amos feels summer heat

Editor’s note: Amos is a church mouse, unable to use the keyboard shift keys and unschooled in the art of

punctuation.

boss after two days of

sweltering heat red-hot

sidewalks and blistered little

mousy feet i have decided

that winter must be over and

i have put away my mittens

galoshes and fuzzy russian hat

to top it off boss the church s

air conditioner doesn t

work the whole church

pew underworld is facing a

minor crisis bugs are

falling over like flies and

flies are falling over and dying

like bugs only the goldfish and

the earthworms seem to like

the hot weather the rest of us

run from one lawn sprinkler

to another

that s okay boss but you have

to watch out for renegade

lawn mowers

one miserable day when

my whiskers were sweating

hot water drops i stumbled

into cami chameleon who

was trying desperately

to be a tree

hey says me you can t be

a tree you re a four-legged

creature like me

yes i can said she look at me

change from a green tree to

the blue sea i ve got great

color range

so i see says me but what

good does it do to change

yourself from green to blue

especially when the sun is hot

the breeze is shot

the shade s a dot

and cool we re not

oh you re funny says she

turning herself the color of

ivy leaves but don t you see

everything works out

so perfectly

no i don t see says me

all i know is how dry and

hot i be

but think of all the fun

you can have in the sun —

sailing swimming or go

for a run take a walk in

the park or tan till you re

dark don t you see what

i mean says she turning

herself back to green

sure it works for you says me

watching her turn to blue

because you re wishy-washy

through and through

you change on a dime to

whatever you find being around

you just blows my mind

cami just laughed boss and

said that may be true but

that s the best way for me

to do what i ve gotta do

you see for me to move and

live day after day i ve got

to look for the positive

the good in every thing and

every way that makes life richer

fuller and fair as a rose

in may

boss the more i think about

it i think cami s right

she s found the secret that

the apostle paul wrote about

in philippians four-eleven

quotes here boss — for i have

learned in whatsoever state

i am therewith to be content —

end quotes

so here s to the hot happy but

contented life in christ boss

may your days be golden

and your cheese unmolden

amos