One day, my son asked me, "Which one of us do you love more?"
I grew uncomfortable and I looked down at the floor.
It was an answer that I didn't want to hurry.
He's an only child, so his question made me worry.
Could it be that once I dropped him on his brain,
or had I forgotten a child (which would have been insane)?
Should I tell him, "You have always been my favorite.
You should take satisfaction in that and savor it",
or should I be fair and diplomatically proclaim,
"I love all of my children pretty much the same"?
Perhaps, it would be more circumspect for me to say,
"I love each of you, in your own inimitable way".
I finally chose, "I love you more than any other child by far",
and he said, "Good - can I have the keys to the car?",
to which I replied, "It wouldn't be any bother,
except that I've already lent them to your brother".
There are two sides to my buddy,
heartless and friendly.
But if you stretch it to three
there's diplomatically deadly.
Heartless and deadly,
it doesn't translate at all exactly,
that she's mean and cruel,
It's just that I can be forgettable.
When friendly is lost in heartless,
I fall into a Shakespearean tragedy.
My emotions
start to cut me into countless feelings,
"To be, or not to be".
Then from a nearer era
famous lines from that song Que Sera, Sera,
with grit,
rolls right on to my feeling's
misunderstood street,
and I think, heartless or friendly,
buddy will remain my buddy always as lovely.
(18.02.2025)
Lavish sauce béarnaise on my pancakes please
I said this diplomatically with ease.
I will readily pay all additional fees.
A corpulent chef ran out and yelled “Jeez!”
Will ruin my food, he coughed with a wheeze.
The customer is right, I said in a tease.
No please not that! He fell on his knees
I said “okay” in answer to his heartfelt pleas.
Whimsical wonderings worth writing where we
Often offer our ownership of ornate oratory obligations
Realizing ramifications; radiant ramblings really require responsibility
Decent dialogue diplomatically dissuades division's devastation
Standing strong, subduing slander, speaking sensibly
Glasnost, unmuted voice, long overdue
Once Berlin Walls and Iron Curtains fell,
Regime of old school fools he overthrew
Brave Afghan Soviet troops still live to tell.
Achieved social democracy at last,
Cold war, diplomatically, put to rest.
Hard wired propaganda of the past -
Exculpated lies of Wicked Wild West.
Victorious legacy earned at his best.
January 10, 2021
Our Earth is round,
With lots of bound.
People always think for their profit,
Which enhances their greed and deny them to be greet.
Environment of politics is everywhere,
Innocence is not left anywhere.
A recent news surprised everyone,
A child saved his mother’s tumor with fun.
Both of them had a narrow escape from death,
God’s grace had given them great fate.
No one can be trusted blindly on this Earth,
Except your parents and friends you consider are worth.
As number of friends is inversely proportional to success,
But success is only invaded
When you are behind excellence.
Still some percent of good people are left,
Who can be trusted without any crate.
Most of the children’s fate is sealed,
Even before they are able to feel.
Engineers, doctors is todays demand,
Children dreams are trapped without remand.
Children have the full rights over their interests,
And no parent is allowed to pressurize them
According to their tastes.
When someone becomes kind,
Others think they’ve lost their mind.
Now it’s the turn for all of us,
Not to be stuck in so much fuss.
Live independently, think diplomatically,
With all the people who act with you tactfully.
My identical face in a walking crowd
My instincts are not that loud
Almost same in all angles
But our bodies are not tangled
Diplomatically reserved
He is too well deserved
Got a magic right hand
Can turn simple to grand
Got same eyes as mine
He does things so fine
But he plays like a child
Could never be that wild
He may be me some time
Our smiles are like lime
Hope we could get a time
Can God give us a time?
The earths just one big trash can
Gets pushed up into a mountain
The oil spills, the whacked out pills
Look how we're surrounded
Land of decree, home of decay
Stopping tomorrow to deal with today
Mixed up messages mixed up minds
All of these questions, all of the time
Going to bury my head in the sand
Going to run as fast as i can
Not going to follow the plan
The plan it is a scam
Not going to work
Just want your brain to hurt
Just want your heart to squirt
It's a drop dead reality
Stuck in this cavity
Surrounded by catastrophe
Acting diplomatically
Making the brutality the reality
Glorifying fatality
Pull our minds out of the gutter
There is still more to discover
We will stand tougher
Smother the sucker
Let us restructure
The strategy practically destroyed the galaxy
Demoting our nationality, we won't live unhappily
Improve our mentality, principality, constitutionality, heterosexuality, and confidentiality
Actively attracted me to your mind
Maddened me
Saddened me
Made me blind
With bare, bone-dry bureaucratese,
can camouflage their intentions;
with official cordialities,
can disguise their inclinations;
can bury their predilections
with layers of formalities;
can rein in strongest emotions
with theatrical flair and finesse.
All these and the ability
to tell a straight lie sincerely
for national security,
shrewdly, diplomatically,
are the minimum requirements
for state envoys and diplomats
of the world's mighty governments
in global games of dogs and cats!
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