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Balance Sheet Karma

...Reconciling
life’s ledger
hoping 
it’s in black

Every deed
and every need
accountable
in fact

Debits
fighting credits
to balance
in the end

The jist of life
through joy and strife
...

SAMHUINN

...SAMHUINN
Wi samhuin fast approaching
When people start tae dread,
The gates of hell burst open
For the festival of the dead.

Bane shanks lifts his scythe
And scrieves his words in fire,
Welc...

A Shepherd's Day

...A Shepherd's Day by Suzanne Alexander (SA)

Wee, from East then West!
Seen one side then Next.
Feel a beautiful day, start is laid
Sjoe, from sting of Ray.This said,

Baa, from Ewe - distinct ...

Harry Hotspurs

...Harry Windsor now presses the charge.'
Against instigators;  roaming at large.)
Fellons with fetters, who apply methods hard.'
Who twist and will twitter, stretch an inch to
A yard.' As packs the...

Forever Trusty

...Annie thought Ben would be forever trusty
    But Ben hain't been married nigh on two year now
       ~ 'haps he's jist a bit rusty...

Deciphering Crossword Puzzles, Cryptograms and Scrabblegrams Once Favorite Pastimes

...Deciphering crossword puzzles, cryptograms and scrabblegrams once favorite pastimes

Livingsocial at 324 Level Road
circa post high school graduation
found yours truly voluntarily holed up
for a...

A Glesga Setterday Nicht

...“Gaun an bile yer heid” he bawled oot,
As he stood in the middle o the cobbled street.
Tae nae yin in particular.
Did he vent his anger.
Fu as a whaulk he staggered and swayed
Wan pin rooted tae...

Twas Fortnight Before Inspection 2021

...Twas fortnight before inspection 2021...,

Not a human creature stirred, nor seen 
throughout Highland Manor, 
property carpeted in lush green
gently hilly terrain,
(a deathlike stillness desce...

Jist Oxen Ya To Bull Heaven Me Yoke Hay

...Whit dat tight till - say
yes, aye wool thank ewe
mooch at least for today
hoof fully (this Joe kerr)
can easily bide his time weigh
beef hoar rammy cows come home.

Meantime India interim
le...

Regretting Fits--

...REGRETTING FITS--


Twas the jist of it;
My mind not into it;
Gotta be kidding me;
Must be me reality;
I may just regret this;

written words by James Edward Lee Sr....

Twas the Night Before Inspection

...Twas The Night Before Inspection...,

Not a human creature stirred, nor seen 
through out Highland Manor, 
     property carpeted in lush green
(a deathlike stillness descended un keen
hilly qu...

Transcendental Exploits

...Most everything written
(and learned ya in school)
     Yukon coon sitter, (and bet
     your bottom dollar) tibia bunch
     of contrived information

     all details bu...bu...bull...low kne...

Gloriously Fake Early Boyhood

...Gloriously "FAKE" Early Boyhood

Yah, ma brew their,
     and American sister golden hair -
     afar and away
book as aye ken ream hem bar,
     yea when yar whiz jist a bay 
bee, hun me
   ...

The Prose of My Broken Parts

...Intristically woven and intensely painful this agony is raging in (angers unleashing) quietly depressing. She took apart the left over pieces of her heart that were left strewn all over the floor for...

What It Means To Be An Empath

...What it means to be an empath, is far too much to say
i surely couldn't say it all, in a single day

suffice it to say

an empaths life is frought with wonder and dispair
just imagine if you co...

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