I once knew a man named Aloysius
Hyperbolic as hell, superstitious
He avoided black cats
And ladders without slats
He seemed to me frankly quite judicious
Aloysius has a mistress.
That shops at Tiffany's.
And he grants all her wishes.
Seems easier than Explain.
Alousius was a most auspicious bird
He was also a bit daffy and wacky
And constantly went awry and absurd
As a bird one might say he was absolutely atrocious
And his appetency of eating rotten week old berries
Gave him the worst possible case of halitosis
Oh How! he did anguish the blue birds next door
That fell from their perches every time he exhaled
Emitting an odor that was completely obnoxious for
Any bird's friendship of his allure to be availed
How could he assuage this most delicate dilemma?
With great gusto he would absolve to reverse his song
By inhaling on the exhale which was quite a "problema"
He would absolve the stench like crimes to become one who
Soon was known as the famous rare species of legend's throng
As the ooooooOOOOOOHCOOOOOOooooo Cuckoo
TITLE : one silly truth
I never knew I never knew
that the truth
That give birth to life hurts
That promises sleeps with conditions
That the repented heart
Must avoid restitution
That forgiveness and love
Works narrowly
But may never meet
Love is hate
But hate can't be love
One silly truth
Why do love likes
secrets and deceit
How can love detest honesty
Why did God created men
to love lies
Questions and disordered mystery
When i say I cheated on you
I needed your help
And not your judgement
I leave the last line for you
To tell me I can sleep
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There once was a chap named Aloysius
Who penned poems oh-so-gigglicious--
So sharp was his wit
His readers' sides split--
Yet his fine points were just meretricious
Sister Aloysius rings the bell
iron-railing straight she stands
habit flapping blackly
her triple-bolted thin-lipped smile
pursed against assault, or love,
while children shuffle past
their tulip heads averted
from her scything gaze
Jimmy from the Chinese
chip shop, smiling, filing past
What is so amusing?
children freeze, ice-blooded
in breath-held silence.
"Lovely morning."
Sister Aloysius
unlocks her bolted lips
hisses a crack-small stream of air
allows a Yes to escape.
the children
march, backs braced
into the shadow
of school
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