Just the Facts Ma’am My mother and I lived alone in a New York City apartment, so when cleaning we often dressed scantily. Our apartment was diagonally across from the trash room. My mother had recently toured the FBI. As a souvenir, she brought home the life-size sheet of paper […]
Ada Mark Strausberg
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Our lives are filled with wonderful Passover memories. Here is a sampling. We hope you enjoy reading this group effort. Happy Passover! The wine police Aunt Bex was most famous in our family for giving graduated Chanukah gifts by age. The oldest great-nephew got $10, next child got $9, etc. […]
Time to spring into SpringMakes you want to dance and singIt puts spring in every stepYou’re full of energy and pep It’s time to turn ahead the clockYou’ll want to buy a lacy frockThings to do—set a goalWeather’s nice, just take a stroll After winter’s long doldrumsWe can’t wait for spring to […]
I’m taking care of meBecause as you can seeIf I’m not very goodYou don’t get what you should I’m taking care of meDespite the entropyJust giving you my allAt your beck and call I’m taking care of meBecause we are a “we”Both of us must be strongThe road ahead is […]
Another train derailmentIn only 90 days!I wonder to myselfIs this the latest craze? Rail has always beenThe safest way we traveled. But lately, seems to beThe mode has now unraveled. It isn’t just the accident.Are trains no longer safe?It’s toxic waste that’s presentI think there’s something “treif.” Also, there’s too […]
Looking for a composer to put this to music and make a hit song! Contact for details by clicking here. How did our love go oh so wrong?It’s why I had to write this song. How did such a beautiful thingjust become a venomous sting? There was not even a […]
We haven’t come so very farIn keeping Blacks on equal parAnd we are poorer for it. Perhaps it would be if we hadThings wouldn’t be so very badBecause of pent up emotion. They did not ask to come hereWhile subjected to awful fearResulting in others’ profit. Wronging them in every mannerWe […]
Bad habits can become afflictionsLet’s add to the list two additionsMoney and power can be addictions. If one sells drugs, one goes to jailThese guys steal, get out on bailThey do bad but still prevail. They do not die but fade awayParachutes carry them through the frayBut what about me, […]
I am a Jew. Unfortunately, once again (or maybe since time immemorial, it has never ceased) there is a rise in antisemitic (read Jewish, as the word includes Arab) acts, rhetoric, remarks, thoughts, etc. Those fours words are a proud, defiant, courageous and a bit crazy statement to make. So why […]