Long Give them a finger Poems

Limericks I - Relatives and Relativity

The Cosmological Constant
by Michael R. Burch

Einstein, the frizzy-haired,
said E equals MC squared.
Thus all mass decreases
as activity ceases?
Not my mass, my a$$ declared!


A$$-tronomical
by Michael R. Burch

Relativity, the theorists’ creed,
says mass increases...

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Limericks VI - Religion

Pell-Mell for Hell Mel
by Michael R. Burch

There once was a Baptist named Mel
who condemned all non-Christians to hell.
When he stood before God
he felt like a clod
to discover His Love couldn’t fail!



Why I...

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Once upon Trump time,
Free-range,
organic,
totally uncaged hens
brown
and black
and even white
and all things in-between
prepared to vote for more green climate health
growing indoor/outdoor good-egg chicken family values
planning to optimize healthy wealth
green ecoschool henhouse natural-spiritual remodeling
for deep and richly...

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Light Verse

Marvell-Less
by Michael R. Burch 

Mr. Marvell was ill-named? Inform us!
Alas, his crude writings deform us:
for when trying to bed
chaste virgins, he led
off with his iron balls ginormous!


I Learned Too Late
by Michael R. Burch 

“Show,...

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I dream of a time 
When I speak my mind
For mothers
For women
For
Her

But all of this dreaming
Has got me rethinking
Oh what
Sort of
Ruckus 
I'd 
Stir 

What people would think
The size of the stink
I'd cause 
With the 
Right...

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Bi-Polar tendancies hold me back

Release images on my wall with tact

They speak to me I swear they do

Can you hear them? They are calling you

You say I am crazy but I feel not

I see what...

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One week to live? That's more than I expected to breath
I shot the capo in the knee cap before quickly I fled
"Go to hell boy!" blindly I yelled that insane night
One moment of fright has...

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Do you know what grinds my gears?
Its been building in me for a few years.
People driving and texting, just letting their mind linger.
They almost hit me, then cut me off, then give me the finger....

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Traffic Jam Slam


Who dresses them up and puts them in cars
gives them their keys as they leave the bars
these drivers who sit at the red light and grin
preachers out practicing Sunday’s big sin.
Somehow they think...

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This bridge has arched the lake's narrows
for a century, flanked on either side
by Autumn trees shedding their faded leaves,
blowing with the first snowflakes
across worn gray stones of my spirit.

Six months ago you felt the first...

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Think of a word, no matter how abstract,
That when you say it , makes folk react.
The word I mean should describe you,
Miserable, sad, melancholy or blue,
Do any of these make you think of you?

Maybe now...

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my car broke down in the middle of nowhere
people in the other cars passing by laugh at me and give me the finger
then behind them are the ones yelling racial slurs from their vehicles
wondering what...

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How can I respect you when I listen to your mouth
You are the north end of a horse that is facing south
Your lies and lack of ethics make the bad taste linger
I can’t give you...

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There is a man hiding behind my mirror
Where my reflection ought to be
He reveals himself when I'm shaving
and he's really scaring me.

He must be nearly forty 
Hints of grey grow in his hair
I turn around...

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Name your next ten children Trump
May all your twins be Donald's
I wish you a Merry Christmas too
With Happy Birthday visions of him
With surfer dude hair very wavy and thin
Almost life like and pretty pink
And may...

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The Churches of man are all falling,
Although they pretend to have calling,
Abuse and then slander all others,
Throw judgments around, their feet well off the ground,
But they don't give a fig for their brothers.

A single man...

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Why are so many people 
So ing rude!
They all feel so entitled
With their “IT’S All About Me” attitude!

Disrespect has replaced 
Common courtesy and good will
They would rather give you the finger
Or worse attack you or...

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A funny thing happened on my way to work
Was stopped by a down and out man
Asked if I could spare a ten bucks for a coffee
Ten bucks could buy a whole damn can!

Said he didn't...

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(This is a fictional poem)

You're really pissing me off because you think this is a library instead of a store.
If you're not going to buy my magazines, I don't want you looking at them anymore.
Unless...

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I HEAR SANTA’S SLEIGH

ooh, i hear Santa’s sleigh!
how much does he weigh
and his payload and deer -
will my roof hold up this year?

his white fur boots precarious -
i shouldn’t think him nefarious,
yet he climbs into...

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A republican, they say
With Liberal views
I love the gay
Must I choose

Save the babies
Abort politics
A deceitful scabies
And relentless itch

I loathe tradition
And simple thinking
Organize a petition
I’ll be drinking

The undocumented 
It doesn’t matter
Who got you in it
You best...

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