Long Foot the bill Poems

“Just when he thought he’d had all he could take,
April arrived like a careless mistake.” 

From DRIVING DIXIE DOWN by Anonymous Brown
Smithstonian Folkways Recordings catalogue # 317-704-1106

When something is broken, it’s no longer of any...

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Unquotable quotes – Lawyers:  XX

(No aspersions are willfully or otherwise cast on the honorable profession of the Law. Though I’m not a Barrister, I passed – through self-study – all the subjects at the...

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One of Life’s indisputable facts:
Government reserves the right to tax;
And tho’ they waste far more than they should,
It’s supposedly done “for the common good.”

Economists use the word “propensity,”
Just a fancy word for “odds”, you see:
The...

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I've never had a one-night stand,
with me it always was the family plan;
I thought I found Mr. Right 
seems I only saw him with blind eyes.

Faithful till the day I die
Yet he has a...

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I revised a poem written 
January twenty second
last year – two thousand twenty one
regarding gratitude for Medicare 
Insurance to foot the bill
concerning ability to heal
courtesy immune system 
undergoing toe till agency 
or closest approximation thereof...

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Strap ya helmet on and while you at it pass the keys, 
we'll ride and eat on words for dinner, homie pass 
the peas,

I don't do this on purpose, it's the way things have to...

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What efforts appeal to his
need to be loved
She answered none
This to the surprise of
Those gathered
Even those in lesser
Standings have more
Appeal then he
His lessons of. Reasoning
Makes him conditioned
To appear wise
His lack of passion
Comes from his inability
To...

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....more crap rap....
This world is changing,
Rearranging
People don't seem to care
Maybe they just Don't dare
Leaders
just bottom feeders
The bad seeders
Thinking they know what's best 
We the people, are the rest.
We foot the bill
And have had our fill.
You...

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Guess who is back

Re-writing historys slack

I keep to myself like the whiteman does to rap

Close your eyes and sleep

No longer are you the black sheep

Smile nice and wide like you won the California Lottery

For only...

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In my eyes, a Mother begins nurturing you before you're even born.
Most times she does this with happiness - no time to be forlorn.
She trades in her slender figure - loving you above all else...

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Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts
of your father ye will do. He was a murderer
from the beginning, and abode not in the truth,
because there is no truth in him. When he...

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Unquotable quotes – IX

You cannot have your cake and eat it, but you can have 
        your meat and beat it.
Sow your wild oats on a sow and...

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You know she missed her period and she missed graduation,
And she missed those wedding bells.
And her daddy’s shot-gun missed the boy next door—
Where he’s gone nobody can tell.
It’s a simple operation—her sister recommends it—
Her daddy’s...

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I lie in this bed and just thank,
as my mind strays and plays tricks and pulls pranks. Deeper into the quagmire I sank.    
My thoughts as free as a fish is in...

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The eyes of the world shall soon fall on britain
Pants of politicians and military men must be shitting
That's what happens when you spend 300+ years
Stealing from the rest of the world, selling imaginary fears
The most...

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Humans feed on hate and quench their thirst on pride
It is a monster we all carry around, it consumes us and eats us up inside
Violence is passed down in families like a tradition
We try to...

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I am tired of Taylor Swift,
Her face I can not avoid.
 I know you gals get my drift.
I love her, but am annoyed.

 She has all those Swifty fans.
Isn't that enough for her?
 All she...

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A PRECIOUS GIFT

If you were a prize
I couldn't have won you so
For all my skills and knowledge
Do not merit the credit

Or, let's say the price
Of a commodity so purchased
That I could foot the bill
With my...

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Lost without my faith.
In my heart, I wait.
The Lord has blessed me
with many things.
Day and night I pray.

Jesus, give me strength.
Free me from my sins.
Let me join you in heaven.
Born again, I begin.

My journey is...

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Some where between the men and the mouse
I thought we had figured all this out
Maybe I could have saved myself from this pain
But maybe again I would have done it all the same

Somehow I lost...

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