Verily verily I say unto thee! Thine virtues attained By thine markets be free Charity! By the exalted disparity Twas not a penance Meant to relieve Merely a lavish edifice stitched to seam An elusive dream Better beggars! To be fishermen Making haste Far away to sea! Slackers and laggards Are not meant to beContinue reading “REPUBLICAN JESUS”
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REMINISCE Of THE SQUALL’S MIST
Time has a way with seasons Winter Summer Spring and Fall Looking back Some folks show Warm kinship Plant seeds Of real friendship While others Bitterly cold Brusque Outer space From whence cometh the squall? Did they really Knoweth me At all? Sensible sensibilities Intact on a clean NYC downtown toilers train Musing beside theContinue reading “REMINISCE Of THE SQUALL’S MIST”
A TOAST
A Toast to the Nation For Tough Economic and Pandemic Times A Toast to My Friends For Putting Up with My Rhymes A Toast to President Obama For Adding Color To the Presidential Panorama A Toast to All the Teachers And Nature’s Wonderful Creatures A Toast to All We Love And Providence Up Above AContinue reading “A TOAST”
TIS ONLY I
My Mother and my Father Out of the Light they Lie The Warrant would not find them And here ‘Tis only I ‘Tis only I Shall hang so high O let not man remember The Soul that God forgot But fetch the county kerchief And noose me in the knot And I will rot ForContinue reading “TIS ONLY I”
MISTLETOE
Whether Ye Be Enemy or Foe Don’t Pass Under The Mistletoe For there you will be under attack By my Longing Lips For a Lasting Smack If this should turn you to the Hooch Then I will be on the Prowl again For an even Bigger Smooch Beware the stare of the Sensuous Scrooge! ScrutinizeContinue reading “MISTLETOE”
THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF SENOR TOM TURKEY
I watched with awe As you came ashore After sailing from far far away lands You built your towns On none were frowns With sheer grit Determination Faith And bare hands I figured that one fateful day Where we would play And share our future destiny as friends For that fateful chance To laugh andContinue reading “THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF SENOR TOM TURKEY”
Rover
Walk Up a Seesaw Guffaw High-Five a Paw Lick it Up Don’t Use a Straw Leave Your Scent It’s the Law Who Needs Nail-Polish When You Got a Claw Eat your Meat Raw Hee-Haw I’ll Be Your Best Friend When You Come Back In The Door I Lost My Mommy And My Daddy You evenedContinue reading “Rover”
The Play Is The Thing
Blessings Man! Many have treated my creative endeavors As if it were cursed You were always there supporting me From the first I will always remember Your steadfast support Even whilst I am riding in the hearse! Until then Old friend I will continue to be inventively immersed In Life Some will always think OfContinue reading “The Play Is The Thing”
CHRIS CHRISTIE MALFEASANCE AND THE SPECTRE OF FLORENCE
I would like to tell you a story today A story of how my confidence in life went astray That one fateful day On the Jersey Bridge To Nowhere It started with a call for an ambulance After experiencing sharp pains in my chest These pains I could no longer bear Please get me outContinue reading “CHRIS CHRISTIE MALFEASANCE AND THE SPECTRE OF FLORENCE”
Forgiveness
I shall layeth down My cloak of redemptionIt shall cleaneth you Of all manner Of compensationFor just as my temperament Doth squabble feebly With the present foibles Of my most difficult current hostilitiesTimeSweet majestic Unwavering timeDoth reconcile in me An assurance of tranquility Shall invade my troubled waters And calm the turbulent seas To butContinue reading “Forgiveness”