He rode a trail from out west.
Twas at the sawbone's behest.
As he turned southeast,
Ran into Cochise.
So, now He's Mincemeat, They said.
Do you demand my lies,
instead of the truth
Do you hem and sigh,
or stammer uncouth
Does the word unfiltered,
get trapped in your brain
Does the message uncovered,
wash down your drain
Does the time spent looking,
measure time well spent
Does the verbal unlocking,
pay your spiritual rent
Are the memories you wished for,
in the time you invest
Are the feelings you hoped for
—at your spirit’s behest
(Villanova Pennsylvania: November, 2016)
Do you demand my lies,
instead of the truth
Do you hem and sigh,
or stammer uncouth
Does the word unfiltered,
get trapped in your brain
Does the message uncovered,
then wash down your drain
Does the time spent looking,
measure time well spent
Does the verbal unlocking,
pay your spiritual rent
Are the memories you wished for,
within the time you invest
Are the feelings you hoped for,
—at your spirits behest
(Villanova Pennsylvania: November, 2016)
"Chivalrous one, as I may behest,
To award thee for thy reverence,
For chouses await to steal thy gold,
And never they shall live the age-old.
Chivalrous one, as I may behest,
To reward thee for thy golden heart most best
For peasants and merchants afool thyselves to be thieves to please
Thy hungry greed, to fordwine later without ease.
Chivalrous one, as I indeed admire,
Give thou thy arm in marriage, the dream that men most aspire
For thou are true in word and deed, thou are a man fit to be king
Come join thy kingdom, and forever be blest by God almighty"
Over multi raven weighted wire,
the azure sky laced with cotton attire,
shielding earth from orb of exploding fire,
slowly donned her darker dress.
Oh that gorgeous brazen flirt,
slow dancing above earth’s dirt,
watching me bask within my hurt,
heeds not my pithy request.
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