few laden winged flies
buzzing round the inside crest
sensilla smells muck
5/7/26
by James Edward Lee Sr. 2026©
Syllables Per Line: 5 7 5
Total # Syllables: 17
Total # Lines: 3 (Including empty lines)
Words with (syllables) counted programmatically: N/A
Total # Words: 12
Poem Syllable Counter Results
Have you seen, have you ever seen an apple;
Make sweet love to a honey bee;
Before you see;
It's beautiful ;
The insertion;
of it's proboscis,
In the Apple's mesocarp-endocarp heart;
Kissing it!
Absorbing it!
Ooh, ahh, yum!
Delicious juices;
Sap so precious;
Ooh, so delicious;
Vitamins B's high amount of C's blessed;
Sweet Anthophila
Kisses and loves Malus Domestica;
Ooh, yum my darling, (sweet)
5/15/21
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr © 2021
There's nothing quite so graceful as a flying pig. Swooping over lands and seas. Saying hello to birds on the way. No pecking though. Just oinking. Occasionally octagonal birds can speak the dialect of oink. As avocados sleep quite peacefully below with the buffalo on the plains. From high up above it can be ascertained that the tents can be seen. Magnified by an inner eye. And located by snout smelling capabilities. Little furry bundles of mice and shrews wave pink flags as the trotters pass. Oh how marvellously enchanting it all is. Say hi to big bird for me you squirrel there in that tree. Languages linguistically leaning learning. And landing not prohibited in a cart or an abattoir. So apples must rise to be consumed. Hahahaha oink multiplication table hahahaha divisions of a quagmire of troublesome clouds. Xxxx sus scrofula domestica suide z
Revered, worshipped and idolised
For many a century past,
This model of faultless divinity
Continues to capture our hearts.
Clandestine, profound and bewitching
Epitome of pride and decorum,
A splendid work of nature’s fine art
Enlightens our lives with its aura.
Enchanting eyes reflective in light
During stealthy nocturnal ramblings,
Carnivorous stalker of boundless endurance,
A feline vampire of unfortunate prey.
This diminutive tiger of domestic dwelling,
Switches from aloof predator to loyal
Ally at the crossing of the threshold,
Expressing contentment with a deep vibrating purr.
So clearly do I now see how dirty we have become.
To impregnate an ideal so sinister.
Hypocrites raped the innocent.
Reaching out to extending arms all was lost to reality.
Returning to the cog in the wheel, the cycle repeats itself.
Holding on to self-inflicted wounds.
We lick the burns as the parasite hungers.
Mindlessly festering against the chain and stake.
Eagerly awaiting the hand that guides the way.
One by one they fill the streets.
In that moment it was bred in domestication.
A filth so vile the senses screamed to erase.
Burning the flesh to rid the disease.
Scars left in anguish to the faults of our own.
Young woman
when have you become so old
you let others grab and teach you
and like an animal
you have obeyed ways
that would have not followed before
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