Retiree

My computer is irretrievably broken for long time. All e-mails were sorted at least twenty times and are gone by now. Bank accounts are closed. There is no money to put into savings anyway. All valuables were stolen and taken away. What's left is one knife, little rucksack and sore feet. Copyright (c) Marie Neumann Pottsville, 7/20/2010

Five fingers

Thumb is for greed forefinger for envy middle finger for jealousy ring finger for superiority and pinkie to delete. Copyright (c) Marie Neumann Pottsville, 7/26/2009

The age difference

How old are you? I would risk ten. Twenty are too many. Copyright (c) Marie Neumann Pottsville, 7/17/2010

What's for the City?

We are coming to shoot your picturesque row houses falling apart. "What the City will get?" We are coming to make movies about your dark smoky bars, your falling apart town, broken bridges, your burn down houses, your potholes will be in the movies. Aren't you proud? "What's in here for the City? What's in here for town?" Your town will be famous. Our production will sleep in your best hotels. We will eat in your restaurants. "What's in here for the city? What the City will get?" Copyright (c) Marie Neumann Pottsville, 7/15/2010

Robin

Robin is peeking over my shoulder when I type. Sometimes I ask him if what I wrote will not get me into the trouble with the authorities. "You are a poet!" Oh, Robin, I am such a fake and not a poet. I do not know how to spell and my poetry even doesn't rhyme. Not today, Robin. I am writing in Czech and chuckle silently to myself. I think it's funny. I will translate another day. Copyright (c) Marie Neumann Pottsville, 7/7/2010

Flea circus (Czech joke) (Adaptation)

Jaja was the best jumper in the flea circus. He jumped so high it took two days for him to come back. The nights do not count, because nobody can see a flying flea in the dark anyway. He was so famous that a well known scientist decided to examine closely Jaja's skills. The flea circus went on vacation because without Jaja, who was the main attraction, they couldn't perform. First day the scientist ordered: "Jaja jump!" Jaja jumped. The scientist carefully measured the flea's weight, height, counted the number of the legs, their length, and he also measured how high the flea jumped. In the evening he fed Jaja with his blood. Then they both slept. Second day the scientist tore away one of Jaja's leg. Then he measured how high Jaja jumped. The flea jumped almost as high as yesterday.The third day the scientist plucked off another leg. The flea still jumped high. Day after day the scientist continued his experiment and Jaja jumped. The last day, when Jaja lost his last leg, he didn't jump. The scientist, before closing his experiment, wrote down the conclusion: "When the flea loses all its legs, it also loses its hearing. The flea circus temporarily closed down, because everybody went to look for Jaja's replacement. Copyright (c) Marie Neumann Pottsville, 7/6/2010 Edited by Becki White, Reference librarian