Social critic, Gershon Wolf
has been known to joke and spoof
But at a meeting of TV execs today, he was dead serious
And here’s what he told them – if you’re curious
Where is wholesome TV programming today
or something vaguely familiar anyway
We need family shows like ‘Andy of Mayberry’
where everyone teases and tortures ‘Poor Deputy Barney’
Or ‘Leave it to Beaver’ where Eddie Haskell steals every show
Kissing up to Ward and June, a sickeningly polite fellow
And how about ‘the Three Stooges,’ where real culture
is assaulted by three execrable humanoid vultures
Now, I hear one of you is bringing back ‘You Bet Your Life’
a show about a mean man’s negative outlook on life
Anyone game for Nazified fare like ‘Hogan’s Heroes’
or totally inept and stupid, ‘like Archie Bunker’s Zeroes’
Can't wait for the new 'Re-run Season'
Featuring Pee Wee Herman and Lassie! ~ 'tis bound to be pleasin'
Neither despise any man
nor detest anything, even in the sand
For every man has his moment in the sun
everything a purpose in the long run …
Once I thought – but not a cockroach
execrable bug beyond reproach
Yet I've learned from neuroscience podcasters
You can Ai-wire ‘em to rescue victims of disasters
One is over-senile
the other over-penile
One opens our borders
the other issues loyalty orders
Our execrable Presidential candidates
presage a once-great country’s fate
Two utter buffoons America rushes to nominate
~ I think on my ballot I’ll regurgitate
First to the moon
first to Mars
We use AI
to drive our cars
Carbon-free emissions
stockpile of munitions
Our nation's a superpower
the world, ours to devour
Before we strike
here's what we're like ~
Execrable, ruthless
wicked, truthless
Cynthia Kwiecinski and Suzanne Colby
You've broken every rule of civility
With the execrable decision you made recently
You withdrew a job offer from a school superintendent
for addressing you as 'Ladies' in an acceptance email
You claim the term constitutes a micro-aggression'
But it's you abominations who have disgraced your profession
The superintendent-to-be meant to compliment you
But you two sows couldn't see that for the cud that you chew
I have much more to say, but come what may ~
You deserve to chew CRUD for the rest of your days
_________________________________________________________
Check out Fox News, April 03, 2023, 'School Superintendent candidate
says job offer was rescinded...' Story by Yael Halon
I notice a face with myriad bent distress.
With eyes that include a trace of sadness,
A dreary routine without a success story,
A vivid photo of the topic dyed with clarity.
His elements are unemotional and calm,
Seeing elapses on the aegis of life qualm.
Love has been his mate and accomplice.
He deemed it right by the slow compass.
A wiped-out execrable ruffled face is rough.
Neediness mutiny yet glad for his estate bluff,
The abysmal face conceals a delicate heart.
His soul is more aware than it seems at first.
Written: June 19, 2022
The Pastel Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Craig cornish
Fluttering darkness, take wing.
Malignant talons, take life.
Oblivion wings, take light.
Pluck from the shade,
this foul feeling manmade,
without a reason or rhyme.
Execrable expression of earthly emptiness,
Detestable display of dauntless devotion,
Perverse parade of practical pretence,
Irreverent instance of intrepid insurgence.
"Only faith may absolve you"
But "darkness",
launching into freedom's embrace,
need not be forgiven nor freed
In the midst of snow and frost, when hope is suspended
and the air limping between the trees, nature seems set
for the final rest; all that lives and passes, shiver, worry, desire;
under the sky, pure, void, empty and uniform, clouds murmur in boredom;
an immense silence has filled the space between the trenches, weighty like
a hammer; no cry, no sound of rifles and machine guns, or water to hose them down; the execrable game of wait and fear; and finally a white flag,
as white as snow white, filling the air with its sudden brightness, peace at last, the resumption of life and happiness at last.
I
A-nother
L-ight
O-bliterates
N-ight
A-s
Y-ou
E-xpect
N-o
E-xecrable
C-lime
L-etting
E-ffulgence
O-pen
Topic: Birthday of Alona Yen Ecleo (October 20)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
M-aking a great difference
I-s so hard to accomplish;
C-hunk of effort is needed,
H-oping that it won't diminish.
A-im for a great difference,
E-radicating the mistake;
L-et not the momemtum die for the huge chance to take.
S-oar toward great difference,
A-s your act isn't execrable;
N-ever be so reluctant
D-oing something suitable.
O-ctober second morn
V-iews the man par excellence;
A-llowing him to do well,
L-ike making a great difference.
Hats off to the leaders who
Altered our lives
Proud to honor the
Patriotic pioneers atleast once in a
Year,on the day when we got freedom
In the rain,in the snow,torment
Night and day,its their
Deep patriotism
Exhilarate them to fortify their
Pride nation against
Execrable agonies.
Never worry about
Demise,the Militants are
Exemplary persons should be honored
Not just today,but everyday.
Combatants protect and make us
Enjoy the freedom
Do remember them in this
Auspicious occasion with gratitude.
Yay-A very happy Independence day
despair knocks the door
hallucinating the mind
tormenting the soul
darkness dispels light
sinister black shadows loom
unhinging spirit
an evil fiend tempts
execrable ideas
drowning to abysm
3-31-2016
Red dwelling, blue exhaust
White fire of conscience
Patriotic departure
In a home of isolation
See the banner
And know we live
The only mass of allegiance
The ones who take free
The only affirmers
Of the American way
All else does not take
After the wants of the founders
Beautiful country
To wretched cover
What’s the citizen
Done to this land?
The dear departed
Has left breath decisively
Now no one will love
In the American pride path
We must bring back the patriotism
Because all here has gone
The American way cannot perish
Under the rubble of execrable
America is broken
And needs a fixing
By the hands of
All of the devotees
Stand for the way of good
And the path of leeway
The home of rein,
And the home of the brave
The brief flash of a girl hiding in a corner
The Execrable slicing sounds
The copper taste of violence
The sulfuric smell of decaying flesh
The feel cool blade resting on the name of my neck
You run through this maze of white walls
You hear his echoing footsteps
You taste your own fear rising up in you
You feel a burning hatred scorching you
You smell his fear-inducing odor
And all I need is that cool hand at the small of my back
To know that that is not reality that is the past
A-ADJUSTS WITH YOU IN EVERY SITUATION
B-BETRAYAL IS THE THING THEY NEVER DO
C-COMFORTS YOU
D-DOESN'T LEAVE YOU
E-EMPHASIZE YOU
F-FAVORS YOU ALWAYS
G-GUFFAW AT YOUR SMALL THINGS
H-HAVE FUN WITH YOU
I-IMPRINT YOUR PICTURE IN THEIR MIND
J-JUST BELIEVES IN YOU
K-KEEPS YOU ELATED
L-LOVES YOU THE MOST
M-MAKES A DIFFERENT IMPACT IN YOUR LIFE
N-NEVER MAKE YOU FEEL EXECRABLE
O-OWNS YOU
P-PROTECTS YOU
Q-QUIT ALL THE PAIN FROM YOUR LIFE
R-REMEMBERS YOU ALWAYS
S-SMILE WILL NEVER GO TILL FRIENDS ARE THERE
T-THEY WILL ALWAYS BE YOUR BACKBONE
U-UNDERSTANDS YOU
V-VALUES YOU A LOT
W-WILL NEVER HURT YOU
X- X-PLAINS YOU WHEN YOU ARE ANGRY
Y-YELLS AT YOU WHEN YOU DO SOMETHING WRONG
Z- ZAPS YOU BACK TO REALITY
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