If you are lucky and live long enough,
Have learnt some lessons that are tough,
And spent time in the rough,
Along with your accumulated useless information,
You will start leaking words of wisdom,
worth a mention,
That will change the direction,
Of others for the better of the nation.
Of my latest leak,
I now speak,
And write for you to take a peek.
Sometimes rules of law should be obeyed,
And penalties for them being disobeyed,
Displayed,
If time for discussion needs to be delayed,
When the alternative is a plague that brings,
tempers that are frayed,
And information that is arrayed,
To suit those who see red,
Whenever they are asked to stay in bed,
So the plague will not spread,
And the human race will not wake up dead.
Sometimes leaked words of wisdom,
Will give a hint,
A glint,
When rule of law,
Should be against the law,
Of common sense,
Which will require acts of defiance.
To know when to and when not to obey,
Is something for another day,
As words of wisdom have stopped leaking for today,
Why can't they fix the roof that is leaking onto me
How about the gutters full of holes for all to see
My windows no one can see out of,I wish a real estate agent could find me new buyers
When people ring my doorbell I cannot hear it because it doesn't work
But when I complain they say I am being a jerk
Robbers enjoy visiting me, the locks on the doors don't exist
The family for some reason blames me when I am unable to resist
The holes in the floors need fixing, something you better not ignore
I am sure the day will come when somebody will fall through, shaking me to my core
It would be nice if someone could take better care of me
If I was to be fixed up I might last for eternity
Sunlight leaking through every tree of girth
White tree sap dripping onto the earth
Feeding insects scurrying with no fright
This sap of life that gives our eyes sight
Gives us shadows to dance in praise till night
Breaking through the web of branches impermanent
A shining sap beyond the blue firmament
That our forebears tasted every day with eyes bright
A sap spread across our spinning world in plight
Wrapping our world in sunlight beyond the great height
Sometimes is it is the smallest detail
The inconspicuous that gives it away
The wrinkle at the corner of your eye
The slight curl on your lip
The altered tone in your voice
You try to hold it in
Keep the secret safe within
But your body betrays you
Leaking signs
That contradict your conversation
Some may overlook
Others adept at perception
Will notice each incongruence
And turn it into an opportunity
To better match their offering
Consciously or unconsciously
Morphing their responses
To better suit your mood
And receptivity
With consumate ease
The dance of persuasion
A naked truth
Your cues beyond words
Leading your conclusion
Unknowingly
Unwittingly
The silent clues you broadcast
Responsible for your fate
The stillness of the moment, as the love lies in pieces.
Standing there with time frozen, to wallow in the regret.
A worried mind that's racing, to find some outlandish scheme.
As the clock's hands fall, sounding like nearby thunder.
A vision of a mirror, how it's lying there, broken.
A piece with an eye looks back, as night's curtain slowly falls.
2/18/21
Poor Susan has got a weak bladder
Incontinence made her get sadder
She now wears Depends™
They’re her new “best friends”
And Susan just couldn’t be gladder!
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12/20/20
Hopefully Zero Leaking
Some things Mueller is surely seeking;
Like for instance hopefully zero leaking;
Each secret retain;
Patience maintain;
Odor smelled while it was also reeking.
Jim Horn
Drip, drip, drip
Watch for water or you'll trip
Drop, drop, drop
Someone better get the mop
Drip, drop, drip
Dumb gravity! I slip--
Drop, drip, drop
Someone, make the water stop!
OK
Someone leaked this poem
I thought I hid it well
I didn't post on the net
and there's no one I would tell
Perhaps it's North Korea
heard they're hacking everyone
or that group they call the Lizards
just out to have some fun
Now all the time I spent
to write it, gone to waste
All millions have to do now
is simply cut and paste
I'm sure by now, around the world
everyone has downloaded
and my pop-u-lar-i-ty
on the web, exploded
But I still have some little gems
of which I'll never let them peek
unless of course, I find the source
of how my poems leak
He who eats his leek
does not let this leak.
Volodymyr Knyr
2014
my mind is a
-leaking faucet-
completely lost it-
forgot when i had it
last- slave master
-contradiction in terms-
specs- no less- incompletes
taking turns- faking
the best- guilty conscience
-hypersensitive-
flailing about- dirty
snout- no punishment
compares- beyond repair-
greeting good intentions-
wide eyes- stoic despair
Drip….
Drip….
Drip….
No, it isn’t a leaking sink,
It’s actually leaking eyes.
My tears fall,
Because of you.
Drip….
Drip….
Drip….
You broke my heart,
Causing water to slide down my cheeks.
That hasn’t happened in years.
Drip….
Drip….
Drip….
No one seems able to cheer,
My usual smiling face up.
It only reminds me,
Of you…
Drip….
Drip….
Drip….
My wounds won’t seem to heal.
It only causes my skin to peel deeper.
And burns when those tears fall.
Drip….
Drip…..
Drip……..
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