REST IN PEACE By Tom Jensen
When the flames rose up
I watched my house burn down
As everything I had
Lay smoldering on the ground
Yet I wasn't sad
For me and my cats got out
But I got this sinking feeling
That there was something else....
I walked over to the lawn
Began rummaging around
That's when I remembered
My ears didn't hear the sound
Of a piercing shriek
Yelling at me to wipe my feet
Saying wash your hands twice
Before you come touching me...
Oooooh.....
that's right.....
Oooops....
she must have been asleep...
So when someone asks me,
"How's my wife?"
I say, "May she rest in peace"