★ADRIFT★
Now where there was compliance Across the globe there is defiance Credibility has been speared As more opposition has appeared And as sanctions fumble and fail The clouds of war are about to assail Where once there was much gladness It’s all been replaced with madness Like when going out dressed to kill You forgot […]
★ON SECOND THOUGHT★
Think about it once, then think twice Add one more to make it thrice Then you cut, slice, or saw Keeping it within the law Measured ever so carefully Afford it forward just darefully Drilling or slicing or just making a mark Don’t be blinded or hindered by the dark For you can remove all […]
★MOTHS ASUNDER★
When flickering candles are burning And there’s a bit of chill in the air Thus is the wee creature drawn in Lessons best for the learning And not left hanging in despair To be later dismissed in winter’s wind With wings made of powder Fluttering against the breezes And the consequential airs The strokes only […]
★QUITE!★
…As he sits on a park bench, snot running down his nose Greasy fingers smearing shabby clothes Out in the cold sun, eyes aching on the hour Feeling much more like a burnt duck Running low on any power So that we’re plum out of luck In Africa, the threat of snakebite is an ever-present […]
★R U KIDDING ME★
Porch pirates in the news Stealing parcels, catching the blues And pinks, reds, greens, or yellows Glitter, sparkles get all over these fellows And women are also included Claiming deliveries, totally deluded Splattered with paint, just humiliated Many excuses have been accumulated Threats to sue and file charges Laid up and shipped on barges Threats, […]
★MANNERS CONSCRIPTED★
Forgotten mothers With hidden crescendo Along the glissando Get two out of three Allowing for rain Tango once again Bring your own lunch Spare the mustard And the custard too Leave not the bottle Cognac or brandy And chocolate candy Mind the ants Who may gather Eat greedily rather Don’t be a glutton Eat just […]
★INTONE★
With all the anguish to suppress Prisoner’s got a lot of restlessness In the sanctuary’s isolation There’s bound to be some frustration And at home left behind There’s bound to be some weeping Ps and Qs we have to mind And try to get some sleeping
★MONEY RACE★
Ah contraire, mon ami. Perhaps you have not deduced the interpretation of my expression, “A MAN OF MODEST MEANS!”? First allow me to say, I married well, high above my station. Next, unfortunately, I was involved in a most tragic traffic collision that ultimately resulted in an extremely lucrative lawsuit. Futuristically, we are involved in […]
★A PROMISE COMETH★
Leaves, red, yellow, orange, brown In the whirling of the wind And the ears hear the sound Bowing humbly, the trees bend Migrations for winter’s season Feathers fluffing for insulation Songs are muted for a reason Softer words for our conversation Flurries and snowflakes Swirling through the frost Making of pies and cakes Something found, […]
★BACK IN THE DAY★
Once when I was nomadic With drifting free forever Resisted to be the more dramatic Thinking the speed of the weather But now Ol’ Sol he did sat To count a thousand dreams Adrift in a world gone flat Reverberating on surging streams Where I came from it was hypnotized It was all rather camouflaged […]