These Are My JOTtings...

Nashers: "My Town's Got Talent"

We have talents that we hope are best or good enough,
Yet we shoot our feet, when giving out just verbal fluff.

We can live our lives as wondrous funny and wise souls,
When we are as we were made to be, not fawning, grovelly trolls.

We wonder if our writing's worthy to be shown and read,
But our worthless writing's that we refused to pen before dead.

We must cast away our demons that do trouble us with doubt,
For it's time that they should find a shady corner and just pout.

by Jay O'Toole
on July 13th, 2017

For more about these witticisms invented by Ogden Nash
just peruse the following links.
https://poeticbloomings2.wordpress.com/2013/12/04/in-form-poet-wednesday-with-rj...
http://www.poetrymagnumopus.com/forums/topic/997-ii-the-couplet-the-nasher-coupl...