Ah, springtime in Gilroy. The hills are alive with the sound of
music!
What a great time of year to be living in South County. The
budding flowers and trees, the green grasses in the rolling hills,
Coyote Lake and fishing, Coe Park and its hiking trails, well,
gosh, all the beauty of God’s creation just brings out the poet in
me.
Ah, springtime in Gilroy. The hills are alive with the sound of music!
What a great time of year to be living in South County. The budding flowers and trees, the green grasses in the rolling hills, Coyote Lake and fishing, Coe Park and its hiking trails, well, gosh, all the beauty of God’s creation just brings out the poet in me. In particular, I like a poetic device known as the limerick, which the dictionary defines as “a light humorous, nonsensical, or bawdy verse of five anapestic lines usually with the rhyme scheme a-a-b-b-a.”
And so, after musing over some local people, places and events in the recent Gilroy Dispatch news scene, I dedicate the following limericks.
To Dennis Taylor, liberal beacon of intolerance who continues to exhibit paranoid signs of delusion in his columns, being persuaded that Christian evangelicals are trying to set-up a Christian government in America and overthrow the Constitution, etc. this limerick:
Local columnist Dennis Taylor by name,
Thinks Christian evangelicals insane.
Oft their truth he has bent,
For his biased intent,
Though his objectivity he ardently doth claim.
To Connie Rogers, local political activist, who when speaking before the City Council on issues dear to her cause, always seems to start off at the mike with “I’m a former member of this body” while leaving out “who lost my bid for re-election,” this limerick:
Connie Rogers just won’t go away,
Before Council she must have last say.
Wal-Mart’s always bad,
And now she’s real sad,
Council’s vote did not make her day.
To Councilman Charlie Morales, who when voting against Super Wal-Mart, asked “Is Gilroy becoming a consumer town?” Gosh Charlie, where have you been all these years? Here’s a limerick for you:
Council’s Charlie Morales has said,
“A Gilroy for consumers?” What dread!
While he yet drives away,
To the Outlets for play,
And forgets where he does buy his bread.
To Eagle Ridge, the luxury home area of Gilroy, where the Gilroy elitists have carved out their own private gated domain, this limerick:
Eagle Ridge sits firm in its “nest”,
With homes in Gilroy – all the best!
While its streets need patrol,
Folks there have a goal,
To keep out the vandal and pest.
To Bonfante Gardens, Gilroy’s crowning jewel of national tourist attraction, now wavering unfortunately, on the brink of going under and closing down, this limerick:
The Gardens are now in a fix,
Cause big debt and amusement don’t mix.
With their financing gone bad,
Gilroy folks will be sad,
If its land returns to the weeds and the ticks.
To Gilroy High School, once again the recent focus on controversy between its administration, academic courses, teachers, and parents, this limerick:
Gilroy High School, oh my, what a mess,
Upon teachers and parents – such stress!
Two good teachers were just fired,
With some mediocre ones to be hired,
Placing all under communicative duress.
To Gilroy’s downtown district, in and out of our local news over the last 30 years over the issue of redevelopment, this limerick:
Gilroy’s aged and vacant downtown,
Causes us locals to blush and to frown.
In its present condition,
It needs major revision,
Rejuvenated, it would be our crown.
OK, so maybe I’ve stretched these, but I’ve sure had fun doing it. After all, why write a weekly opinion column if you can’t have fun with it at least once in a while?
And so, I’ll end with this rhyme,
For your reading enjoyment, ’tis fine.
You might say “Go away!”
But I’ll be back another day,
With more serious thoughts of mine.
