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Premium Member Goodbye

			p	     o	        k	    a
			bye,     yay,      dag,     ayo,
			until,	    vale,     slan,     ciao, 
			ahoj,	    baai,     later,     ta ta,   
			aloha,   soon,     chau,    adieu,
			jaa ne,  adios,    antio,    joigin, 
			viszlát,  peace,   daag,    TTFN,
			 cheers,  velom,  addio,  peace,
			as-salaamu 'alaykum, näkemiin, 
ja ne,	  	tootle-loo, vaya con dios, shalom,
 goodbye, 		nabadeey, dos svidaniya, hooroo,
   namaste,	 donadagohvim, auf Widersehen,
     sayonara, hwyl fawr, catch you later, tootles,
       	hasta la vista, happy trails, vida parayunnu, 
   	      take it easy, bhaalo thaakben, elalleqa,
       		   Allah hafiz, khodaa haafez, tschüss,
			   au revoir, see you, take care,
       			      so long, farewell, zai jian, 
         		       till then, I’m outta here,		 
				God’s speed, al weda,
    		   		 bidaa, see you soon,
				   tot ziens, bye-bye
Form: Concrete


Goodbye

Goodbye
Such a lonely, sad word
Sometime there is no recovery
No recourse
Just the inevitable 

We say it so casually
Then turn away
Expecting the other to be
But eventually,  they are simply gone

Final as the death of beginnings
Aspirations killed before realization
Unfriendly glares to smiling hellos
Damned before they start

I find little good in its sentiment
It is the termination of
What was; of what is;
What could be..if only

For there are better ways to part
Expressing good wishes--Love
Expectations of joys to come
Lingering with a heart smile

Hasta la vista--Until I see you
Auf wiedersehen-Until we meet
Arrivederci-See you soon
Farvel-Farewell

There are so many other options
So many ways to leave.
Finality arrives on its own.
Such a lonely, sad word--
                                         Goodbye



(So many other languages have beautiful sentiments behind their parting phrases, why do we use one that is so final?)

Death Jars, Nixes, and Rattles Mine Sense and Sensibilities

Father now journeys
into afterlife destination alone,
October 7th, 2020 mid afternoon
with Earthlings ministration did attone
where night envelops his lovely bones
rendered devoid of any groan
courtesy Roxanol (morphine)
and Ativan finding him prone

to experience painlessness, and no
his dying wish, plus last will and testament
won't include burial and/or headstone
cuz, he wants to integrate and did intone
cremation as ecologically friendly option
scattering ashes to parts known
someday... yours truly will too
succumb to the dead zone.

Stark reminder to live fully an urgent yen
to live life fullest between now and when...
ever yours truly exits
stage door left, perhaps ten
twenty, thirty... eighty, ninety, one hundred...
additional orbits around sun

a remarkable human phenomenon
(me) courtesy mine burning ken
bequeaths modest minute man
near accursed immortality longevity totaling even
score of years counting (crows)
and father time among his brethren.

Distress unavoidable which mortality doth bring
nevertheless, tis impossible mission
to eradicate pain and suffering, which doth sting
consolation assuages grief, viz prayer
and buttressing coping with spiritual wing
profound absence augments biting zing.

Biological reproduction begetting offspring
lodging within uterine abode
subsequent in utero development
regarding accretion embryonic node
biological algorithm doth automatically encode,
nevertheless longevity invariably affected
no doubt courtesy lifestyle mode.

Random crapshoot luck of the draw offspring born
genetic blueprints also decree existence transient
parents emphatically teach progeny
got no choice must inform

daughter(s), and son(s) ineluctably forsworn
demise bound with birth certificate presents horn
of dilemma conscious the next generation
granted only so many Earth orbitz around sun.

Once grim reaper deftly
communicates I must bid adieu
eternal hasta la vista to kith and kin
please don't shed a tear for generic
germane admirable bad company crew
member, albeit healthy as an ox
never got the flu,

an atheist doubting thomas
though genealogy records
incorporate many a cynical Jew
at least one legendary antiestablishmentarian
gleaned within mine purview
shunned, ostracized and banished to Xando.
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Hasta La Vista

I travelled North
Where I began my nest.
I travelled South
On a ministry quest.
Not a great success,
But I did my best.

