Open Arms
A Poem
God and I were
jogging one spring
morning when
we came upon
a homeless man
sleeping under
a maple tree. God
stopped and left
His business card
and a hundred
dollar bill. I could
not help but smile.
“What good is
the money?” I said.
“He will simply
drink himself to
death.” “Then I
will welcome him
with open arms
in heaven.” God replied.
About Harley King
During his more than seventy years on this illustrious planet, Harley King has been gainfully employed as a carpenter, street sweeper, car hop, corn detasseler, hospital orderly, radio announcer, book editor, publisher, freelance writer, bus driver, sports writer, bookkeeper, policy and procedures writer, forms designer, marketing vice-president, corporate executive, professional speaker, facilitator, salesman, trainer, organizational development consultant, ad writer and communications executive. Some jobs he has held for a whole day and others he has held for years. He has also had more than thirty different bosses.
Harley King has been writing and publishing poetry for over 50 years. He spent 7 years writing only haiku. He has published 12 books of poetry and 2 works of non-fiction.
Harley has been speaking on leadership and customer service for over 30 years. He has delivered more than 5,000 presentations.
Harley is a certified Zentangle teacher and creates abstract drawings.
Harley is patiently waiting for the big publisher in the sky to turn his books into best-sellers and his poetry into classical literature.
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