A Holly Day in May
the building is eerily empty today, everybody
has gone to the beach, even those in wheelchairs
I sit on the verandah in the hope of tanning
my scalp looks so white in the bathroom mirror
I used to sit in the sun and get a deep tan
which gave me skin cancer
Do the Gaza people sit in the sun away from their
tents, now bombed, because Gaza has nice
beaches and turquoise water.
The Israel monster regime keeps killing Palestinians
daily, 60 here and 40 there
It has been noticed, that more Jews are leaving
Israel, then newcomers to this Paradise of evil
I went to the pharmacy yesterday and wanted to buy
a self-tanning product, the person who served me
came from Congo, shamefully, I lost my nerves
and bought aspirins.
My wife, born in Kinshasa, said I was a racist
Once, when she was a stewardess, she met
the fabled Roger Moore, I say no more but has
a nice-looking daughter
I read Joe Biden talking about ********, maybe
he wished for one
We all have sexual fantasies, a curse for old men
My doctor can't explain my feverish condition
That makes my heart stand still then suddenly take wing
Each time I get a kind of tingly premonition
That very soon it will be spring.
I see rainbows, but it's clear, the sun is shining;
I hear songbirds long before they start to sing.
Each passing cloud I see shows me its silver lining,
It's symptomatic every spring.
His diagnosis is I'm suffering from daydreams,
I'm like a puppet with no one to pull the strings.
No vaccination can inoculate 'gainst fey dreams,
So wait and see what tomorrow brings.
If I still feel the way that I do today,
He says don't worry, it will pass away.
Like a heat rash, it's a temporary thing.
So no prescription, just take two aspirins,
Get lots of rest, and he'll see me again next spring.
A Stranger Called
The first time, she was angry.
I have no idea why.
Was there a reason to be had,
or did she just make it up?
Some times, that happens.
We don’t talk about that…
much.
I am lost today, wandering about.
There is a nagging feeling I can not erase.
I have eaten and taken aspirins..
Still it persists… a thing forgotten,
likely missed.
Perhaps not important,
Until the fire trucks arrive.
Then,
we may need to remember,
what was necessary,
to. (too late)
Stop for flowers at the Depot,
the colors brighten the moment.
It does not last, but it was an effort to jump start…
Some thing. (me)
Home again, no one is there.
The kids are gone.
They have left. (grown up)
My dog is glad to see me.
She is great.
It is my birthday.
With a headache I take 2 aspirins and keep away from children
Like it tells me on the bottle gonna write them and thank them a million
That's really great advise
Don't have to tell me twice
I'm as far away from the kids without causing suspicion
I'm so old that when a couple of random body parts fall off
It's not a reason to call Emergency unless it's accompanied by a cough
The doc spent four minutes with me
Said to take two aspirins and we'll see
Spent four minutes sent a whopping bill which was covered by the law
Man tells doc, ”Broke my arm in more than one place"
Doc tells him don't go to those places in the future in that case
"You don't understand
Help I demand"
Doc says "I'll prescribe aspirins” and from his office, was chased
Man tells doc, ”Broke my arm in more than one place"
Doc tells him not to go to those places in future in that case
"You don't understand
Help I demand"
Doc says "I'll prescribe aspirins” and from the office, was chased
Lessons on Head Containment
People lose their heads
It’s what they do
And should it happen to you
Someone could use it for bowling
Let us pray for containment
Generally and specifically speaking
It is advised
Don’t be born
At the time of the guillotine
Or be of any political persuasion
From that
Or any other era or period in time
Though guillotine is
The great weight loss program
(“2 pounds off the top please!”)
Keep your head with you at all times
When going for a walk
Place your left hand firmly
Over the left side of the head
Place right hand on right of head
And do not prance
Do not look at the sun
It’s already compromised
Decapitated
Removed from other celestial bodies
If someone chases you with an ax
Run…. (Aspirins won’t help)
Bring a bread sized basket with you
If something should happen
Avoid the cost or loss of head containment
Soak it in cool water
Hide your head under covers
From headless horsemen
Or is it horseless headmen?
Beware of pigmies with their stitches
Try not to dangle in the wind by rope
It makes you look silly & dopy or worse
….. Dead….
If all else fails
Go gambling but
Don’t lose your head
Closing of eyes
Dark rooms heave a sigh
Hinges cry in pain
In hot sun
Flowering shrubs fried
Like popcorn
White ants
Performing route march
To impose invasion.
They march crushing houses
And now our home.
Strange totems of funerals.
Our blood as thick as gruel
Anticoagulants
Aspirins and sleeping dops
Wearied by 'compromises
Nauseating molestation
Minor collisions and more
Mountains groan
Lightnings set ablaze
Thunder grunts.
Close your eyes
"Cause you're not used to.....'
Catastrophes of common life.
When I get a headache I take two aspirins
and also keep away from children,
just like it states on the bottle's directions.
CLOSING EYES
Closing of eyes
Dark room heave a sigh
Hinges cry in pain
In hot sun
Flowering shrubs fried
Like popcorn
White ants performing route march
To impose invasion
They march crushing house
And now our home
Strange totems of funerals
Our blood as thick as gruel
Anticoagulants
Aspirins and sleeping dopes
Wearied by 'comprises'
Nauseating molestation
Minor collisions and more
Mountains groan
Lightnings set ablaze
Thunder grunts
Close your your eyes
"Cause you're not used to......."
Catastrophes of common life.
When you’re the mom you carry the purse,
That’s the natural rule of the universe.
To a mom a purse is more than a bag,
It’s a safety net when the world starts to sag.
The pockets hold things that her family might need,
Like a granola bar with sunflower seed.
There’s a half eaten cookie and a clean pair of socks,
And a tool her grandfather gave her to set cuckoo clocks.
There’s a broken dolly in need of repair,
And a bright orange scrunchie to pull back her hair.
There are aspirins and band-aids and a coupon book,
Redeemable for vacations that never got took.
And way at the bottom is a memory of a girl,
Who would dress so young and gaily twirl.
In those days she carried a purse so small,
A dainty little bag hardly anything at all.
As she takes out the memory and starts to go through it,
She breaks out in a grin because there’s a sucker stuck to it.
She remembers what that girl wanted most for her life,
Was to one day be a mom and a good man’s wife.
Each memory she touches she remembers with pleasure,
And each item she carries becomes a small treasure.
That’s why when you’re the mom you carry the purse,
It’s the natural rule of the universe.
A little bug climbed in beside me last night
He decided to snuggle close and tight
I woke up in the morning not feeling so right
Sneezing and coughing i was a god awful sight
One minute i am cold the next i am hot
I know its more than a cold i have got
My eyes are all weepy it hurts to look at the light
I feel sicker than a dog and that really bites
I called the Doctor and the Doctor said
Take two aspirins and kick the bugs out of your bed
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