Then I travelled East
For a brief visit,
but could not abide New York City.

So I travelled West,
An abode of trials and tests.
I fell in love with The City by the Bay.
Some leave their hearts in San Francisco,
But I found my heart there with a homeless                                                                                                         
man at our dinner table in '84 on Christmas Day.
I fell in love with The Delta Breeze in Sacramento.
It's so much better than the Mid-West freeze.

Now, I am preparing to leave this pleasant place,
this city of trees. And saying goodbye is one of the                                       
things I most decry.  So, I think not that I will say,
goodbye, for goodbyes only make me cry.  I love
hellos and think that they are good for the soul.
Helos draw us together with loving smiles.
Helos do not separate us for miles and miles.

So here I am, looking back over the years,
reminiscing the dearest of friends we've made.
I must confess that the experiences  and the                                                                                                             
memories are not easy to digest, as I                                                                                              
become overwhelmed with tears.

121521PS
Form: Verse

Premium Member Without Reason and Without Cause

Without Reason and Without Cause

Doodle around and then relax;
then doodle some more and pass.
And hope tomorrow won’t hide the sun,
though your course already has run.

Cease this whimsical nonsense
—liberate and act, not the fool,
but prove your genius,
and defy the character of rule.

I withheld truth and capitulated;
without reason and without cause.
And abetted false narrative,
and now life is questionable?

Like a tree frozen in winter,
yielding fruit rotten on the branch;
in punishment, my mind crawls
through slums where I tell everyone,

“Chump change. I was never important.
Let them pirouette in my face.
Hasta la vista! (Until we meet again!)”

Investigators cordon off the area
speaking in broken English,
“The facts speak for themselves.”
Sloths, like their animal predecessors,
welcome closure after the occurrence.
                           ***

Notes:
Reasonable suspicion is more or less a hunch or guess without substantial evidence that a crime has the appearance of having been committed and justifies further investigation.
Probable cause is the logical conclusion after observation or investigation, supported by facts and circumstances, that a crime has been, is being, or will be committed.
Form: Verse


On Listening To Coffee Percolate While I Meditate Wideawake

Quite a vivid late afternoon/
early evening dream
transpired within me noggin
housed deep within skullcap
regarding right wing kooky
conspiracy plot to kidnap
a leary paranoid 
schizophrenic king suspicious of trap

upon arising from lengthy nap
yours truly, who sought to pull himself
a generic garden variety chap
up courtesy his own figurative bootstrap
on account of groggy feeling
so methought to download
wake up quick app.

Before hurriedly bidding thee rabbit reader
a bunny fide hasta la vista
linkedin concatenated adieu,
(I bemusedly, kindly, readily, willingly
acknowledge (while zippily wiggling
mine button nose)

naysaying belonging to species and genus
Oryctolagus cuniculus Yemenite
my matter of fact honest to dog aim to write
creating literary masterpiece considerably
far less than one terabyte

no way no how attests
(quintessentially, simultaneously, vociferously...
waving shaky spear less to prove point
versus making verses to feign)
being adept with skill set of playwright

while playing fair and as (unbeknownst
until just recently) privileged white knight
such unfairness motivates
participation with Cherry Hill, New Jersey
Unitarian reparations group
genuine fellowship doth excite.

