61/65 degrees this morning. Didn't have a bite to it, but it was chilly! Soon I will be saying "Fall 2013" (or Autumn 2013, I haven't decided yet).
The Dentist gave me an "ok" on my dental surgery, said it looked good and the surgery went great. It will be another five months before the next step, although I do have a six week check. I think the next step is to install the "posts", and then my regular Dentist puts in crowns which are actually the teeth. Fortunately, this goes over two separate years for dental insurance purposes and it is covered as separate procedures, which saves me a considerable amount of money.
"Early voting" today in the Lakeland elections. I always thought "early voting" sounded kind of strange, but it seems to work work well in providing a chance to vote. I don't like to vote at the polls in Tennessee because they allow candidates and supporters and apparently unlimited signs outside the polling place (I think there is a 100' distance they have to stand behind. You have to walk through a bunch of yelling candidates/supporters, signs etc. to vote. It is almost harassing, but it is also democracy in action as far as candidates having maximum opportunity to convey their message. However, I usually try to "early vote" either downtown or at another area without the harassment. (For example, I voted in this election already, in Arlington.)
My poem today from "The World Without End is Ending" is "The Fizz is Gone" (my last one will be tomorrow). I expect this poem is an assignment to use words to convey pictures or feelings or sounds.
THE FIZZ IS GONE
Failure is as soiled and
Yellowed as an old sheet
Sounds like an old car
As it spins without starting
Failure tastes like
Soda gone flat
Failure feels like the rasp of sandpaper
Taking away the good and the bad
Grinding all into dust
Failure smells like the standing water
left in the dishpan of life
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