If Skunks Could Fly...

A bit of silliness to start today...

Last night in the course of conversation I mentioned how 

I had a dream/nightmare that skunks could fly!

I didn't elaborate but it was quite traumatic which is likely why I remember it!

 I was bent over in the garden and one landed on my back

 and started turning round and round like some animals do, 

trying to find a comfy spot for a snooze...

and I couldn't move for fear it would spray!!! then I woke up😅😂😂)

One of the listeners kiddingly challenged me to turn it into a poem.

haha!! Of course, he (Glenn) should have known I can never resist a poem-challenge😁

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Ps.118:24

This is the day the Lord has made;
We will rejoice and be glad in it.

I didn't have a picture of skunks but I took a photo of these beauties on Sunday!

They cooperated nicely

unlike the loon, that disappeared every time I clicked...😅

(Thankfully no flying skunks landed on the lake!)

It could be worse; sin’s curse of few-and-full-of-trouble-days

Sometimes we fret, and forget mercy’s very caring ways

So, if you’re feeling down and out, with doubtful, poutful sigh

Remember that it would be worse if God made skunks that fly

Imagine, when you settle for a little outdoor nap

A flying skunk would flutter down, kerplunk, into your lap

And you would need to wait, stock-still until it flew away

For fear you startle it and be drenched with stench of skunk-spray

Imagine a day at the beach, if like sea-gulls, skunks flew

And hovered overhead waiting for a stray fry or two

Or if, while tending gardens we would need to watch our back

Against possible peril of a flying skunk attack

What chaos would ensue for me and you; oh, aren’t you glad

That heads are not in danger of being skunk’s landing pad

And we don't need to worry about skunks building a nest

In our favorite tree; my, my, but aren't we sweetly blessed?!!

This is the day the Lord has made, rejoice, be glad in it

So much could be much worse, we all humbly have to admit 

So, when we count God's mercies, among many mentioned things

I think that we should add, ‘that He did not make skunks with wings’

© Janet Martin

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