Inside this cell no sell, just a bag of spiders big and fat
with gnarly hands she tucks away fifty crawlies in her hat
Her name is Katz and she loves cats but not old stinky rats
she thrums aside the prison door like a pining cat
Witches brew and boogaloo I cast a spell on you
muddle muddle fuddle duddle here's a stick of fever few
as the warden goes a jumping he unlocks on cue
spider spider drunk on cider, wackalacka spew !
On a broom made of chrome I will fly me back to Rome
all the spiders in my sack will find their way back home
wiggle wiggle jiggle niggle cruise but do not roam
in my cauldron little Gretel, cries and weeps alone
Well here is how the bones are stewed soft and tender,
gently brewed
well here is how the bones are stewed soft and tender,
freshly stewed....
June 15, 2023
Contest Name: Bag Of Spiders
Sponsor : Matt Caliri
“Sunshine Superman and the Oriental Nightfish”
Mellow Yellow
cool for katz,
is chillin’
with his dream,
Oriental Nightfish,
in her universe
Wings,
he thinks
will work,
his way
into
my love,
good
for flirtatious
vagabonds
there
we have it,
his audacious gift,
the mind
of a
wondering
tom cat
that indolent
purring
kissing critique
the love cat
bats his lashes
gingerly
tap dancing
roguishly again
across his keys
sensationally
loud yet
quiet
changing up
his m.o.
he slides over
to Disraeli Gears,
boom boom -
then he’s gone all
animal
the sunshine
of my love,
is his cream
the love cat
bats his lashes
tap dancing
across
his keys
to you,
that
sunshine superman
he’s thinking
a dangerous thing,
he’s about to go ...
all Bolan
Children of the Revolution
boom boom boom boom
(LadyLabyrinth / 2022)
Rupert Valentino, The Ritz, a Thursday evening, 2022.
Their sandwich aesthetic motif
Will thrill the palate beyond belief
Try the pastrami
For a taste bud tsunami
Or order Katz Deli's corned beef
Author's Note: No trip to NY is complete without visiting Katz Deli. BTW, a scene from when Harry met Sally was filmed there.
The food is unbelievable, and the experience is pure NY (a bit chaotic). It is also open 24/7 so there is no excuse to miss this one. I would say, to my friends, that it will be more memorable than the Statue of Liberty, Empire State building, etc. Please do not make a mistake and bypass this multicultural experience if in NY.
Designer underpants are the rage
With Hanes and Joe Boxer too
Fruit of the Loom and Calvin Klein
I can name more than just a few
How about Banana Republic
Also Navy and Tommy John
They're the same but different
Try some Katz or Aussiebum on
Call them knickers, shorts, or underwear
But don't be fooled by the song and dance
What they are for, is always the same
To keep the poop off of your pants!
You find old poems in the attic
in a box with the Remington Rand
you wrote them on in the Sixties
before computers were born.
They were published then in little
magazines like Bitterroot, the one
put out by Menke Katz, who loved
poetry by anyone from anywhere
who gave everything to write it.
What to do now with these poems
still breathing on paper but
scarred by erasures, smudges
and yellowed by time.
You could send them out
to a website where they might
appear until the site disappears
for reasons that take over
the editor's life.
Or you could put them back in
the box with the Remington Rand
and use a Sharpie to write
a note on the box that says
"Don’t throw this box out.
A heart ticks in here.”
Donal Mahoney
Graceful and balanced head to toe
what they're thinking we may never know!
Beauty in motion dancing on all fours
Serenades in vivid moon...
Silhouettes in windows
Gorgeous eyes and softly lined in fur
Bold and silly clowns they entertain
Nothing quite as soothing as their purr
Brings a gentle solace to my brain
When I hear that certain meow refrain
Secrets that they hold
Never have them figured out
They're a mystery
By Deb Wilson
for contest"Nature,Four In One"
sponsored by Constance La France
~A Rambling Poet~