I went to heaven,
but the weight of all the love...
pulled me back to Earth!
I can't remember,
just one time without trouble...
and no end in sight!
The mystics suffer,
naked upon tall mountains...
in case they see god!
The color of blue,
became my favorite color...
when first our eyes met!
Even the leaves of gold,
must vie to rest in gutters...
on the sides of roads!
Nigerians are on the run
Refugees in search of Asylum
No more sweetness in their fatherland
Their dreams have crumbled
The giant of Africa is in shambles
With hope of her youth buried under the rubbles of
Man made insurgency
Banditry and insane killings
Evil holds sway everywhere
While goodness scamper to safety
Succor for the needy
Has been looted by the greedy
Kidnapping has been legalized
As perpetrators haggle ransom
With constituted authorities
Like in the open market
While security forces stand aloof
Awaiting their share of the pie
Armaggeddon is surely here
i asked
how much
she said
twenty
i asked
thirty
no no
twenty one
but i asked
twenty five
no no twenty
three
i said
si si si
twenty
three words
for one poem
so i must
pick only
the best
to describe
what i must
describe as
the best:
shower singing
ocean waves
waving siren
summoning
swim
come in
chocolate
Venus in
one piece
flowered
hair braided
Would you take a dollar?
No.
Okay. Thanks.
Would you take a fifty-cent piece?
No.
Okay. Thanks.
Would you take a quarter?
No.
Okay. Thanks.
The haggler has no idea how to haggle really, the
vendor thinks, not realizing she gets more things for
a dollar, a fifty cent piece and a quarter than anyone
else in the world.
The buyer leaves with her dollar intact.
There is another garage sale two houses down, right?
Would you take a dollar?
No.
Okay. Thanks.
Would you take a fifty-cent piece?
No.
Okay. Thanks.
Would you take a quarter?
Yes. Sure.
Thank you very much! I love it!
Haggle Over Being Agile and Fragile
What we all had to do was haggle,
Over knowing Athlete is quite agile;
With much tedium,
Find happy medium,
Along with parts that may be fragile.
Jim Horn
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