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I have not experienced 65 Christmas's
Without having learned a few survival techniques,
And picking up a few handy tips for avoiding stress,
So as to make hay during the silly season.
First rule if you aim to get through in one piece,
With no stains on your character or on your shirt,
A bolt hole is a must,
A place where you cannot be found for a minimum of half an hour,
Preferably with storage for emergency drinks and treats.
2nd rule,
Know how to get lost in a crowd,
If you can't avoid shopping trips,
And avoid anything in kit set form,
Unless your IQ is below average,
In which case you will completely understand,
The assembly instructions.
3rd Rule and this is the hard one,
Don't get drunk before the big day,
As this is a time for being alert,
Listening to instructions from your better half,
And interpreting hand signals in the presence of children.
A final word of wisdom,
Trust the little voice inside you,
That tells you when your eyes and your stomach are in correct alignment,
And forget at your own peril that this is not the season for scoring points,
Off in-laws.
Hail the Emperor Gauis Tommaso
In his gold chariot with a white horse
Popular with Romans who loved him so
For bringing in lax laws he did enforce.
He freed all the slaves and ended the games
Twelve senator's plotted to overthrow
A spy in the senate provided names
Who Gauis Tommaso did get to know.
Held one last games and in the arena
Put the traitors who protested and cried
With six starved lions and a hyena
Who showed no mercy until they all died .
His reign continued for forty more years
Elysium beckoned, Rome shed many tears.
Written 29th June 2019.
You've probably guessed that this is a work of fiction.
Let’s sit like comrades
Let’s talk like one
As we watch each other’s back.
Let’s put our ideas to the know
So that we can make this nation grow
For we are in it together.
Let’s live the spirit of Unison
Lest our tribes and culture divides us
Let’s bury the hatred of yesterday
So that we can have a happy today.
Let us scurry towards good
And share of what food
This nation has in store.
Let’s embrace the words of greatness
And help our progeny find their path,
Let’s break down these callous walls
That have been a threat to our success.
Men and Women; Young and Old
Let’s build a better country
Devoid of corruption and crime
Our country needs us
To be just and upright,
To build and not to destroy
For its gains and not for its pains.
Let our feet thread this earth
Of a country in a moment of rebirth.
Let the youths embrace this gift
Of success from renewed struggles
And of loyalty towards fatherland.
Let them keep the hopes alive
That they truly are
The great leaders of our tomorrow.
Let’s obey the laws of the land
And let’s give rights to those due
And if this nation should wobble
Or clamour in times of trouble
Let us all be concerned as patriots,
That we are in it together.
© Ayinla, Muyideen Adeleke
...How did this happen? I can’t say,
I’ve no science that can explain,
maybe it was a genetic quirk,
a switch thrown in the brain.
Maybe I’m just a bisexual,
could it be I always was?
Maybe choice does play a part
In the mess of nature’ laws.
Perhaps upbringing plays a role,
or shares roles with genetics?
But the truth is, I’ve no idea
what drives our sexual ticks.
I’m no doctor or geneticist,
not trained in human minds,
all I can say with certainty
was that there once was a time
when men fired up my loins,
and haunted all my dreams,
yet somehow now it’s woman
on whom I sneak a peek.
But what I never expected,
was the reaction that I got,
from people I considered friends,
at least that’s what I thought.
Every gay friend that I once had,
no longer will take my calls,
it’s as if there was nothing deep,
no true friendship at all.
And I used to vote democrat,
because they seemed inclusive,
but they’ve no use for a man
who doesn’t follow narratives.
Worst of all, the P.C. bunch
rages at my mere presence,
I guess exceptions can’t be made,
so much for tolerance.
The why of it I can’t explain,
how are they threatened by me?
Is it that the change I had
pokes their insecurities?
Perhaps some of those folk fear,
that if I could face such change
then the person they think they are
might be challenged in some way?
These days they only talk to me
to try and ‘convert’ me back,
but whatever drives their fury,
I’ve grown tired of their crap.
They can hate and rant aloud,
try to wish my life away,
but I’ll still be here, living life
as a husband, and ex-gay.
How did it come to pass that
belonging to a religion is now
considered a stupid act?
And when being anti-American,
a sign of superior intellectuality?
When no respect for our laws on
the books are heeded?
When, did it become popular to
kill newborns, supported by
women dressed as female body
parts, marching in the streets?
Worse, to express any and all
Conservative political opinions,
as for this may mean you will be
avoided or physically beaten?
