Ya'll know Frustantien
Yeah aint he the one
who wife left him
while he was getting
a root canel.
I heard she took to the doctor
dropped off
and while he was there had the
moving company come
and pack up
and took her stuff to
a new place
and aint tell him nothing.
Nah, I heard he got emplants
and she said
she didn't like him smiling
up in woman faces first
cause he stopped doing that
while he was snagger-toothed
but the thought of
going thought that again,
she just couldn't do it.
He told me she became a birdliked creature
and flew him
to a polluted lake
where he turn to stone
and she flew him back and dropped
him to earth
where he shattered to stone.
Well anyway, I heard that he and
his wife were getting back together
she moved back in a coouple days ago.
They some nasty people, bet she
been out there doing God knows what
with any ole body:
We know he is!
(Laughing they changed the subject to something else)
I have a great aunt who can blether and blather about nothing
she drops hints about her wealth as she spits her gobbledygook
Since she is 97, I ignore her nonsense, but she has no idea
For I have her on speaker and every once in a while I grunt
Or I say “uh-huh”, or “oh, yeah”. I never have to say tell me more.
Her claptrap hogwash tripe is longer than the longest freight train.
It stretches from Omaha to California. Empty talk, for sure.
I put the phone down sometimes and vacuum a room.
Or take the clothes out of the washer and put them into the dryer.
When I return, she is still talking. Balderdash nonsense, for sure.
She loves the fact that I do not call her on her bunk and bull.
I check her off my list of people to call for a month. Win win.
Please see if you can add a line to this one in the comments section. I want to see how many of you remember it and can add a line.
6, 8, 9
The goose drank wine
Click, Clap, Ego Inflation
They sit behind the veil of screen
thinking cheating is a site unseen
each clap a cheer that was never earned
everyone laughs, for the spotlight is on
shining light on the fraudsters pen
vain deceit
ghostly stats floating in silent scorn
their own applause, no one cares
what is a Baker
if your bread is stale and unsold
your store is empty
a hollow soul
cheaters cheat, they never glow
Feeling catish this morning, surrounded by Zio lies and cheating is easier for me to see when happens elsewhere too, peace be upon you.
When he was 13 and I was 12,
he sang “Clap your hands
just a little bit louder,”
and I followed his playful commands.
We out there in TV land thrilled to the sound
of his superb, inimitable harmonica playing
on the wildly popular “Ed Sullivan Show.”
Stevie had us gyrating and swaying.
At the time, I didn’t know “Fingertips”
was a Billboard number 1 hit
or that Little Stevie had been deemed a child prodigy.
I just knew his music made me move; I couldn’t sit!
Winds whisper to ancient trees, dancing to the river's song.
Clap, clap and clap hands O for boys and girls in the class, who
sometimes are rising like rising and falling tides.
Clap ,clap and clap hands O for boys and girls in the class,
is that not fine and composing, already love shatter
here or there everyday?.
Life rejoiced and boomerang,
good fortune for the world,
good fortune for morrow.
Clap, clap and clap hands O for boys and girls in the class, who
sometimes are rising like rising and falling tides.
Clap ,clap and clap hands O for boys and girls in the class,
is that not fine and composing, already love shatter
here or there everyday?.
Life rejoiced and boomerang,
good fortune for the world,
good fortune for morrow.
You clapped for them and they were quiet for you
Often strangers clap louder for you
Than people you thought you knew
Many tell you that they want to see you grow
But many of them enjoy seeing you when you are at a low!
Smile for the haters
You clapped for them and they were quiet for you
Today frenemies exist
Snakes in the grass that’s ready to bite
Jealousy and resentment run so deep
But you must keep the faith
Frenemies only know gossip
But they cannot stop the victory that belongs to you!
They will try to damage your story
Hoping they can hold on to their glory
They often live in a fake reality
But darkness does not live forever!
You clapped for them and they were quiet for you
There is nothing new under the sun
This we have seen since the beginning of time!
Many tell you that they want to see you grow
But many of them enjoy seeing you when you are at a low
Often strangers clap louder for you
Than people you thought you knew
Smile for the haters
You clapped for them and they were quiet for you
Mark Frank
Copyright 2023
Let joy move you, to capture vision divine,
Let it ignite your heart with flames that shine.
Sing new melodies to the bouncy skies,
To the ancient of days, whose love will never cease.
Transcend the limits of your life’s race,
Embrace the Word, enjoy the enlarged space.
Let joy move you, let it determine your days,
In every breath, let faith direct your ways.
In alignment with destiny, you shall dance,
Hitting the mark in life's every expanse.
Unlock the door to your future as foretold,
Where dreams and visions, in abundance, unfold.
Let mountains break forth with joyful sound,
Rejoicing in heavens glory unbound.
And witness the trees, their branches swing wide,
Clapping their hands in joy, a jubilant stride.
I fight day and night
I fight
Every light I see is of my own devices
Every dark moment i endure is of my own devices
I fight
Even if they say my light is another's
I fight
I hold onto my strength
And do not let their gods choose for me
this is my right
My fight
I will build myself up
Without your gods and demons
for my demons are more than your gods could fight
So here is sit
Fighting to be recognized throw my own ing plights.
I'll show my talents
In spite
Cause its my fight.
If I say
I am wrong because I am in love
Daily like a news pages I am on your steps
I wrote My feelings on others note paper
But look at their kindness they never feel bad sometimes someone blocked my heart but I never feel bad I respect more than you that they allow and enjoy
I became shameless and like a hungry dog asked a smile like a crow will they marry me
When I get a long hiccup I feel I will die because if I say I am wrong why I am not why I am not wrong that you are still love me if I say I am wrong then I will believe me I am wrong this is A story of love and I submitted my entire life in front of you in this life because I am wrong who thought clap should be always by one hand yes if I am wrong
With love all
Jagdish bajantri
Stomp
your feet
Harder now
Make a big scene
Do you see that everyone is watching
Well you have an audience now, don't you
Don't disappoint
Louder now
Their hands
Clap
Life as a crow can be dodgy you know
Those humans they have funny habits
They feed every creature that lives on this planet
They even grow salad for rabbits
The nuts and the seeds and the fat balls they leave
Upon the bird table all day
So finches and robins can eat till they're full
Even starlings will have some away
But show ’em a crow and ballistic they go
It’s like there’s an unwritten clause
Except when we poop on their washing
Then they give us a round of applause
Where they speak
Where they compose
Where they brainstorm
Where they act out
To create
To make right
To edge perfection
Then it septed through
The murky waters of
Knowledge
Those who's and
and what's
Straighten out
the unfralls
Making way
For
Intreies
On who's mark
Starts the
Composment
Sounding out
What words meant
Ready
Ready
The intro's
Starting
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