The World News Might Not Be Therapeutic.

Don't Say It...i've Seen Too Many Loves Sundered By Too Much Needless Honesty.

There's Something About Taking A Plow And Breaking New Ground. It Gives You Energy.

Then The Trembling Starts To Get Worse. This Must Be How They Begin, He Thinks. Freak-outs. Breakdowns. Crack-ups. Eventually Shut-ins And Finally Cross-offs. But First The Cover-up . . .

I Lay In Bed The Night Before The Fishing Trip And Thought It Over, About My Being Deaf, About The Years Of Not Letting On I Heard What Was Said, And I Wonder If I Can Ever Act Any Other Way Again. But I Remembered One Thing: It Wasn't Me That Started Acting Deaf; It Was People That First Started Acting Like I Was Too Dumb To Hear Or See Or Say Anything At All.

You've Got To Get Out And Pray To The Sky To Appreciate The Sunshine; Otherwise You're Just A Lizard Standing There With The Sun Shining On You.