Dining for seniors is becoming uncanny.
Canners now baffle both Grandpa and Granny.
Soup, hash and green beans are out of our reach.
We try but we fail to accomplish the breach.
With one bruised finger and one shredded nail
we tug at the lid loops, but always we fail.
Gene Newman was a USAF cryptologist during the Korean War and is a retired engineer and journalist, including stringing for the N.Y. Times and being a crossword puzzle creator for the New York Times and USA Today.
Copy that!
Ha! Gotcha! Been there done that. Should the packagers give us an injury rebate?
Now that’s topical.
Reads like a Dr. Seuss for seniors–you may have a niche here! Looking forward to more chapters!
Green eggs and ham
on the shelf next to Spam?
I stand here knee deep in Cheerios, sabotaged by a packaging engineer, who never had a father (or mother). It’s not tear along the dotted line- it doesn’t; it’s not insert tab– it won’t. It is tears 😢 along the dotted line…..
Thanks Gene – good work!
When corks gave way to screw tops, I knew someone was watching over us. Very clever, Gene, and oh so true. Would love to see more.
My Mom was Scottish, and used ‘uncanny’ a lot..love your rhyme..good on ya!
Sadly, it gets closer to the bone as we age but so well written; I can’t help but smile.
Open, Sesame!