An Ordinary Rage
Ordinary wine works just fine
for normal people like me.
My sister-in law explained,
(about damn near anything
she liked): “it’s all the rage!”
Like mid-eighties, vapid looking,
overpriced, Cabbage Patch Dolls.
Ordinary is good. Strength
resides around the center of a bell curve.
If everything must be so damn special,
think about that, my friend—
because (then) nothing is.
Look both ways because weddings are wonderful and funerals are not.
The first is an option while the second celebrates death more than life.
Mind the gaps and be skeptical of outliers.
Our Literary Journey 
Bill, I really, really like how you explore the value of ordinariness amidst societal pressures for constant novelty, especially your use of wry humor!
Sincerely,
David
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Thank you, David.
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Certainly not those damn Cabbage Patch Dolls!
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Wise words here. And there are those who are always chasing special and more special and are quickly disappointed.
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So well said, Bill. I could not agree more. If everything is special, nothing is and you lose the joy in the everyday.
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Wonderful words that reiterate life is special and the time we lose can never be regained, Bill … so we must try to live our best every single moment.
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