Ode to a Stag 3028

I belong to a Round Table that meets weekly during the academic year to one of the members give a speech on a topic of his choice and the quality of the speeches are remarkable and cover a broad range of topics. At the end of the year we have a stag event/outing to some of our interesting venues in Southern California following by lunch and an award of the best speech and most researched speech as voted on by the members. Thought you would enjoy this note on the event and the two winning entries

Ode to a Stage 2018

Another day to end the year, another stag to enjoy

The Knights boarded a bus at eight for a day of gems, water and beer to await

After checking ID’s to make sure we shiftless group

Were not jewel thieves looking to heist some valuable loot

Joined by a man of steel fresh from a dialysis bed

Testimony that when push comes to shove a Knight would prefer a stag instead

Fascinating exhibits of gems and jewelry at the GIA on display

Thank God none were for sale or it would have been a B/K filing day

Two Victoria Secrets bras made of jewels one with a 37 million dollar cost

The other a barely A cup with very little dollars to be lost

Then off to a nearby  Carlsbad sandy beach

To tour a plant that from the ocean waters salt it would leach

With an impromptu speech by Peter on the flower fields

And how his marketing plan brought a higher yield

A history of the dawn of color TV and the poinsettia’s advent

To two acres that may soon a purple haze to stoners be sent

Hard hats and vests to see the renaissance of the new water dawn

From drinking to watering our brown parched lawns

Need to build more desal plants or have more people from California flee

From dried brush and tinderbox ready to be ignited inflammable trees

To the Karl Strauss Brew Pub  for a quick repast washed down with foam

To then learn why on this day we left our Orange County homes

Peter stuck it to the chicken and egg man and returned the favor

Like Peter a year ago Grant won most votes for a sum but no trophy to savor

In a day when power point rules and words of eloquence take the back seat

Russ Leatherby won the trophy for on Hoover and the Osage Indians the best speech

And for best researched Mike Mulvihill unlocked the mysteries of Bitcoin and the Blockchain

Maybe the new wealth as other assets lose value and go do the drain

Rare is the nation or group that has a peaceful transfer of power

We Knights are blessed that from a holdover tyrant we never have to cower

Nick Dauderman of the Bushwood Country Club Spring Party fame

Not present but our chairman for next year was at the end named

Great and outstanding job to the troika of Peter, Jerry and Pete

Enjoy the summer Knights looking forward to another season of fellowship and speeches to greet

© May 19, 2018 Michael P. Ridley aka the Alaskanpoet