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Kakistocracy

...It's hard to maintain a strong democracy
when people elect a kakistocracy.
To those who believe in "America First":
your government now consists of the worst.

The POTUS must be cruel and cockey...

I love cockeyed whangdoodle writing

...I love cock-eyed whangdoodle writing
When frogs are croaking and fish are biting
I adore silly missives with cartoon-like stuff
Of child-like fun I simply cannot get enough...

be cautious of which little bird you listen to

...Be cautious of which little bird you listen to.
Some birds bring joy and delight.
They are the ones everyone wants to hear.
But they are more scarce than the negative Neds.

Negative Neds are in...

Owl Wise Keep Your Advice to Yourself

...Owl wise keep your advice to yourself
For who wants to hear it?
No one.
Even people who say they want it
Do not really want it.

They are not going to follow it anyway.
They are like you and m...

Open the Door, See What's Inside

...
   Hillel the Sage proffers this commonplace
     for the entirety of the human race 
   Never judge your friend
     until you’ve ‘been in his place’

   So, open the door and see what’s insi...

story of the cockeyed mice

...cockeyed mice played saxophones at the table
anyway, the loudest one does, the other we call Mable.
they scurry around as fast and far as they are able
stealing from the kitchen, the laundry room ...

We Were All Alive

...The tornado came in roaring like a train full of thunder
How we escaped our house is a miracle, an absolute wonder.
It was sitting cockeyed, torn off its foundation.
But we were alive, and full of...

Tell It Like It Is

...Once referred to as meaningless blather
Much of communication these days falters
In fact, putting the truth in a precarious bind,
We obfuscate, equivocate; often, lying at altars.

M...

Wonders Everywhere

...My wife came here in 1993
  To America, ‘Land of the Free’
From a place of dictatorial tyranny
  of greased palms and ‘yours for a fee’

The America she came to was a breath of fresh air
  Wond...

Cockeyed Pincushion

...cockeyed pincushion
stabbed prickly but no blood
i admire you 

so puffed up and proud 
always ready for grandma
i poke you silly...

Poof a True Story

...I broke my ankle and my foot,
On a ski trip that we took.

My boot was loose it flew off,
Landing me in a pile of fluff.

I looked down and my foot was cockeyed,
The pain so intense I wanted t...

Hysterical Blindness

...It continues to befuddle my inquisitive mind
why many of you have attacked and maligned
vaccines, and have decided to become aligned
with other naysayers. Are you physically blind?

It's...

Defy Race Divide

...
We are born in the same way,
Then why this disparity?
Race, sex, caste - stop such melee,
Spread love, peace and charity,

I have red blood, so do you,
Then aren't we equal, brother?
...

When Friends Can'T Touch

...In my youth, we played games outside
like hide-and-seek and tag; you're it.
No one wanted to stay inside,
active, we had no time to sit;
we fought in fields,
with swords and shields.

...

A Will of Power Quitters Never Win

...Never Give Up


There was a green frog on his lily pad
A big duck came beside him and said, Lad
I'm hungry and fading out
Amid a full-hearted shout,
"I'm a rare frog!" Duck said, "Yummy I'm gl...

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