It’s the last day of school and everyone is finally becoming friends
While we all start to understand
Old sad sentiments
I’m outside on the soccer field signing yearbooks
Name loopy
Hearts scribbled quickly
And for some reason the sun already seems to be setting
Mason and noah steal a kiss when they think no one is looking
Samantha gives her number to callie
It’s the last day of school and everyone is finally tolerating eachother
After years of longing to leave
We finally have a reason to stay
Those old sad sentiments suddenly seem cruel
And evil teachers cry while receiving hugs
The sun sets on one last day that you will all be together
The bus ride home is bittersweet
You let tears fall as my head rattles
Roughly on the window
Its my last day of school nd I hope that we will still be friends after this drive
When I move away
Call me when adages start to feel to accurate
Or when sad sentiments feel too real
I promise to always pick up the phone
***
1 Spicy Pickled Scallion
In The Beard Is Worth
2 That Fell Out Of That
Beard On The Floor.
***
Take THAT
Major FOMO, Ma'am!
3 Scallions Only
I Can Still Enjoy...
-Gray Squirrel
11-06-2025
It's never a given, what you've got;
it's all assigned or taken away by lot:
whatever joy, whatever pain ~
whatever loss, whatever gain ~
whether you deserve it ~ or not.
The adages only lie
they say after the storm
then comes the bonanza
lie because the flood comes !
A consistently poor wage
Licenses rage:
An ugly fight against the cage,
Steady enveloping of stagnant wage,
A temper warning every wedge,
Rising while lowered with vintage.
Hirers open a sterile page,
Not a complimenting line for a sage:
Reflections of his usage,
Not a half paragraph for his adage…
The low income earner won’t this manage,
Nor life in his fatiguing village:
The vast hum drums sight,
Of farm-tools tauntingly bright,
For all their promises of fast tillage,
Putting The Townie at a disadvantage.
Any hopelessly downsized wage,
Is cash that the teeth sets on edge,
The Hired white with shock
Over Hirer’s heart of steely lock.
(aka CAN NEVER BE UNSAID)
i’ve lived my life so far
with one simple guiding adage
it’s served me well i think
though i’ll never truly know
these days it seems somehow
to weigh heaviest on my heart
and seems to hinder more than serve
leaving me to rethink face value
you see i've always lived by words of caution
‘what’s said can never be unsaid
words spoken can never be unheard’
so most times i hesitate think twice and thrice
and won’t say what’s on my mind
for fear words misspoken can never be undone
now it seems i’d want to bare my heart and soul
yet those same words of caution still echo in my head
Published in my 24-page photo/anthology book ~CITYLIGHTS~ 2021
AP: Honorable Mention 2022
As the old adage goes
Or the forefathers say
Never discuss
Religion
Or
Politics
Unless you enjoy
Your own company
What you think you know,
Is deadlier than what you don't.
***
Does your conniption fit?
If it's not a laughing matter, then it's not important.
Did you ever notice that when you stir a glass of something, the spoon says, "Jibiddy jibiddy jibiddy jibiddy"?
Worst first name of anyone I ever met: Schmedroy.
PAW PAW ADAGE OF LIFE.
I know this fruit
I know its old nursery rhyme
I love its taste so sweet
The softness and sweetness align
But where thou grow makes me wonder
In bola thou stand amidst dirt
Cheered by smells and empty nylons
There you stand so tall and with ripe fruits
Thou sweetness is like Cummings
Your surrender on the mouth like a soft romance
Your taste on the lips sweet like a lovely kiss
Your watery body make my mouth wet
While my tongue leak up your juice
As it gives a slippery passage
For your easy sliding into my waiting stomach.
This I know I for sure
A star can shine in the dark sky
When nature unlucks its features
From nowhere a man shines.
If you keep things simple
It makes life easier to understand
If you complicate it
Things may get out of hand
Too much information
Can boggle mind and brain
The brain can't contain it
And the mind will feel the strain
A simple approach
To everything in life
Will lay a strong foundation
To learn thoroughly without strife
With patience and persistence
And the will to learn
You will feel the cogs in your brain
Will start to turn
In the right direction
If things are started slow
Slow and surely wins the race
It's the perfect way to go
It is written that
the last will be the best and
the first be the worst.
2019 September 09
An old adage says
that, "With wisdom comes age", at
times, age comes alone.
Date: 06/06/2019
Hurry Up and Wait
Sir, permission to speak, major sir. Go ahead, private.
Sir, what time is the 10 o'clock inspection, major sir?
You mean the ten hundred hours inspection, private?
Sir, yes sir, I mean ten hundred hours inspection, sir.
The inspection will be at ten hundred hours, private.
Sir, yes sir, however we've been standing here since
ten hundred hours for thirty minutes now, major sir.
It will be ten hundred hours when I say it is, private,
as he checks his watch, waits for the colonel to arrive.
Will I ever get the military out of my mind, must each
situation become another army wrinkle in time? While
I wait thirty minutes past my 10 o'clock appointment,
ponder if I should be the private, ask the receptionist
how much longer until my 10 o'clock job interview or
take the role of major and wait for the colonel to arrive.
R-eminding you of one
O-ld and well known
S-aying that expresses
E-ach truth that has grown.
E-arly eighth of September,
S-ave a penny to earn;
T-hrift is coupled with hard work,
A-n early bird gets the worm.
N-ever forget the maxim,
I-n spite of your age;
L-et the proverb preach
L-esson from every
A-dage.
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