Mr Acceptable and Mr Satisfactory
Mr Acceptable and Mr Satisfactory suggest
one hour of
clicking is
implemented to
make sure heroism declines in
popularity.
Built
Big
Beautiful
Bubble,
But
Bum
Being
Bored
Busted
By
Burst
Bubble;
Blood
Boils
10/20/2019
Tautogram Poems
The tautogram is best explained by its Greek root words of “tauto” meaning “the same” and “gramma” meaning “letter.” Basically, all words in the poem begin with the same letter.
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You hide, deny, words left implied_
between the lines where you reside_
avoid, misguide, all justified_
You say for love, say you are kind.
~False smiles, false praise...
Say it's the rules...
When did kindness
become so cruel~
~Fake hugs and invites...
Say it's the rules...
When did kindness
become so cruel~
persuade, convince, keep up pretence
stay on the fence, no preference
pretend we're friends to not offend
don't have the heart to end the trend
~False smiles, false praise...
Say it's the rules...
When did kindness
become so cruel~
~Fake hugs and invites...
Say it's the rules...
When did kindness
become so cruel~
Accesible and Acceptable
A much needed system, we should enable,
We know will always be readily accessible;
And did ensure,
We can endure;
All having agreed with what is acceptable.
Jim Horn
There is no acceptable reason
For discrimination and hate
Whether its about colour
Or sexuality or faith
People have the right be different
To be individual and unique
They have the right to enjoy free being and free speech
Without the fear of being subjected to others need
To racist or homophobic
Or xenophobic as well
Nobody who is different should feel locked in a cell
Of their own identity
And their right to be themselves.
My Lord and most gracious God
anoint my tongue by spirit divine
make my words always full of truth
humbly spoken in every line
Grant me a pure holy mind
to be full filling my heart
thoughts that glorify thy name
for thou O God great thou art
May I be truly acceptable
before you and your grace
my steps be in godly lines
resembling your blessed face
This I pray my redeemer and rock
thanks to you for all you've done
receiving me as your adopted son
('Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart
be acceptable in your sight, O Lord, my rock and my redeemer.')
Psalm 19: 14 (ESV)
The Seeds of Acceptable Hate
Between the folds of faith and belief,
tucked neatly in cushioned corners,
lie the seeds of acceptable hate.
Through quaint pleasant rituals,
and joyously hummed words,
dumbed down thoughts
and dazed faces exude,
righteous sweetness.
Belief wrapped in glistening foil,
faith painted in gaudy colours,
concealing the murmurs of hate,
of embraced intolerance,
and welcomed bigotry.
The seeds of acceptable hate flourish in damp fungal minds,
as indifference flowers into the silence of frozen apathy,
with blooming petals of finely measured howls of rage.
All the while the ever smiling faces beam with deep pride,
drenched in all the pious tears they've cried.
And so it is that the viral seeds of acceptable hate
thrive among the genteel folk that quietly gaze,
in silence at the slow creeping of the horror.
As more seeds of hate are sown with manic zeal,
and in the shrieking of this cowardly silence,
the seeds of acceptable hate,
continue to thrive,
and to germinate.
Don’t you see how much it hurts?
Suppressing a part of me?
So you can be comfortable?
It isn’t like changing shirts,
easy, peasey, one, two, three,
fit into a neat label.
Shall I cut my heart in thirds?
Feed the offensive to birds,
and sooth the rest words?
Can’t you see how much it hurts?
Murdering a part of me?
So you can stay comfortable?
What does that mean?
I'm sittin' here tryin' to figure
like if it means like you don't like
the use of the word like then is like,
like un acceptable?
Or if you meet a stranger who has
no idea you just spent
thirty seven hours in the ED with your
daughter who tried to OD and they make a crack
about valium, is that un acceptable?
And who is the one who
does the accepting anyhow?
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Enlighten me, please.
My younger years - I don't know how
At six and seven folks had a cow!
The journey through the mind begins
Do not think the devil wins!
In middle school has a crash
Doing some things rather rash!
In high school had good grades
Then they dropped - almost like Hades!
Drove and walked many a mile
Just to see myself and smile!
God rescued me and set me free
From a thing called apathy!
Love God's plan - it makes me smile
To think of things that are worthwile!
I might have had to just stop college
But in experience have great knowledge!
Born to help others - don't you see?
I think it is reality!
As I move farther from the
line where the water crawls to
meet the sand, I have to dig
deeper to find water. I push
my toes in as far as they will
go without digging and leave it
at that. It's too much work, now.
I want to walk down to where
the rocks barely rise above
the low-tide mark, but I know
that distance is just an
illusion and they are actually a
lot farther away than they
seem. I hear a horn but
see no boat, I feel the sun through
the slight cover of clouds and
realize that I forgot my sunscreen
but no matter, I can't possibly
get burned without prior warning.
Something rises from the waves
and falls again just as quickly,
and for a moment, I think
it could have been a mermaid.
Acceptable Food
The eye is never sure of his food so anyway they say there is limits to what a man
can have they don’t want crumbly things so today I’m typing with a banana to
illustrate the rules have never changed the popcorn made inside the theater box
can be bought but never brought from home away with the poor boy bum that
lives at home and carries some to theater to love. We want people to buy corn so
salty that they cry for more and auction off the ranch to buy a coke so watered
down to taste as to be tasteless to a boy who cannot afford them at the prices the
RIALTO charges.
The syrup sticks to the sticking floor from a mop that never can be cleaned or
handled wielded not with love but working now for money and decay and crud.
The popcorn that eye have is simply jaded lost in time.
The cokes have all gone flat. There is a clear limit to my love the eye is not like
that. The banana is too green for the mee to eat just yet. The word typing in this
text was typed on the keyboard with a very hard and green banana thing. Accept.
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