Silly Advice You Should Try

inspired by & in appreciation of  Sidney Ledson
especially his Don’t Bother Living to 90 without this Book

Oh me
oh my
are there things worldly
or personal
that make you
sigh?

Tee hee
whee hee hee
do tell
what ticklish thing
could make you laugh instead?
Some nonsense on your funny phone?
Non, say you?
Or yea?
Whatever way it is
a proposition
utterly simple
lies grinning
below

Problems   problems
everywhere
nested in multitudes
buried in distractions
splitting faster than fission
attempting to embroil us all
in catastro-fee-fo-fum-phizing spirals
with wrongful missions
dividing and dividing us
till all that’s left
~ka~Ploof~
are specks of dust
where once were we
thought-fully-helping-handed
being human kindred

The solution to such foundational
confusion plied with strains of
solipsistic devolution
greedy gut  pollution
begins in your self soul home
your heart of hearts
with quite a simple physiological operation
that the Grinch himself achieved
as could even the most morose characters
of which you surely are not one?

To begin
oh so simple
turn up the meeting place
technically called
are you ready?
labial commisure
make that labile comic-sure
quite right
those are the corners of your mouth
though it be not square
nor conventionally angular
it can present crescent
with dimple delight
and twinkle eyes bright
With every sigh
just simply
send those corners up
or at least wide
to your ears
a benefit to you
and everyone around
freely given
no dermal fillers
no cost
and no appointment needed

oh me
oh my
oh see
oh smile

and as you do
take your bones
out side
       hop
jig           polka
or fancy foot shuffle them
and if to a chair or bed
you are confined
just use your imagination
easy sneezee
why not go all out ?
surprise yourself
tee hee
whee hee hee
did you see yourself niftily spring
with audacious zing?
and while you’re out there
listen up and look about
fanfactastic wonders await
in nature wild or tended
collect up some observations
re-member what is good
re-integrate it into your being
in preparation for the next step
of telling your smiling tale
plain and simple or marvelously elaborated
to others known or passersby
yoooou-hooo
sighs-mic hop-oration *!*
  ͜

Moving on now to intermediate levels
find common ground
it does exist
      however fine the line
in even the most ticklish
delicate division-prone topics
that urgently need discursive airing
or possibly perspicacious sutures
amongst your acquaintances and near ones
practice practice practice with good humour
so you might laugh yourselves back together
into agreeable exchanges on differences
divergences and delectable stone soups

So go on with yas
give this personal sigh operation
a lucky skip try
start with simple addition
of health beneficent smiles 
whistle a bit
until you feel ready
to multiply accords
and spread benefits
up down
   boing!
and all around
one sigh turned smile
at a time

If this verse tickled your fancy
there are others in a similar vein
Fear Full Remedy
Pink Celery
One for Fun
Safe as September Flowers
Prickle Days
Truth Brush