Whimsy

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=110 BGCOLOR="#CCFFFF" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="039506e1egerbq.jpg"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#339900" FACE="Arial" ><B>Post-Polio Syndrome Information and More</B></FONT><B> </B><B> </B></div> <div> <B>                                                                                                             </B><A HREF="index_page.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Index"><U><B> INDEX</B></U></A></div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=190 BGCOLOR="#339900" TEXT="#080000"> <div>  <img src="HTMLobj-290/aniGif.gif" alt="Dragon with butterfly, gif" border="0" align="bottom" width="124" height="202">  </div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div>                   </div> </td> <td valign="top" height=370 BGCOLOR="#99CC00" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B>Whimsy</B></div> <div> <B>          <img src="HTMLobj-291/aniGif.gif" alt="Two clowns on one bike each going in different direction, gif" border="0" align="bottom" width="366" height="277">  </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>This is a poem written by Sylvia and entered in a poetry contest.  It was a semi-finalist and we share it with all of you.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Polio Life</B></div> <div>     <IMG SRC="06118180.gif" border=0 width="24" height="24" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> Ó<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#990099" FACE="Arial" ><B>Sylvia Smith</B></FONT></div> <bR> <div> Free as the breeze as a butterfly be</div> <div> Happy and sad</div> <div> Forever I'll be</div> <div> Happy cause you're here with me</div> <div> Sad cause love can no longer be</div> <div> Happy, sad and free am I</div> <div> For all the world no longer cries</div> <div> It came, it went it left its mark</div> <div> All crooked, gnarled but free am I</div> <div> Happy, sad, no longer ensnarled</div> <div> Electric legs on batteries do run</div> <div> Catch me if you can</div> <div> If not so sad then happy I'd be</div> <div> To ride, to glide, forever free</div> <div> What is this what's left its mark</div> <div> Once gone now rears its ugly head</div> <div> For shame I'm not, life lived was full</div> <div> Until the dread of polio instilled</div> <div> It has returned in all its kill.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="089bd9f0.jpg" border=0 width="189" height="159" ALT="Graphic of girl on a bench talking to a rabbit" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <B>Ok, here's a funny:</B></div> <div> <B>A couple were sitting in a travel agents office.  The agent asked, "Are you interested in a cruise, a safari, or shopping for perscription drugs?"  </B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="pets_and_more.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE=" Pets and More"><U><IMG SRC="0816e5a0.jpg" border=0 width="110" height="90" ALT="Back button of same cat under blanket reaching for ball" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A>                                                              <A HREF="id6.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Some Favorite Links and Contact Us"><U><IMG SRC="08a6e590.jpg" border=0 width="110" height="89" ALT="Forward Button of cat under a blanket with paw reaching for ball" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>