An Avid Pupil of "Mott the Hoople"
A Rocker from the Start
My Soul would Fear no "Megadeth"
But Lost my Heart to "Heart"
I'd never Plant the "Plants"
Or Turn the Page on "Pages"
Till I Cross the River "Styx"
I'll Rock the "Rock of Ageless"
The Rolling Stones, The Beatles, Bread
Billy Joel and The Grateful Dead
Suzi Quatro, Wham! Kate Bush
Elton John, Yes, Kiss and Rush
Aerosmith, The Brothers Four
Dolly Parton, Sandie Shaw
The Jackson Five and Bruce Springsteen
Elvis Presley, Slade and Queen
David Bowie, The Beach Boys, Sweet
Rose Royce, Madness and The Beat
Dusty Springfield, Fox, Nick Drake
Soft Cell, Toto, Sting, Greg Lake
Three Dog Night and The Ramones
Pink Floyd and The Undertones
Duran Duran, Nirvana and
The Sensational Alex Harvey Band
Mott The Hoople, E.L.O
Dr. Hook and Status Quo
Skeeter Davis, Iggy Pop
Alice Cooper, ZZ Top
The Rev. Al Green and Steeley Dan
The Who, The Jam and Steeleye Span
The Monkees, Abba, Cream and Free
Lynyrd Skynrd, 10CC
The Faces, Love and Wishbone Ash
The Four Tops, Blondie and The Clash
The Moody Blues, Deep Purple, Mud
Frankie Goes To Hollywood
Bob Dylan and The Shangri Las
The Kinks. The Birds. The Doors. The Cars
The Seekers and Roberta Flack
The Drifters, T. Rex, Fleetwood Mac
Tina Turner, Prince, James Brown
..And all the music from Motown.
COMICS
Remember the comics?
Sunday morning
Paper at the door
After breakfast
Sprawled on the floor
Reading the comics
The characters
Both colorful and exciting
8 full pages
Variety inviting
Loving the comics
Hoople and Martha
Tracy and his Tess
Every Sunday
They’re in such a mess
Laughing at the comics
Mutt and Jeff
Mutt so tall
Jeff like Stan Laurel
Vacuous and small
Needing the comics
Sunday’s rest
A chance to renew
Popeye Alley Oop
Blondy Valiant too
TEN DAYS TILL CHRISTMAS
Ten days till Christmas
Ten days of worry hustle
What shall I get her?
She won’t help me out
Won’t even give me a clue
What’s a man to do?
She never complains
About my Christmas presents
No just this blank look
Makes me feel so small
Makes her feel she has revenge
A poke in the gut
“You never listen!”
These are some of her complaints
“You leave the seat up!
Don’t care how I dress
Might as well wear an old sack
Just like some old hag”
I can’t help but laugh
Because her description fits
OW! OUCH! That did it!
I will pay dearly
That laugh has ruined her Yule
Ten days of silence
Ten days on the couch
Eating out at McDonald’s
By myself outcast
HALLELUIAH!
Thanks Lord ten wonderful days
HALLELUIAH!
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This is not a description of my married life. I’m just having fun. This is more of a Major Hoople
poem – “Egad, Martha! Awpf Sputt!”