Subliminally I come before you;
I am bruised, covered in circumstances;
Through this life I am used;
Fashioned and shaving like a wooden dowel;
There is slow coming back from this;
People from the glass bottoms on trial;
Refusing their denials;
12/5/25
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr 2025
Lead me towards
your light like the
three wise me of old
oh famous STAR.
Make me a grand
gladiator in your
sacrid arena,tasting
ultimate victory oh
GULDER.
Tune my ears to your
alluring melody, great
HARP of ancient
singers.
Lead me to the path
where my diva lie
still,awating my
reviving touch,am at
your servitude dear
EVA WINE.
Lure me away sir MAC
DOWEL. To your
hidden shrine lord
MISEUR PASCAL.
Spin my head, and
sway my feet,down
your liquor
path,follows i in full
pace,the grand SPINOF
ICE.
Extend my greeting to
your brothers,tell
them about my battle
with the DRY GIN.
And my chronicles at
the great temple of
DEROK.
My dance with the
LEGEND and miss
CALIPSO don't fail to
mention.
I tried my devoted
BEST,revived by the
almighty BULLET, defy
the RED LABEL but
falls under the giddy
claws of ANDRE.
In sacrid servitude to
alcohol birth forth this
lines.
Nervous Purvis, why so quirky?
I’m losin’ my hair and the future’s lookin’ murky
Nervous Purvis, why the twisted scowl?
No woody here, just a slim little dowel
Nervous Purvis, why can’t you score?
I’m wearin’ silly drawers and I eat off the floor
Nervous Purvis, why blame it on the Man?
Cuz he’s real bossy and kicks me in the can
Nervous Purvis, why the dirty pants?
I wore ‘em to bed while reading Judith Krantz
Nervous Purvis, why not make a change?
Cuz I like sittin’ pretty and scratchin’ my mange
Nervous Purvis, you could be so much!
Like paying for meals and housing and such?
Nervous Purvis, why the dirty nails?
Been slurpin’ on felch and fillin’ diaper pails
Nervous Purvis, you’ll never fit in!
On with ya, donkus, and wipe off your chin!
Some Assembly Required
By Elton Camp
If a product has these words, better stay away
Unless you want to toil on it at least half a day
Pages of instructions the maker will provide
And a list of parts that are said to be inside
Expect the tiny print to be impossible to read
There will never be all of the parts you need
And the wording will be ignorant and crude
Due to having been written by a foreign dude
If to sell to the American market they aspire
You’d think a good translator they’d hire
There will be unfamiliar terms and complexity
“Insert dowel A into the crescent arch at three”
To purchase a complete product I much rather
And so I never buy one I must put together
Smile, Sunshine,
Smile, Darlin’,
Smile when the world dies around you,
Sunshine in the stormy night,
Your smile through the clouds,
Dark times,
Smile through the haze,
Bite down on the dowel so you don’t break your teeth,
Smile, through the day, Bleak Sunshine,
Smile, through the night, Darlin’ Sweet thing,
You smile and glow, but it kills you, you know,
The summer may never come again,
So Sunshine with your iron core
Smile and cry, smile and cry,
Sunshine, my only Sunshine,
You make me happy, when skies are gray,
You’ll never know dear, how much I love you,
So please don’t take my Sunshine away….
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