BLEACHED BUT NOT BEACHED <br /> <br />Dying my hair now <br />every month instead of year <br />as the grey chases <br />me to the grave I always <br />the most natural of blondes. <br /> <br />******** <br /> <br />THE HISTORY TEACHER FEELS HER AGE <br /> <br />Old age is catching <br />I am now as old as this <br />history lesson <br />teaching to children from books <br />what I have lived through. 'Bo-ring! ' <br /> <br /> <br />******* <br /> <br />THE SOUND OF SNOW FALLING <br /> <br />Most heavy snowfall <br />all snowmen become Buddha. <br />Heaven keeps falling. <br />People carry their own snow <br />on top of hats...hoods...& caps. <br /> <br />******* <br /> <br />REVENGE IS SWEET! <br /> <br />On black laquer top <br />that the flies use for skating <br />one slips & oooops...falls! <br />I laugh at his misfortune. <br />He laughs & poos on my sweet!<br /><br />Dónall Dempsey<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/thursday-tankas/