Whistle While You Wait

 Whistle as You Wait

Young Olaf stood tall and straight

      and declared:“I fear not death

      it is but the last page of my biography. 

Brave Olaf stood on the  Cemetary Road

       accepting the dare

       to walk through. 

The moon and sky danced to tunes

      played by the wind and leaves

      and strange shadows darted here and there. 

All alone the cemetery became a stage

         featuring a shadow play

      with Halloween like actors

      while Olaf whistled to himself. 

Sitting by the telephone

      tapping fingers on an empty coffee cup

      waiting for the phone to report the biopsy report, 

      again Olaf whistled to himself.

Doug Minnis January 27,2013