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The Former Double Life of Matthew Scott Harris

The (former) Double Life Of Matthew Scott Harris

Dove finch he following iniquitous
     licentious, lecherous longing
     extinguished quite
some years ago,
     when eldest daughter
     stopped being polite
actually she ceased - might
tee angry talking heads

     to this papa for months, whose 
     only asks prays foe praise,
     and who doth newt
     wish to ignite
animosity from any beloved fan,
     whose critical judgement
     toward my errant friskiness,
     aye snuffed out light

and accepts dues
     against prickly don'ts,
     and opted to risk broad
     casting general height
full actions, which attestation
     spiritedly burst asunder
     blitzing Lenovo external
     screen within minutes bite

mutt hung lest
     censorious replies pillory
     this sensitive chap
     I merely uncorked
     irrepressible facet
     (asian iron maiden
     strangle choke hold)
     forced these words

     to help give hollow explain
nations of this nada
     so shiny white knight
philanderer (juiced now cum
     ming clean) by night just
     an oon din 
     aery in Das scribe
     bubble during -

     the day until...zee...
wife found me absent - yee
(ping, and sowing, thee
rather desiccated oats)
     celibacy playing tree
men dose impetus tryst,
     viz midlife crisis spree
from sleeping quarters re:

at 724 West Rail
     road Avenue, pre
planned within
     the basement nee
tricked out as cellar quasi
     pent house suite for me
comfortable sleep
     ping accommodations,

     pleasing this wander
     lusting NON GMO lee
burr teen, sans mat,
     (and also Scottish Matt)
     tress atop boxspring key
ping stockpiles of prurient frilly
     laced female lingerie, je
nais se quois, no matter

     escapade usual lee
took place in pitch black dark
     accouterments singularly, solely,
     and strictly necessitated,
     arousing, coaxing, and
     exciting libido asper
     one barenaked lady for
     yours truly, whereat

     aye do blatantly 
     confess flute'n glute'n guilt free
     to concocting, hat
     ching, and orchestrating
     profligate secrete

     rendezvous aspirations
     toward sordid man of la
     cherry munch ching Lothario
     (a combination Casanova,
     Don Juan) wannabe.
Form: Narrative


Forbidden City

Walking through this southern gate
You’ll be travelling back in time
Where Emperor’s once ruled this place
You’ve crossed the meridian line
Welcome to the Forbidden City
Full of heavenly rooms
From Ming Dynasty to Qing
Now a beautiful palace museum


A million people built this place
Craftsmen came from every state
Built this palace with artistic design
This complex will surely make you smile
So much skill in architecture
Full of wisdom and ancient treasure
Beautiful murals on the walls
With hidden dragons in secret halls


The floor was laid with golden bricks
Religious symbols placed in it 
Reflecting lots of philosophical things
Studied throughout their Dynasties
Surrounded by a deep wide moat
This City almost seems to float
The Imperial palace of Beijing
Built with such intricacy


It’s the largest palace in the world
Chinese culture with history as well
A national treasure of antiquity
This wooden structure stands magnificently
With endless halls and endless turns
Now the splendour of this palace serves
A Dragon’s throne in golden colours
This wonderful palace is like no other


It’s a City within a City
Divided by north and south
With inner and outer courts
Where 24 Emperors were crowned
Walk around the imperial gardens
They are so exquisite to see
Imagine the Empress and her children
Talking simple philosophy
	



And the legend of those four towers
Was a timeless masterpiece
The story of an old carpenter
Saw the builders on their knees
Won’t you buy a grasshopper?
From my stunning cage
Builders looked in astonishment
Never forget the wisdom of that sage



You’ll need permission if you want to leave
The Emperor rules with supremacy
In the heavenly hall of purity
Don’t forget to bow and courtesy	
The Emperor and Empress already know your needs
Just be wise and speak carefully
Using good manners always please
And be prepared to get down on your knees


A World Heritage Site 

© Copyright KC. Leake
21st October 2017
All Rights Reserved
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Revelations from Poet Atop a Mountain

 Revelations from Poet Atop a Mountain

After an arduous climb to the top of the mountain,
I looked back to see them looking at me;
Waiting for an answer, they queried,
“What do you see, ‘O Great One’ of the Ming Dynasty?”

