The Beer Magnet
by Barbara Tremblay Cipak, Copyright

There's a nice cold beer in my fridge
Bud was tired of being in storage,
he waited patiently each day
to get carried away
and meet the love of his life...
"Easy Chair".
Next thing I know
TV is turned on
watching magnetic-beer the big pawn
as Easy Chair's arm
bumped into Bud's bottle of charm
it caused him to overly flow and disarm
That's when I lost it,
and screamed, "What a Mess!"
and knew that Bud had to go,
so I drank the whole Beer
proceeded to park my end-rear
in the chair of all-show-and-no-go
Well TV was perturbed
by the way Bud disappeared
until I made myself perfectly clear
"This is the chair, I sit in each night
this is the beer, I drink when uptight
you're the TV I watch to de-stress
and I have no qualms turning you off,
so listen up dude
stop staring,
it's rude,
and incidentally,
this is every Beer's path:
"They meet this chair
end up in my stomach down there
there's six in a case,
do the math
I've four left to guzzle
so don't choke on your muzzle
and yes it's a beer love affair
but the love is from me
to you Ms. TV,
this Beer and this Big Easy Chair"

Nothing like a nice cool beer at the game, watching the game, or after playing the game - enjoy :)

YOU DON'T have to STINK to be GOOD!
by Barbara Tremblay Cipak, Copyright

After nine months of Hockey
Big Fred finishes a great season
done with the sweating,
the workouts and freezin'
done with the traveling,
time to reorganize his trunk,
done with the hockey bag,
and it really stunk!
Fred re-tapes his stick
at the end of each year,
takes his bag to the cleaner
where they sanitize his gear
goes away on a holiday
stays off ice the whole time
when he gets home he's recharged
thanks to well planned downtime
Big Fred's itching to play
now that he's back
so out comes his hockey bag,
when he gets a whiff of that sack?
"what!, this can't be mine,
it smells really nice!
I'll have to play pick-up
to stink this gear up on ice
He proceeds to the arena
feeling big, ready and tough
walks into the dressing room,
all the players smell rough,
they peek above their hockey skates
at Freddie's rose scented gear
sarcastically they ask him,
"you don't play much 'round here?"
Smart Fred says very little
'why give them a clue?'
nods in the affirmative,
thinks, "I'll shock all of you"
Shinny starts on time
the Referee drops the puck
Fred wins the first face off
skates like a Mac Truck
speed and agility
like hockey ballet
his opponents stand stunned,
"man, this guy can play!"
Big Fred takes a shot
it goes in the five-hole,
and that was the first of six beautiful goals,
while shaking hands after the game
Big Fred laughed where he stood,
then sarcastically told them,
"you don't have to stink to be good!"