Misery Doesn’t Always Love Company Mark A. McDonald Copyright © 2009 by Mark A. McDonald. Library of Congress Control Number: 2009911245 ISBN: Hardcover 978-1-4415-9239-2 Softcover 978-1-4415-9238-5 Ebook 978-1-4500-0401-5 All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the copyright owner. This book was printed in the United States of America. To order additional copies of this book, contact: Xlibris Corporation 1-888-795-4274 www.Xlibris.com [email protected] 70820 Contents Life Change My Mother’s Chair Why Complacency Thief For You (Thanks to an employer) Dance Free Red Love Jackie Relief Consequence Do You Really? Just before Dawn Passion Siren Discontent Yesterday Hardship Path Elián Drain Drive My Sovereignty, a dilemma The Deciding Factor Faith FOE Indifference Forever Traitor My Shame Faith The Rose Master of My Fate Anguish Taint Truth Pain Distress Within Race The Only One Introspection Advent Esteem Me CAT Eventually The Person I Knew My Fire Average Et Al Left, Right, Wrong? How Can You, Mozart? What Would You Say Ode Doubt Closer For Jackie & Amy Life We constantly wade through the toil and the strife Where is my lighthouse, my guide Life compromising! Life unbecoming! Life—I find you lacking! But I digress . . . “We must make an effort to implement positive changes in our lives And not just sit and watch the days go by”