Said to my daughter: The Canadians elected the Liberal Prime Minister
She responded: That makes them smarter than us.
It's an ice hockey term that means, "Let's Fight!"
A Canadian rally cry by right
Against annexation
to stay their own nation
It's against Trump's greed for control they smite
His arrogant audacity's surreal
For wanting another country to steal
To be king on a throne
He's destroying his own
Before him he expects the world to kneel
The term, 'Elbows Up' we should take to heart
Freedom is a right for which many fought
I fear it's being lost
When Democracy's tossed
Jeopardized by Trump, the depraved upstart
Elbows on the desk,
hands shoved against eyes,
knuckles pressed into their corners.
You know how it is:
you’re thinking, facing the screen.
Pondering, trying to meditate, excogitate.
Where is it? Where was it?
It was in my mind a moment ago.
It’s gone, my brain has lost it.
I even ask what it was.
The kettle boiled, whistled.
A letter hit my mailbox.
A car screeched to a stop out there.
A fly buzzed about my head.
Elbows, hands, knuckles,
thoughts, ponder, meditation;
brain plays with thoughts.
Then kettle, mailbox, brakes, that damned fly.
(Posted 7 Aug 2024)
lets pray on our knees
and ankles
elbows and knuckles
and repent
red clad priest coughs
blue blood
cups full of wet kisses
he will come again
in the last days
yellow butterfly hangs
by the thread
till they bleed he urged
us to plead
lord in heaven forgive
us please
green ushers walked
past silencing
the little children below
the age of three
Keep Your Elbows Off the Table
By Elton Camp
It has always been the rule
Both at home and in school
Elbows on table were a crime
And not permitted at any time
There’s no reason it should stop
Elbows are a really handy prop
If elbows, man and God offend,
Why are our arms made to bend?