The most insulting of all, to have
mass murders, allowing the killer
to live, we just need his Manifesto
to justify it all?
And howling politicians dancing on
the graves of the dead like wolves!
Just to get into the White House?
Ungodly shameless, is all!
August 4, 2019
4pm PST
Bronze in the dawn they move,the proud and free,
their manes ablaze with Africa's first fire.
Each pawstep falls with the weight of prophecy-
lords of the dust,born of hunger and desire.
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They do not kill for sport or applause,
but by the eternal decree of their bones.
Their eyes-two suns that know no laws-
burn where wilderness guards its ancient thrones.
The veldt trembles ; silence kneels before their thread,
their breath perfumes the carcass and the bloom,
They are the memory of the unaccounted dead,
and the hymn of kingdoms without tomb.
Let man look at them and learn again
that power is not greed,and rule is pain.
Washington is broken; it couldn't be more divided.
And who suffers because of this us-against-them tribalism?
The American people. Real change is needed
to fix Washington. If only members of Congress
Find common ground and curb
The poisonous bickering and finger pointing.
These complacent politicians seem to be experts
At kicking the can down the road.
If only they cast aside their egos and go to work
For the American people. Success in politics nowadays
Is only possible through the art of compromise.
It's an absolute necessity as far as governing
Through legislative process is concerned.
If only Democrats and Republicans work in tandem
To implement policies and past laws that will help
Lift struggling, low-income families out of poverty.
Real change is crucial. If only they do more
to make healthcare affordable to all.
If only both political parties help pass
immigration reform and reduce gun violence,
hate crimes, and police brutality
America will be a much better, safer place.
It all could be, if and only if
The steadily widening yawning gulf
Between Democrats and Republicans
In Washington is bridged.
What You Really Want Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Richard Lamoureux
Date written: 03/21/2021: D
39 minutes to draw a line
For asymmetrical life of mine.
Against logic and common sense laws
My life’s odds graphed empirical flaws.
It spread out in many shapes and slopes,
Varied ‘twixt melancholy and hopes.
Yet the ratio of joy trumps the rest
In the course of life’s composite test.
I count on that for the greatest good
My path for the greatest number stood.
My constant values were absolute,
So were the angles, right or acute.
I figured life’s factors more or less,
In patterns, congruent with success.
Formula for Happy - highest stake,
Played in proportions of give and take.
Around Love my destiny revolved,
The algorithm of my life - solved!
I bid adieu, sentiments apart,
My palate’s last wish from a la carte:
Steak dinner with a glass of fine wine
In finite timeline of 39!
You know and have seen all I have done
and made me view all one by one
my own iniquity so clearly I see
What possible value can you find in me
Words I have spoken that caused others pains
deeds not worth speaking who's knowledge remains
How many times have I others failed
against the treatment by so many I railed
Oh Lord you have seen all that I am
each deed in the life that do I span
remove from me all vanity and lies
and all my own actions that I so despise
Chasten me not in your hot displeasure
for the words of your law are the things that I treasure
Day and night I consider your laws
things of my failings that so give me pause
I reel within since you've opened my eyes
and the self delusion who was my disguise
I fear to think of what I might find
If I could see clearly with sight of your mind
I bow beneath the sins I discovered
with praise and thanks to know they are covered
My feet had slipped into the path of sinners
My heart was cold for so many winters
Years I have your understanding sought
since the first time I knew I was bought
like a repurchaser in ancient times
out of slavery who's chains defines
The sources of waters and light that gives life
with betrothment to your Son I am wife
with forgiveness you have my heart won
a gift you've created for the heart of your Son
May I always your Loves wisdom to listen
within the world this was what was missing
over and over you have proved yourself loyal
May I never by actions the truth of it spoil
sources Ps. 38 Ps. 51 Pr.1 Acts 20:28 Rev. 21:6-27
COPYRIGHT © 2010 C Michael Miller
I had a dream the other night
Dreamt of flying, what a sight
Soared above our big blue marble
What I saw, I could only marvel
Inspired by the peaceful scene
The oceans blue, the forests green
If only man could soar so high
He'd view it all with a different eye
From way up there, no sign of war
No sign of hunger, of nations poor
Harmony reigns with joy supreme
Gliding over this tranquil scene
Call me a dreamer, maybe I am
Great way to be, I understand
What life's about and why we're here
Making friends and spreading cheer
Defining laws of right from wrong
Singing a chorus of freedom's song
Looking forward to a better day
We can only hope and only pray
© Jack Ellison 2014