Fooling Poems

Fine Fooling Myself

Do not go gentle into that good night but rage,
rage against the dying of the light
—Dylan Thomas


sunny outside, not
cloudy inside; out
of my mind, mindless
wandering and wondering;

fine - fooling myself?
days tedious, no drums.
no inkling of a violin,
even to suffer with.
May be smoking hot,
but red skin is turning white.

falling up, failing to feel sorry
for oneself. calls limited
to a free for all. Fall
can’t come soon enough
with its brisk breeze,
booming colors, activities.

still, I will rest. I rest
in the curve
of the Almighty’s arm.
the arrow is set
in the string of the bow.
my smile longs
to jettison on the wind.

a windy day, to feel
the joy of friendship,
to fill my quiver
with euphoria.

still, we all must give up
a bit of ourselves,
not to be too full
of ourselves.

they are fooling no one

my puppy is lying on his back
wallowing around on the floor
the other two dogs give him strange looks
they are fooling no one here.
We know they used to do this when they were puppies.
They just forgot.

Who's Fooling Who

Who's Fooling Who?

Bloody murder, wild sex, torture and slime
Scammers and pushers and heinous crime
It's too much to bear
All the evil out there
Except for cable TV at prime time!

8/1/22

No-Fooling-Flowers

no-fooling-flowers
sprung up overnight,  giant
stalk ~ Jack’s tiny seeds

5/2/2022

I Am the Master At Fooling You

I let you see who you want me to be.
You give me that look, which tells me I’m doing great.
You are fooled into sharing your deep secrets.
Because I look like that kind of listener.
I am not, but I want you to think I am.

You are so grateful to my fake listening eyes
That you spill your guts into my lap
I covertly shake them out onto the floor
And stomp them thoroughly but secretly
So you keep talking, thinking that I care.
I am a master at not sharing any of my real self.

I was taught years ago that people take their cue from your eyes.
“The windows of the soul” some say.
Mine are on auto-pilot, slammed shut.
The hurricane shutters are tighter than those you buy at Home Depot.
But you look into them and you are completely fooled.
I am the master at showing you a false me whom you readily believe.
Saving the real me for someone who has never arrived.

April Fooling Around

April Fools is on the new horizon 
When the next time the sun rises 
There will be innocent fibbing and lying 
Is it a prank, a joke? 
Or just a forum for one to stand up to insult? 
It is a whole day dedicated to giving 
Laughter an opportunity to make a better living 
Hopefully the day will be relaxed 
And nobody will face the issue of being sacked 
Beware of the pen 
With the exploding ink it could send 
Then there could be an alluring call 
That rings inside the working stall 
Look at things closer 
Especially if the reading is off the informative poster 
All in all a good little spook 
Could end up as a romantic hook 
And as time carries on 
From the flirty spring fling con 
He could walk down the aisle to say ‘I do’ 
Allowing her to reply, “April Fools on you”

Fooling Around

The time had gone by
The days were shallow
The years were passing by
The counting had begun
It was too late

Tears rolled around the cheeks
The misery was unbearable
The plan had fallen apart
The truth was coming out
And to her, the riddle was solved

The sin was waiting
For the sinner
The evil deeds were disclosing
The murderer
All accomplished in a day

Fooling Myself

A thousand needles
	with sharp shining points
cutting harshly in
	tender soft flesh

burning hot needles
	searing as they go
piercing deeper in
	with every painful step

ripping caring agony
	muscles ripping apart
in agony collapsing
	on ground so very hard

weakly grasping lifting
	strength and vigor gone
lifting climbing upward
	unsteady standing barely

burning hot pain searing
	piercing through tender joints
gasping sharp  inhaling
	bright shining tears appear

foolish belief blooming
	desperate hope within
somehow just imagining
	none is actually real

Insane self deceiving
	imagined feelings are
unknown reasons fulfilling
	unreal everything is

Who's Fooling Who

Some birdies really...

Can be so unkind

All day pecking 

Only gripes and whines

It's not hot enough 

So she ups and flies

Down to Miami beach via South Carolina skies

She probably thinks... Oh Lord 

I’m a Dodo bird 

Maybe it's a secret lover, tell me, have you heard

Whoever it is...don't say 

I don't bother mind 

Blue Jay’s staying over and it’s tweeting time

Fooling the Fool

Don't try me, I will see through,
If you cross that line, I will play the fool,
I'll make you believe you've got the upperhand,
I'll do it on purpose to see your true man,
If I think for a second your looking down on me,
I will study you dude, and your routine,
I will let you believe for a time I'm not onto you,
To watch your course of action, the next step that you choose,
It's far from deceiving, I guard my heart well,
I'll be damned if you think your gonna put me through hell,
So when I laugh n make jokes, and your think everything's ok,
Or when I make light of the conversation and smile and walk away,
I don't mind sharing my heart because I'm confident in me,
I don't need your validation, I'm already set free,
So unless you know yourself and I see your intentions are good,
You'll only be getting half of me, are we understood?

The Fooling Interlude

In black hot hue
Let the volcano spew

Everything changes
Every aggression is spent
Every narcissist disappears in himself
Mayhem in the bookshelf

Nothing is immutable
Neither space nor time
Nor sun nor moon
Let alone the focus on
Sovereignty and singularity
A monolithic spree

However omnipotence
It may exude
The presidency itself
Is an interlude
Within a boundary
Of brittle ego
With tenuous commitment
To democracy

Some say angel
Many others say wretch
Time smiles
Makes a sketch of the Statue of Liberty
Dwarfing the height
Broadening the expanse
In an egocentric trance
This time is crazy
Making the rainbow hazy

However formidable
It may sound and look
Bereft of imagination and color
In future
Even the demurely looking women
Will eventually wonder aloud
And their support they would disavow
Until the sovereignty blossoms from the nucleus
Of lovely apples
Born of the flowers of the rainbow nation

November 1, 2017

For the Contest: Eight Word Challenge - 5
Sponsored by John Hamilton

Fooling Yourself

Try to sustain yourself on truth if you can,
but your noble aim will quickly come to naught.
Life is bitter, and so too are the actions you must take,
and they require skills that can't be taught.

Only the honest try to blind others, for they keep,
within their breasts a spark of life as it must be. 
And they will burn from the fire they protect,
knowing that others never wished to see. 

But you cannot afford the truth as they,
so burrow down within your very heart,
rip up the thistle that is reality, 
and you will find yourself right at the start.

Two paths to take, but only one will do.
Fool yourself, and pain cannot break through. 

Written for "The Jester" contest, sponsored by Kai Michael Neumann

Stop Fooling Yourself

She's praying for the phone to ring 
She's praying to hear his voice again 
She's a fool, she's still waiting on him 
She knows he has someone else 
She's still praying for him to see she's the one for him 
What a fool  she is...he's laughing at you 
Three months later and she's still praying for a call from him
She wants to call him ...best not to...hes with his new lady
What a fool she is, still waiting for him to come back to her
You stupid girl he has moved on…you should do the same...stop fooling yourself he's not worth it.

Only Fooling Myself

To think anything could ever change.
Only a fool to think you were anything but strange deranged.
Lucky NO BLESSED A MAN AM I to have her to turn to. 
To forgive my sin and help me get over you.
Be gone ...back to the darkness of your hole.
You are condemned. You without a soul.

Fooling Myself

Woke up this morning and thought you’d finally left my mind
Then I saw you coming through that door
And my blood started shaking again, inside

...
... ...

I’m no better than I was before
If anything, today I’m worse;
In deeper than the day before
Effected more than ever
By this unrequited curse

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