A LEAKY DAY AT THE PARK
In the park, a dog ran to urinate at a tree
If I did that, they would come and arrest me:-
Damn dog barked and ran away:
He really peed me off that day:-
Hey, I had to walk as far as two blocks to pee:-
I need to shut up
My mouth flows like a leaky faucet
Drip, drip, drip
I don't remember losing this much water
But there it lays
Filling three buckets in front of me
Drip, drip, drip
And I don't mean I'll shut off the water
Drip, drip, drip
But sometimes the leaky faucet
Drowns out the noise of the clock ticking
Or the birds singing
Hell, I haven't heard the wind brushing the trees in a while
Drip, drip, drip
It gets annoying
And sometimes I like to hear other noises
Instead of the faucet that can't seem to be quiet
I thought I had shut off the leak:
the drip, both lethargic and weak.
Once parched dry from thirst,
the pipes have now burst,
and the muse has decided to speak.
Today is the first day of the rest of your life
Make the most of it
Everyone has a specific number of days here on earth
But no one knows what that number is
Best thing is to ignore it and live life
As if you are going to live forever
Your final day will arrive a lot quicker
Than you thought when you were a young'un
But if you can look back on a full happy life
Then when your time is up, you'll be ready
If that can ever be at all possible!
Think of the good stuff, don't dwell on the negatives
Everyone has them no matter who they are
So be happy, think positive
We're all sailing down life's stream
In the same leaky old boat... ENJOY!
He lay watching the ceiling
falling upwards.
"Meditation" he thought,
"where does the mind go
when it leaves its fishbowl?"
Questions,
one after another –
Where the inflatable Santa?
Where the rescue center?
Where the House of the Lord?
"Shadow play" he thought,
"I'm just playing with shadows."
Then Santa took a BB bullet;
his last thoughts wheezed out
from a small mouth-shaped hole:
All rescue centers are adopted
by homeless prayers.
In the House of the Lord
words rent rooms.
The moon does not miss its own light.
Water has no memory.
The fish in his bowl kept on circling.
Slushy snow has spread
It happened as i slept
In the morn it rained
Turning the snow slush
To walk was easy
No ice anywhere
As i was walking
Wetness was felt
It spread in my boots
making my feet wet
It was time to shop
For
new winter boots
I bought them on sale
Wore them the same day
My feet nice and warm
My feet was happy
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