Caffeine consumption
creative process helps jumpstart
impossible mission to chart
outcome regarding crafting poem
analogous to elusive prey

thoughts slither and dart
to and fro, hither and yon
yet how ideal if literary endeavor
could possibly be mapped out
courtesy devine English flowchart

distinct symbols representing
how branching outcomes show start
to finish plot encompassing
picture of broken heart,
where love labour's lost

where all's well that ends well
pertaining to romantic tragedy
cue Romeo and Juliet
rent asunder torn apart.
Form: Rhyme

Call Me Zebra

The hot savannah in late September 
Too far back to quite remember
Born in plains surrounded by the sands
An oasis of the treeless woodlands
To be uniquely chic I always tried
Yet it never showed on my solid hide 

One day hiding from cheetahs in tall grass
With my stubborn cousin, (he’s an ass)
I noticed our complete lack of camouflage
And sparked an idea fleeing their barrage
We zig-zagged an escape from jaws and paws
And set to work on my mono-color flaws
Happily braying proud a-ha’s from my pipes
I trotted around showing off new painted stripes
Blending in reeds better than a horse
Looking suave and stylish too, of course

Jealous mammals barely keep control
When I strut my stuff at the watering hole
Drooling and licking lips in envy
Carnivores can’t keep their eyes off me 

So to boring old coats, hasta la vista
Now I’m a savvy equine fashionista
Savannah’s newly striped and charming Libra
Hey lion’s and hyena’s, you can call me Zebra 
*Wink* 
*Sassy mane toss*
…..*RUUUN!
Form: Couplet

The Exterminator

Driving through the neighborhood in a shiny armored truck,
The exterminator arrives, looking to make a few hundred bucks.
He goes from door to door and asks to come inside:
And he already knows there's nowhere the pests can hide.
The exterminator swatted a mosquito and says, "You've got to G-O!"
He stepped on a cucaracha with his boots and said, "Gotcha!"
Then he sprayed some termites and told them, "Good night."
He got rid of a wasp and some annoying bees.
"Sorry, y'all," he said. "You're not stinging me."
And after he roasted a housefly, he yelled, "Bye-bye!"
The people were astounded as these insects were grounded.
Although the weather was hot and muggy,
The exterminator yelled, "Hasta la vista, buggy!"
This handsome brother was in complete control.
You can call him butter because he's on a roll!
Then the exterminator caught some mice and rats.
He laughed at them and said, "You ain't getting up from that!"
But what about the spiders, you ask?
The exterminator hired them to make special masks.
"Praiseworthy work," the Mayor exclaimed.
"The neighborhood is safe and the vermin were tamed."
Our hero smiled with glee as he was handed his fee.
"Thank you all," he said. "And now I must flea. (Get it?)
I'll be back again soon. Until then, see you later."
And this concludes the story of the groovy exterminator.
Form: Rhyme

Conjuring Phantom

Anon! The shadow chilled, mimikri and frosted with domineering dogma.

Thou wast trying escape and melt with thy magna carta.

The shadow was asking thee about crossroad and miniatur epic.

Who always doth fighting versus tyrannical peasant of lingua sacra?

Nay! The shadow given the souls and was sparkling in purgatory, but the light is so poor.

Accepted the unfathomable ferocity, 
yearning all the while as patriacal era? 

Aberrant behavior is chalked forth to tradition by robbed some of its faith, aroint thee!

Canonized the triumphant for dram of science or saint paramilitia?

Neither of these seems as blurring and ambigu answer.

Why should not members of the holy 
suffering paranoia?

The shadow already blended patriach rebels, prithee!

His eyes twinkled criptically as luminated  magenta and elegia.

The shadow built antedates canonization and say, "God-den Padre, gramercy!"

He goes through on his hurlyburly journey and ever reflected pareidolia.

Five beldams ate many doits, flying in the dunnest sky.

The shadow was striking tabor, unyoke, hasta la vista!
Form: Qasida

1441

Love, ha love!

You know this love,
Ha this love is for those
who work at the devil’s workshop
Who have a heart to spare
A heart to hurt
A heart to pine
and who are ready to die for love.

As for me,
with my nose to the grindstone,
No, thank you!
Love is not for me
I will not love
I am not the loving kind
I don’t like pining 
I don’t like hurting 
I don’t like to feel lonely
I don’t like my heart to be broken
and forsaken…

No way José, 
if I see love coming
I’ll pass it by…
Hasta la vista, Love, 
Go smitten someone else!



Contest: 1441 Love
Sponsor: Brian Strand.

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