Grinning Poems

Heavenly Host

Fading away as the days
dwindle down to a dismal few
I'm still grinning
what more can I do
my head's spinning
eyes dimming hair thinning
but if the devil's in the details
he drives a hard bargain
and if heaven's like a five-star hotel
with 'Welcome' on the mat
remember when beginning
your final innings
there'll be no winning
when you're up at bat

Grinning Truth

We went around in circles,
yet the truth lingered right between us,
smirking as if it had already triumphed.
You labeled it complicated.
I called it chaos.

There’s nothing beautiful about pretending—
about trying to bridge a gap so vast
that you can taste the deception in your mouth.
But we went ahead anyway.
Sat there.
Grinning, as if we didn’t already realize
this was the beginning of the end.

Grinning Goat Genghis Gone

I had never seen a goat that grinned wider than Genghis Gone
His grin was something you could hang a small firefighter on
We watched him smile at the birds, the sheep and the sky.
Why is he so happy? We asked ourselves, truly wondering why.

Grinning Like He'd Had a Lobotomy

I had seen crazy gargoyles before
Anyway, I thought I had
I thought I had

But this guy was something else
With his wolf-like chin
And his oversized smile

He was grinning like he had just had a lobotomy
Perhaps he had
Perhaps he had….

My Real Reason For Grinning

Must explain my reason for grinning
It's not what you might think
Got a cramp down in my nether regions
Maybe too many beans methinks

It's easy for people to think I'm just happy
Coz I am the majority of the time
The look on my face can be very similar
This time it emanates from behind

Think I just need to let a big boomer go
One that could shatter tall buildings
I hesitate to let the damn thing fly
For fear it would loosen people's filling

Guess I'll just have to suffer in silence
Till I reach a McDonald's restroom
If I make it, I hope they build 'em strong
Down with my drawers then kaboom!

The shattered remains can still be seen
They decided to make the site a memorial
Seventeen people have lost their eyesight
Six swore off Big Macs overall

Now I've divulged my reason for grinning
It's not that I'm happy, you see
The real reason is internal combustion
Not allowing my wind to blow free!

Giggling and Grinning

There was a priceless moment
When he smiled openly, innocent
To the careful way I’d held him to my heart
As he laced a path across my soul
Notching out breaths of hope and joy
Serrating hollows of serenity and faith
Feelings flowing through my crimson veins
In whispers of laughing pleasure 
Songs of winds shifted through my hair
Beckoning my thoughts with grace
Painting vibrant flames of wisdom across
My life, where he giggled and grinned
Caressing my spirit with the love
Only a babe in arms could have given






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April 30, 2021

That Goofy Grinning Face

Enthusiasm makes each day delightful and insightful.
If we have something new, exciting, or pleasurable to do,
we not only have fun looking forward to its arrival, but on
the big day,

we jump out of our beds and run to the bathroom
barely recognizing the goofy grinning face glancing at us
in the mirror as we run toward the kitchen.

I am going to have an enthusiastic day tomorrow.
I have not seen my grandchildren in almost two months.
The goofy grinning face has been winking at me from the mirror all day.

In Rebuke of the Grinning Harlot

She strumpets all into the nights until 
around her head the build-up's like fetid, gross cheese; 
her lewdness makes the earth and sun stand still: 
Lord! What miracle it'd be were she just a tease! 
Her grinning face I loathe and never miss;
to greet her with a large and phallic pecker  
delights her—but I swear to God on this: 
that I felt then the extreme need to deck her  
at the knowledge of her one-hundred lovers!? 
Deceived by her (that wily Lolita!),
I curse then forswear her and flee for cover 
vowing henceforth to shun that Medusa.  
     So with luck and some serendipity,   
     I abscond her wiles with no STD!

Grinning

One night at my house a strange man had got in
When I asked him to leave he gave me a grin
I called the authorities who were of no use
He slipped out the back door, a man on the loose

But then he returned as soon as they'd gone
This insolent squatter, I wished he'd move on
It wasn't the first time he'd done this to me
He seemed to have picked my house quite randomly

The cops had been called there numerous times
but they treated me like the one guilty of crimes
Again and again this man just slipped away
To the local police an elusive prey

One night I decided that I'd had enough
I finally realized I had to get rough
I shot a few rounds as I aimed for his head
but somehow I missed, he just grinned and he fled

How quickly the cops had arrived at my door
They grabbed me and wrestled me down to the floor
Yet I took satisfaction in knowing I'd won
For that man in my house was now on the run

It has been quite a while, that was all in the past
My mind was at peace but it just didn't last
I'm no longer alone, for right now I can see
that strange man in my cell, and he's grinning at me



3/3/19

To Help Us A-Grinning

The sun doth shine, the world's still spinning
Nothing's so bad no need to go back to the beginning
We'll make it through
What else can we do
But there is a magic pill to help us a-grinning

C2 O Grinning

Capitol Hill lawmakers
busy be sound byte spinning
Graft siphon those sawbuck bills,
so succubus sly

Cheshire cat revenue takers,
queeny crooked smile grinning
Wink the incubus eye,
and nod about 
how much cheddar they gon steal

Fat cats sitting on a lounge relax
in their dark backrooms,
blowing cigar smoke rings
Marking the Treasury tax map
with grifter circles

Them Cheshire cat one tracks
love 
puffing out the zeros

C2 O        mirror and smoke
Disappearing cash,
tip-toeing up 
the pocket chimney it goes

C2 O   ash-tinted windows
Cheshire cats
ogling claws 
greedily scratching fo’ mo’

C2 O      taxpayer choke hold
Got a crooked,    grinning clasp ...
Grifter greedy green paw grasp,
ain’t never gon smiley let go

C2 O       mirror and smoke
Cheshire cat one tracks
love puffing out   the zeros

C2 O   ash-tinted windows
Every tax loophole  ...  open cash register,
they don’t ever   shut close

A Grinning White Dog

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a grinning white dog

buries treasure in the yard...

I mourn my lost keys

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06/20/2018

Help Us A-Grinning

The sun doth shine, the world's still spinning
Nothing's so bad to go back to the beginning
We'll make it through
What else can we do
Ain't no magic pill to help us to grinning

Grinning At the Thought of Fingers

“Caps for sale, fifty cents a cap!”*

But that was just the crowning lie,
my pinnacle tooth should be solid gold!
Oh, if the truth could be sold -
And I feel so old…

So my crown not quite queenly,
feels unnatural, quite unseemly.
I will give it a speedy test drive
and see if it tastes like 300 bucks.

On the upside, the dentist quite merry
that I didn’t bite off any fingers,
though I hear they're quite chewy.
And he grimaces at the dreadful fear, that
I’ll take some digits and run outta there.

12/14/2016

*From juvenile picture book, “Caps For Sale”
Written by: Esphyr Slobodkina

Satan Sits There Grinning

Blood gushes out, freedom at last,
Slitting her wrists has happen'd in the past.
She doesn't know how to stop it,
She doesn't know how to care,
Lately all she does is just sit and stare.
Her mind goes numb, as scarlet stains the floor,
Bloodied handprints now decorate the door.
Falling to her knees, she tries to stop the flow,
But Satan sits there grinning, there's no stopping now.
Heaving deep sighs, she tries to calm down.
But the bigger the stain, the deeper her frown.
She loses her grip, lets herself finally fall,
If only they'd cared, they'd stopped this all.
Satan sits there grinning, for this round he has won,
Her screams for help will never be undone.

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