“Times have passed cheques (checks) are surpassed
We now have online banking. In my day
if they didn’t wanna pay, all you heard was The last line of this poem” ~~The Poet~~
Warned of the crocodile,
The tourists began to smile.
We will sunbath for a while.,
From Czechoslovakia he came.
Boris was his name.
The Frenchman was game.
Swimming in the river.
They saw two crocs sliver.
They began to quiver.
The biggest croc gulped.
Swallowed the tourist whole.
The next man met demise.
The crocks shot by locals.
Who had been searching.
They took the crocs skin.
And what they found.
Frenchman in the female croc.
And the Check was in the mail !!!
Hungary 1956
The innocent flowers peered gingerly
Through the stench in the iron pavement
Hesitating, then stretching the petals greedily
To drink of the sunlight of Possibility...
Czechoslovakia 1968
Beaming, grinning, grown men giddy with laughter
Liberty unleashed! Gone Repression's manacles
Now marching, shouting, swelling to a gale force
Unstoppable, sweeping aside all resistance in her path...
Happy Endings
...When, bludgeoned by cement-faced tanks
Petals ducking inward, collapsing
Pistils and stamens suffocating
Vanished smiles annihilated
Choked on oxygen-depleted
Placards of Freedom unbetrothed...
...All the flowers died...
...All the people withered...
...Crushed -- oh-so --Happily --ever --after
As I watch this radiant space
Beyond cloud’s torch, prayers retrace
Where the ledges of Prague’s border
Adorns steeples touching moonlight.
In Lesser Town of holy rites,
Infant Child stands like gleam so fair
As I watch this radiant space
Beyond cloud's torch, prayers retrace
A chorale drifts in soft procession
Jesus’ feasts blaze with devotion
Where the ledges from Prague’s border,
Infant Child stands like gleam so fair.
As I watch this radiant space
Beyond cloud's torch, prayers retrace.
*Lesser Town: place in Prague, Czechoslovakia
where the famous statue of Infant Jesus is enshrined.
Thousands of pilgrims join a parade to honor and show
RESPECT for this Child.
Dr. Ram Sonetta Rispetto
by nette onclaud