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Premium Member Seed Money

All nine feet of green, moving through the reeds
Leaving around town strange packets of seeds
With a note, asking a curious deed
To till at night only, with utmost speed
Sunburn strips the magic, leaving just weeds

My Pa lectured it would never succeed
But having a number of mouths to feed
Under the moon, I planted what we'd need
For a crop to nourish, flower and breed

Townsfolk thought me foolish, would scoff and plead,
'Recover your senses; they're worthless beads!'
Yet they leapt by cresting heights to exceed
The sky's wide reach, blossoming a stampede
Of gold coins, rubies, and diamonds - indeed!

8/16/20
Form: Monorhyme


Premium Member A Lovely Little Daydream

I make a cup of coffee, and bathe in its perfume
And add some chocolate cookies til my diet must resume
I pray the photographer doesn't see that I have gone food rogue
Cuz like he said, "Chubby chicks will never grace a page of Vogue."

I'm careful because my Chanel gown is white and never sold
In the kind of stores where I can shop, or any shop, I'm told
And very soon they'll call me back to set to vamp and pose
Hair perfectly coiffed, make-up en fleek and Louboutin on my toes!

"I've chipped a nail," I mumble and three stylists all jump
And while they're at it one applies some hairspray with a pump
A gorgeous man in best black tie approaches me and grins
"I am your partner for this shoot. Cheri, you are so THIN!"

He takes my hand and helps me up, I teeter on the heels
He holds me close and says he needs to take me for some meals.
He bends his face and parts his perfect lips to plant a kiss
But instead I feel a liquid spilling and wonder "What is this?"

Loud noises filter in my brain and break my daydream's hold
The liquid was my coffee spilled and sickeningly cold
I grab a paper towel to wipe it off my kitchen floor
But being nine months pregnant makes it hard to do, for sure.

I refocus on the noise I hear and realize it's my boys
Two-year-old triplets ready to trade a nap for toys.
I pass the hallway mirror, see my hair a mess, I'm round
Not the model from my dream, but it won't bring me down.

I walk into the boys' room and all three reach out to me
And the hugs and kisses given no French model could exceed
I love my boys, I love my life, even in a cheap stretch jean
But still and all, I did enjoy my lovely little daydream!

1/13/2017
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member CHARLIE KIRK MAY THE LORD ALWAYS BE BY YOUR SIDE


   THE PATHETIC AND DEMONIC
   BEHAVIOR  OF THOSE WHO AGREE
   AND BELIEVE IN HATRED , 
   ANAMOSITY AND VIOLENCE AGAINST 
   THOSE WHO DISAGREE WITH THEIR
   PSYCHOTIC IDEOLOGIES  THAT ARE         
   DESTROYING THE COUNTRY AND
   THE WORLD WILL ULTIMATELY HAVE
   TO FACE THEIR CREATOR AND STAND
   TRIAL FOR THEIR BEHAVIOR AND CRIMES. 

   THEIR PUNISHMENT WILL EXCEED
   THEIR EXPECTATIONS AND 
   IMAGINATION . THEIR EXPULSION 
   FROM THIS WORLD WILL GO BEYOND 
   THE LIMITS AND BARRIERS OF TIME
   IT'S SELF AND THE UNIVERSE OF
   CELESTIAL BEING AND THE UNIVERSE  
   IN  WICH WE RESIDE. 

   ALL THAT WILL REMAIN FOR THOSE
   WHO WORSHIP HATRED IS THEIR
   OWN HATRED TOWARDS HATRED.

  CHARLIE KIRK , MAY THE LORD 
  ALWAYS BE BY YOUR SIDE.

   Michael E Harris 
   09102025

Premium Member House Lizards

They (wife and children) are scared to see it,
As though Dinosaur made another writ;
Hearing its rudely vexatious squealing,
Each found corners feeling unappealing...!

To me it seemed a pet, like dog or cat, 
Though I hated the way on wall it sat;
And when its number increased like sea-sands,
I knew I cannot chase them by my hands...! 

Bad Omen - My kith and kin said firmly,
Destroy them lest they destroy you warmly; 
Pesticides or parquet - anything works,
They are, often, mere mentally-ill berks...!

I could not decide; I have heard often, 
They get soften and squeeze into coffin; 
Make human body mingle with the earth,
Bring about resurrection and rebirth...! 

I felt numb when one such fell on my head,
It causes illness within mind, they said;
I prepared myself: Lo! One day, two, three,
I could never find myself less than free...! 

