Your Friend And Mine
It recently occurred to me
that we all seem to know the same guy
it’s not God, although Jesus loves me this I know,
it’s not Santa Clause, the Easter bunny or even mother nature.
This guy is more world renowned than that
or at least I’ve heard that he is according to myself
my family and my acquaintances
because we all seem to save money for this guy
we plan our trips with this guy in mind
we spend extra money to purchase items for him
we make more food than is necessary
we save our leftovers, over stack our refrigerators
we buy two shirts not one
pack more bags when traveling, take along extra shoes
carry hidden weapons, learn self defense techniques
set reminders for calendar events, buy extra usb cords
leave our houses early, take a coat on a warm day
carry umbrellas when there’s not a cloud in the sky
change our morning routines, our lunch routines, our evening routines
we shower sooner rather than later, scoot things away from ledges
change both course of travel and the way we drive
heck, sometimes even what we drive.
We call ahead when leaving the house
we stop by places we hadn’t planned to stop
but when the idea happened upon us
it was all because of this one guy,
justin case.
Everybody I know knows this guy,
he’s like a super phantom savior,
a brother to common sense,
a benevolent harbinger of must haves
and an ever present reminder of all the things that could happen
and are a good idea
as a matter of fact I’ve never met anyone
with more ideas than this guy
don’t believe me, try to live without him, try it
just one day, an entire day, better still make it a week
see how well your life goes without him
then tell me later how things went
I bet you before Friday that you yourself will find
that charismatic enigma
both your friend and mine, justin case,
reminding you of all the little things
you could possibly or perhaps should do
in his all too well known name.