What could I see? (Cloud cover below my feet.)
But I could hear echoes, and so I imagined tranquility
and painted a picture of myself
atop the mountain, leaning on a bramble staff
breathing deeply while gazing out far and free,
and put together words of poetry
to describe what I had heard and seen.
                                 ***

Poet on a Mountaintop by Shen Zhou, (Chinese, 1427–1509)
(translation from Indiana University)

White clouds sash-like
      wrap mountain waists,
The rock terrace flies in space
      distant, a narrow path.
Leaning on a bramble staff
      far and free I gaze,
To warble of valley brook
      I will reply, whistling.
                    ***
Form: Verse

I Dont Wanna Be Passive

awaiting interpersonal subsequent situation 
     aye tend to get ants
see when in the midst awaiting 
     said sub routine involving 

     outcome of circumstance
the parameter, perimeter, potentiometer, 
     et cetera extents 
sifts out the destructive sycophants 

     versus real boot not nacho 
     munching macho gents
thus ipso facto fur cher 
     pro bono, and hence
gaining kudos for fas innocence

je nais sais quois joie de vivre personal aim
finds this lapsed passive pen sieve blame
less body electric alternating 
     between defendant versus claim

"FAKE" aunt Emma, who wrote to said 
     real or fictitious dame
purportedly gave solicited feedback exclaim
ming absolute zero tolerance 
     for acquiescent docile frame
within the real versus make believe 
     Milton Bradley board game

of LIFE as well my late mum (Chris Anne) 
whose maternal sermons 
     included a ban
against blindly enlisting 

     into any sect chew will clan
purporting pretending posturing 
     as Dudley Do-right dan
sing with the stars amidst a Euclidean

Geometry auditorium, 
     where the glitzy dazzling audience 
     flush with many a fan
gnat tics toward a particular couple

said open eyed spectators 
     focused glazed eyes and grand
huzzahs on a man or woman, 
     who took charge hand
dilly directing his/her partner 
     acrobatic aeronautics inland

pro active with guiding he or she 
     toe till lee tubular counterpart re
speck ting decorum, yet pre
zen ting a choreographed production nee

an utterly out of this world with lee
ping skyward ward jumps key
pin equipoise holy jee 
purrs, which scenario

analogous to taking bold
measures tubby 
     forthrightly assertive fold
ding arms crosswise 
     across chest, taking hold
din stance without conveying 
   a haughtiness mold.

Glue Bill Whar Ming Dublin Down

Court hiss sea hove The Irish Times,
     this hum mere ruck can bloke
kin esse spy climb mitt till impact
     desiccation ravaging with choke

hold thee aim rilled isle,
     which haint ok key doke
cuz won hoot rook froom sun
     whelps like heretic burned at stoke!
-     -     -     -     -     -     -     -     -     -   
More to the point (meaning jaw
ken minus **** faux
hackney poetic strung bow
Willy Wonka barely understandable

     twanged and twinged) accent
hen reed how, accomplishment
in garnering alarming
     news-worthy ailment

     while this Unit Aryan ensconced
     within beef hoar tee four comfortably
     numb burred battlement,
here at Highland Manor,

     I pay (if totally tubularly pennies rolled)
     approximately equaling bedazzlement
17,500 viz copper cent,
per month gratuity clement,

sans Grosse and Quade
     associates co-management
offered rental assistance congruent
(predicated on social security disability)

     to occupy one bedroom
     apartment kept air 
     conditioned 60°Fahrenheit
     perfect for concupiscent

     activity, albeit unfortunately marriage
     shot thru with celibacy
     suppressed sexless existence
more difficult to control

     than catching a tiger by the tail,
     hence this damned delinquent dependent
Dickensian dada cooly cruising thru
      cyberspace espying embodiment,

how measurable heating up
     Gaia, i.e. Mother Earth (she) evinces
     no illusory figment, and just by a fluke,
     the spontaneous Google search,

     keyed revealed tumy mine eyes,
     wretched webpage showed
     stark rising temperature gradient
Dublin, Ireland experiencing

     worst drought since
     records began 168 years ago
where Irish Water (utility)
     warned Dublin would run out of water
     in 70 days, a “worst-case scenario”
     necessitating hyper-efficient
protocols immediately inherent.


