they run to Hollywood
waiting to be discovered
in a dime store or a parking lot
young and hot
beautiful people
waiting for their chance
they want to be stars
seek being noticed
want attention
finally becoming celebrities
now they are hounded
everyone wants a piece of them
they cannot get to their cars safely
they have to hire bodyguards
we read stories about them in the tabloids
he was just a scrawny little kid next door we think
wondering if his life is better now
or much much worse
gloves are bodyguards
that guard the skin against scratch ~
like shield against itch
January 16, 2023
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News: Putin had fallen and couldn't get up
The one who found him there looked down and said, "'Sup?"
He'd stumbled down the stairs
And it seems no one cares
Would I have laughed out loud if I'd seen him fall? Yup.
Vlad slid down palace steps on his back, lying prone
His bodyguards were there. I wish he'd been alone
Medics waited at the gate
Clean up needed for Head of State
His backside was a mess due to a bruised tail bone.
In final exams scored zero:
Who drives The Cleanest Pajero;
The Guys ahead of him in class
Aware he is of Upper Class:
Enjoying financial morning
But after exams mourning...
Todd could with The Law have a brush
And a cop to hospital rush:
Bodyguards with exploding shots,
Richly paid but in agreed shorts...
Wishing to be like Todd A Gross:
Those who'd guessed they couldn't be Boss.
Life, forever, Different strokes;
The first lesson for all hurt blokes.
He asked for the table behind
the women in the Parades of Zion
Aucilery He sat there for an hour
Ordering dessert first, then a soup
and three large steaks. When I came
to fill his coffee cup I noticed a device
with lights all around it, the number
3013 kept flashing on the screen.
The ladies Aucilery order two large trays
of grapes, cheeses, cured ham, and cressaunts.
They sat there for hours cackling like hens,
until Ms. CLA board came in about the news
of Superman and Solomon Grundy. The well
Dressed gentleman and his two bodyguards
Than left. They lefted two hundred dollar bills
the meal was only $70.55; that's a great tip!
My mind I caught
tangled in resentments
dissatisfied in anguish
and regrets
subtracting
what I had given
from received
mulled on revenge
for the loss
two straight I's
bodyguards of frown
livid lips
stretching face
down
darkness in eyes
fists clenched tight
that I deserved more
the verdict out.
Looking at the mirror
gasped in fright
if I was to die now
I'm always right
not even the devil
would want me
liar!
Second Place Winner: William Kekaula-Final 2021 N-A Choice3
Judgment
I read that a court of law renders judgments in legal matters.
Whether these judgments are arbitrated for the good of all or harbingers of evil.
As a Species, we make judgments on others based on what we experience and believe. Sometimes the judgements we make are in error and we seek why?
But what is the driving force of erroneous judgments?
Is it emotional fear which aggravates our judgement and creates more fear?
Those who are infected with this vicious cycle only believe that controlling others will they be safe, but they are not.
Emotional erroneous judgments are not based on logical process.
They will use this false judgement to divide others into manageable groups.
This is a fallacy.
It will only lead to the enslavement of the groups that are divided, however, those who enslave others are too enslaved.
Think bodyguards and restrictive movements based on animosity of the slaves.
Breaking this viciousness requires us to Love our enemies.
Show them that this love we have will free them from this bondage and free all into a more loving community.
As a united people across this world we will do wonders with the help of God.
-DI Greener
Wonder Woman
When I saw her five large powerful males
bodyguards at a photo shoot protecting
the actress of the movie Wonder Woman
the sight crashed me into reality with a pin
that burst my kickass super hero balloon
and reminded me all those NFL sized males
were not really being tossed like rag doll twits
in a spoofed fake hero moment and suddenly I
was reminded how fortunate is this seeing man
who gets to go home to a real woman of wonder
with true super powers of love in a cape of reality
Charles Eastland
The mirror is a dictionary
You want to get hidden facts,
Tell me you're in search of censored truth,
Check in the mirror
Of the most secretive of men and;
The most beautiful of ladies
Forbidden facts and truth
Lie there naked
Without bodyguards
Mirror reveals all it has collected
For the soul to rest in chaos
Frank Sinatra
I saw a program of him when he was
an athletic young man till he was old and grumpy
with a low hanging belly.
I didn`t like him much although he had a wonderful
voice with a clear diction
in reality, he was a small man who liked the company of gangsters
he had bodyguards and liked to be a man of the town
a tough guy who got into fights his guards had to pull him
out off because he was puny.
Since the internet is down I`m reading “The Senility of Vladimir P”
by Michael Honing. A dystopian novel that is also funny.
Vladimir too liked to be tough and was, on his younger days,
mind, he still is. The only thing Vladimir and Frank had in common
was their modest stature. So the moral is, never make fun
of men not as tall as you.
Trump Has Body of Biscuit
Trump's round body is like big biscuit,
Causing all of his clothes to tightly fit;
Bodyguards run,
Until are done,
And what a moron he is must admit.
Jim Horn
Death is all around us
You may wish we’d spark a change
But we never ever will
Because we get nothing in exchange
Children are dying during class
We mandate that their there
we cannot keep them safe
But we can spare them thoughts and prayers
This isn’t the time to talk solutions
Wait tell the bodies are cold
Of course by then there’ll be ten new bodies
But this isn’t getting old
You see my belief trump’s your children's lives
Their death’s are the price we pay for freedom
The freedom to take your children's lives
Now Why won’t you stand for the anthem
Your children are our currency
We spent them all like fives
For our need to kill things
They will give their lives
Changing things is just too darn hard
So we’ll just sit up here
Protected by bodyguards and armored cars
And let you get murdered down there
While on earth I had to live
I was a clever committed liar
so powerful was my self-will
so many closed eyes in my hands
I am sure I’ll meet all of them
those ones who were headache
These weapons I have with me
will work there, bodyguards too
whoever jokes again to avenge
another war shall break out
in borrowed Kingdom of God
Persons finished with last breath rest in peace
All good souls become choirs of adoration
Royalty, earthly power left in dustbins here
All bodyguards and servants expelled
Direct communication to earth a taboo
Inmates talk without talking
Satan’s deception and conspiracy thwarted
Earthly pleasures and sorrows left in clouds
Artists having nothing but success an color
benevolent guards self sacrifice protecting d're soul
love hence is remember'd forever an for
brawn is thou lusting voice attaining thy goal
never close narry' a door nor fail to hear a call
honorable behavior, a women's heart stole
brought back a fallen bodyguards role
even if once he's lost his doll
white collar ne'er forgot th' fall
an gave back a women's resole
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