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Thursday, May 27, 2021
Lux Sit Found Not Wanting
The first thing
Each dawn gives you remains
The last thing you wish
To give up.
Monday, May 24, 2021
Orientations: Ways And Means
Left to its own means,
The world will follow
Your meanderings
To the ends of the Earth
And back if you let it,
Or leave you forever
Facing true north
If you won’t.
Saturday, May 22, 2021
Betcha Haven't Heard This One
In reply
To the butcher’s
Question about how
Much lamb to cut,
The village
Priest raised his
Pudgy right
Hand high, as if getting
Ready to bring an imaginary
Cleaver down
To halve that fantastic
Looking carcass hanging up-
Side down
In front of him,
When he was cut
Short at the apex
By the first peal
Of lugubrious church
Bells prompting him
To blurt out—“Oops,
In that case, let’s go
Whole hog with it,”
As he followed through with his
Stroke of good luck
In one deliciously executed
Priceless swoop.
Wednesday, May 19, 2021
Starstruck And Fanciful Fairytale Spinster Muse
Impetuous and prone to become
Smitten with every hack-acting
Syrupy Tom, Dick, and Harry
Who threw you the slightest
Askance glance, thank
Your lucky stars you managed
To come this far and never
Once fell head-over-heels
For that cheesy, pock-marked
Man in the moon or even worse,
Ended up wart-bespangled
And hitched to a croaking,
Ludicrous toad in drag.
Monday, May 17, 2021
Haiku: Thistles
Waves of mauve silver
Rippling in the slightest wind—
Itch to go elsewhere.
Friday, May 14, 2021
Haiku: Breakfast With Sea View
sipping jasmine tea
eyes fasted on bay windows
cliffs slipping away
Monday, May 10, 2021
Acme Life Preserver Loans, Inc.
Washed out and dead
Tired of trying to keep
Your head above troubled waters
In a sea flush with sharks? Why not
Drop in and float
An exclusive Lifesaver Loan™
With us? Once you decide to
Take the plunge, we’ll have you
High and dry, head over heels
And walking on water straight
To the Promised Land no
Strings attached.
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