we call "our own",
He's a long way from Sinatra,
But I'm glad he's mine alone,

Then I heard a door slam,
And knew my girl was up,
And down the cellar stairs she flew,
To see that brand new pup.

Then up she came; yes; pup and all,
As happy as could be,
The pup looked awfully happy too,
And he wagged his tail at me.

And when I looked down at him,
I simply couldn't see,
How that happy little ball of fur,
Had so a annoyed me.

While we eating breakfast,
My hubby laughed with me,
And then my daughter stole a kiss,
And smiled mischievously.

Then at the door they left me,
With the memory of a kiss,
I sighed and nodded to myself,
What could be as good as this?

And then I got to thinking,
About the lonely night,
Now everything had seemed so wrong,
Now every was right.

The sun was bright; the clouds were gone,
Yes; every thing was fine,
I had the nicest family,
The whole wide world was mine.

I laughed about the party,
The cats and young folks too,
So it only goes to show you,
What a smile and kiss will do.

AUTHOR: Margaret Shankland