Keep peacock feathers in rooms; they will die;
Spray petrol; they will surely soon bid good-bye;
Why trouble, some said, Just naphthalene balls,
Smell of these any such realm overhauls...! 

I could not, having tried, many great ways.
I thought, they are just God-given sun-rays;
That try to teach us humans something strange:-
Courage must exceed any mountain-range...???


23 October 2022
Form: Rhyme

Avid Bookworms On the Loose

The American Library Association
      implores cognoscenti tubby alert
impersonators, who
     call themselves Ernie and Bert

     took a page from Sesame Street Playbook
oft times accompanied
     by a Soundcloud of dirt,
boot none other then Pigpen,

     (who worked for Peanuts),
     and pay-dirt, though
     dismissed, cuz he did not exert
true grit, plus more seriously scandalous

     sordid details suppressed kept from press,
     (which scurrilous breach of conduct
     involved said scallywag
     violating more than flirt

discovered in prurient compromised activity,
     where his skin flute encircled,
     with an ambrosia girt
transgressions possibly affected

     public television station benefactors,
     and sterling reputation of bottom line, nor hurt
locker talk (albeit via exaggerated mainly 
     to make a profit sounding proper

     sanctimonious Cliff (hanging) notes,
     asper faux expected by
     a "FAKE" trumping prophet,
     sans motley crue comic
     stripped of more'n
     motion picture PG ratings,

hence future lurid, graphic,
     banal, ampersand
(&) dressing room banter
     muted, disallowed, and banned

so storied characters birthed by Charles Shulz,
     (who passed away prior to near canned
aforementioned indiscretion debacle)
     returning amidst fanfare hoopla

     much as possible grand
jour "Making Peanuts Great Again" hand
diddly restoring full metal paperback jacketed
     glory and apple pie order land

ding rebirth of cherished popular iconic
     easy to digest bookworm feed
which unexpectedly, inadvertently,
     and horrifyingly

     brewed ferocious breed
on par with the Alaskan Bull Worm,
     whereat armed guards
     strategically stationed

     at libraries entrances indeed
aware voracious young readers,
     would pay no heed
to any obstacle, and such unstoppable

     ravishing knowledge
     hungry kids did exceed
capacity security details dashed away,
     faster then Clifford
     the big red dog speed!


Premium Member viva la dissonance!

(The following vignette barely resists collapsing into raw blurting.)

Ask my priest and he’ll tell you 
I have a long-term boyfriend, whom 
I’ve loved improperly for years.

He’s the custodian of my sin (my priest).
The church has its own language of fault. 

He might not tell you, actually, priests have rules 
- there are legalities aplenty - but he’s sure, 
I’ve laid it before him (confession). 

I outsource my gilt to professionals 
- I’ve left my faults behind - 
who wants to cary all of THAT around?

I have an unstable and somewhat elastic 
belonging to the Holy Roman Catholic church, 
but there are tethers of family that hold me
- one of the obligations of inherited identity -
and I find it convenient that my sins can be
formally acknowledged while socially invisible.

“You have an unrecognized attachment,” he’d said, 
moral frameworks often expose their own inadequacies.
Alas, my morals sit uncomfortably behind my desires.

In my mind, I momentarily see a triangular road sign that reads,
“Warning: self-exposure: intimate realities may exceed dogmatic frameworks!”

“Say two Our Fathers, three Hail Mary, and one act of contrition - and in the future,” he said wincingly, “use your indoor blasphemy voice.”

Yeah, I frequently leave ‘Our Lady’ with scheduling issues. 
I use an Apple Watch app to tally my penances (Counter for Watch - free).

He did complement me on my consistency and how politely I misbehave.

Still, despite my over-caffeinated, theatrical guilt and moral dissonance
- I’m clean. I keep my sins organized 
- Heaven, here I come.
.
.
A song for this:
Stoney End by Laura Nyro
.
.
slang…
Priest = my authority figure/witness
Confession = is not absolution, it’s documentation
Our Lady = Notre Dame Cathedral

Nigeria the Sleeping Giant

Wake up Nigeria whilst it is still day.
Your darkness thickens in the hot summer sun.
Wake up Nigeria from your spectators' fun.
Like a titan to the slaughter, your way
to financial hades might be certain.
Awake, or your future is uncertain.
Your teeming youth population languish
in persistent erosive social crimes.
Awake Nigeria from pain and anguish.
Your tragedies exceed your countless births.
Awake Nigeria, for these many deaths
reveal a corrupt weakened armed forces.
Awake Nigeria from your great slumber.
Your rank in the black world has been usurped.
Awake Nigeria, reclaim your number
one position by treading those courses
once trod, and never again to be stopped.
Awake Nigeria and discern the times.
Cease for good to be black gold dependent.
Form: Elegy

