<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"><a href="https://allpoetry.com/poem/16054810-The-Weekend-by-ATripToNowhere" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 24pt; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="color: rgb(141, 56, 0); text-decoration: none;">The Weekend</span></a><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">By Tom Gray<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><br></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(20, 24, 35); background-color: rgb(253, 252, 248);">The weekend is here at last, so you can smile.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(20, 24, 35);"><br><span style="background-color: rgb(253, 252, 248);">Even if it's for a little while.</span><br><span style="background-color: rgb(253, 252, 248);">Enjoy your weekend just have some fun.</span><br><span style="background-color: rgb(253, 252, 248);">The week is over, your work is done.</span><br><span style="background-color: rgb(253, 252, 248);">Saturday is waiting just for you.</span><br><span style="background-color: rgb(253, 252, 248);">So find yourself something good to do.</span><br><span style="background-color: rgb(253, 252, 248);">Maybe you like cookouts, I don't know,</span><br><span style="background-color: rgb(253, 252, 248);">or maybe to the beach you will go.</span><br><span style="background-color: rgb(253, 252, 248);">Dads, show your kids you're a loving man.</span><br><span style="background-color: rgb(253, 252, 248);">Take them all somewhere nice if you can.</span><br><span style="background-color: rgb(253, 252, 248);">To give your family one great sigh.</span><br><span style="background-color: rgb(253, 252, 248);">Moms, bake them all a big apple pie. </span><br><span style="background-color: rgb(253, 252, 248);">The weekend is here, if for awhile,</span><br><span style="background-color: rgb(253, 252, 248);">so be happy, and put on a smile.</span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><br></div>—————————————————<br><br><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">http://www.MoscowCares.net</span></div><div><br></div><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tom Hansen</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Moscow, Idaho</span></div></div><div><br></div><div>“A stranger is just a friend you haven’t met.”</div><div>- Roy E. Stolworthy</div><div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>