{"id":27152,"date":"2026-03-16T19:23:37","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T09:23:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.billkochman.com\/Blog\/?p=27152"},"modified":"2026-03-16T19:23:37","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T09:23:37","slug":"goodbye-to-kisses-a-poem-by-bill-kochman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.billkochman.com\/Blog\/index.php\/goodbye-to-kisses-a-poem-by-bill-kochman\/","title":{"rendered":"GOODBYE TO KISSES? &#8212; a poem and song by BBB"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.billkochman.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/goodbye-to-kisses-optimized.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1350\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-38845\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.billkochman.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/goodbye-to-kisses-optimized.png 1080w, https:\/\/www.billkochman.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/goodbye-to-kisses-optimized-557x696.png 557w, https:\/\/www.billkochman.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/goodbye-to-kisses-optimized-768x960.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>#Poetry #Poem<\/p>\n<p>GOODBYE TO KISSES?     <\/p>\n<p>by Bill Kochman<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Bill's Bible Basics Poetry and Songs\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billkochman.com\/Poetry\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.billkochman.com\/Poetry<\/a><\/p>\n<p>08-18-2024<\/p>\n<p>So I went food shopping the other day,<br \/>\nGot my stuff and then went up to pay.<br \/>\nAfterwards I thot my total seemed high,<br \/>\nBut I didn\u2019t even bother to ask \u2018em why.<\/p>\n<p>Now later in the day it bothered me still,<br \/>\nYet I did not look at that expensive bill.<br \/>\nThen during the night as I lay in my bed,<br \/>\nThoughts of that total yet filled my head.<\/p>\n<p>So I got out of bed and went to the trash,<br \/>\nTo find out what happened to my cash.<br \/>\nI got the receipt &#038; examined each thing,<br \/>\nMan oh man, it just didn\u2019t make me sing!<\/p>\n<p>Hershey\u2019s kisses are my pleasure in life,<br \/>\nBut why so more expensive than a wife?<br \/>\nLet me tell you dude, it just really sucks,<br \/>\nIt was a two-pound bag for twenty bucks!<\/p>\n<p>When I saw it I nearly went thru the roof,<br \/>\nNow how can I satisfy my sweet tooth?<br \/>\nI don\u2019t shop often so well I bought three,<br \/>\nAs you can imagine, I am feeling misery.<\/p>\n<p>At this point I am not certain what to do,<br \/>\nAre my kisses eating days sadly through?<br \/>\nI deserve to have my one sweet pleasure,<br \/>\nEven if I truly spend beyond my measure. <\/p>\n<p>I am an old man, my days are soon done,<br \/>\nSo I\u2019ll just keep on having my kisses fun.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>#Poetry #Poem GOODBYE TO KISSES? by Bill Kochman https:\/\/www.billkochman.com\/Poetry 08-18-2024 So I went food shopping the other day, Got my stuff and then went up to pay. 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