Premium Member Freedom vs Order: Competing Constructs

Freedom with far    Freedom with    |    Order with less      Order with far
less emphasis on    less emphasis    |    emphasis on          less emphasis
Order -                   on Order -         |    Freedom -             on Freedom -       
__________________    _______________   |     ________________     ________________

F:  Far-reaching       Fundamental        O:  Opportunistic      Onerous
R:  Rectifications;     Receptivity            R:  Responses           Regulatory
E:  Effectuating        Expressly               D:  Diminishing        Dogmas;
E:  Evolving              Empowering         E:  Empirical              Emplacing
D:  Determinants     Diversity;               R:  Rights;                 Rules
O:  Operability         Optimizing            L:  Lessening            Limiting
M:  Maximizing       Meritocratic           E:  Effective              Equalitarianism; 
L:  Laissez-faire;       Lifestyles;               S:  Subgroup           Subverting
E:  Exhorting            Enhancing              S:  Sureties;             Safeguards;
S:  Superior             Systemic                 F:  Fostering            Formalizing
S:  Sensibilities;       Subjectivism;          R:  Regimens           Restrictions;
O:  Obviating          Operationalizing    E:  Eroding               Engendering
R:  Revisionism;       Responsiveness;     E:  Egalitarianism;    Exclusivity;
D:  Demanding        Developing            D:  Devaluing          Demonizing
E:  Expansive            Eclectic                  O:  Objective           Oppositional
R:  Resources.          Representation.     M:  Messaging.       Momentum.    

___________________________

Above are these competing views
Of social construct ends
And choice is not to win or lose
But how they all should blend.

The truth is each is built into
The fabric of our days
Requiring that we must pursue
Sound, realistic ways.

Judicious blend is what we need
To keep us on due course -
With none promoted to exceed
And sanction our remorse.

Premium Member Equations

Every earlobe ever pierced, minus non-pierced lobes, without exception
 Quantified by head size, quality of piercings, and variety of earrings worn
   Under ultraviolet light, utilizing reflective space, sound waves and distance
    At appropriate intervals, measuring cut, clarity, carat, color and character
     Totaling to a six figure sum, then divided by US bonds withdrawn from IRA
     Increase the risk of screaming in agony, up to, but not more, than 50 decibels 
    On an operatic stage, bursting glass objects, as per fat lady singing, wherein
   Numerical miscalculations of damage, therein, must be subtracted from the
  Sum, so that all of said variables will not exceed the confusion of the bystander.

  


Written on 3/9/2016
Form: Acrostic

AS PER NORMS

This is a government office
Here everything goes by norms.
When you join as an officer
Or as a peon – a file is opened,
Yes, a file is opened.
You do not open a file,
It is opened for you in your name 
And a number is given to the file i.e. to you
Now onward
All is in passive voice,
Then on wards, whatever follows
 Is ‘as per norms’, Regulation, Rule
Set by some Macauly, the colonizer
Little over 2 centuries ago
You apply leave, 
Whether causal or earned leave
Apply ‘as per norms’
Go on a tour -
Whether official or personal 
Process through proper channel
And it is approved
As per norms
Norms should be followed,
Should never be violated
Inform when you marry
You may exceed the societal norm 
when you woo some one
but inform beforehand your marriage
‘as per norm' when you get married
First thing you do when you come to know
You are conceived or father a child
intimate the office
as per norms
so that you get
The leave entitled to see your new one’s arrival
This is as per norms
or else your child will not get the benefits
as per norms.

Your pay is fixed
You are promoted
Even bypassing someone else
As per the norms.
Some one is dead 
Or killed in an accident 
Inform for action
As per norms
Anything – a sanction for a thousand to billion
As per the norms and
Approval of competent authority is issued
You are transferred  - on public interest
Or your own request or insult on punishment
Everything as per norms
When you superannuate 
You are relieved from services 
As per the norms
So, your 30-40 years have all through been
As per norms 

After 40 years of existence in a government office
Had made you a has been
And those invaluable years would not tell you
Or those who served with you 
Were you useful, were you benefited? 
Or happy, sad.
As per norms that couldn’t be found.
 However, one thing was found 
That too very firmly
You have acquired heavy salt and pressure in the blood 
And you are very sweet with high blood sugar.
This is not as per norms of your age.

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