Premium Member Nursed To Nurture

Nursed*
nourished
nurtured well
November babe**
now fulfills Mom roles
nestled in love and care
n e v e r allowing grievous
n e g a t i v i t i e s to govern
news since indeed God reigns in the home.

*1 Thessalonians 2:7-8 KJV But we were gentle among you, even as a nurse cherisheth her children: so being affectionately desirous of you, we were willing to have imparted unto you, not the gospel of God only, but also our own souls, because ye were dear unto us.

Alliteration in Nonet form
November 11, 2022

**A blessed birthday to my dearest sister, Ading Ming...
Also dedicated to my November-born friends who are now devoted mothers: Loi, Salve, Iris, Ate Maan, Sis. Myrsa
Form: Nonet

Where In Tarnation Doth Spam Arise

sam i yam not, 
     nor will this 'lo bot go away
cuz, every coordinate in cyber space allows, 
     enables and provides 
     an opportunity to bray,

and thence get access 
     to each excel lent power full point 
     one among the beguiling bajillion, 
thus this ming boggling concept proffers
 
     (even the generic mom and pop hacker 
     tubby in her/his element field gloating 
     as if they won 
     the Irish Sweepstakes that day

despite neither could claim 
     direct lineage, sans Emerald Eire 
  analogous to Celtic temptress, 
     whose grand geography 

     beckons toward entranceway,
where sensory, levity, 
     and ecstasy punctuate foray
boot that diverges one hundred 

      and eighty degrees asper gateway
onrush of spam enters electronic hatchway
spilling forth like 
     offal horrific bilge interlay

sloshing violently, revoltingly, 
     and nauseatingly, witnessing a jay
bird donning mask (yule hating) 
     beak coming contrivance fashioned keyway. 

force full brainstorm to firewall 
     to place on indefinite layaway
inundation of spam midway
between now and eternity, 

     essentially noway
no more, and if necessary 
     hermetically seal myself 
     stationing a pal in drone willingly overpay!

Premium Member Shapeshifters

Sorceress Polgara ascended above all warriors;
Fought wars against mighty kings and came out victorious...!

Remus Lupin, into a werewolf magically turned;
As great professor, taught thrillingly and his living earned...!

Count Dracula transformed all great and small into vampires;
Threatening and killing others, he founded his empires...!

Mystique, fictionally filled whole American comics;
With her strength, speed, stamina and super economics...!

Mei Lee and Ming Lee and the evil queen of Turning Red;
With wisdom and wit, turned celluloid, bed of joy and dread...!

All these shape-shifters, like clowns, do not merely entertain, 
They're ideals! They give ideas to every young brain...!


26 May 2022 
Shapeshifters and Shapeshifting Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Anthony Biaanco
Form: Couplet

Greenswards Fecundity Blooms Away

Greenswards Fecundity Blooms Away ™

Within a fortnight, as tempestuous slam
dunk March madness closes curtain call
“in like a lion, out like a lamb,” 
twill hove tested survivability,
asper flora, thru harsh winter, and

those most see ring robust will pass exam
unbridled love bursting asunder
cavorting, frolicing, instigating
wham bam thank you ma'am
lollygagging, orchestrating, romancing

while birds and bees pollinate jam
ming, humming, fostering sensational slam
dance, where flora lifts, wafts, and yawps
invoke warble, gurgle, 
burble from baby in pram.

Meanwhile latent Mother Earth
quite pregnant with
multifarious potent new life
vermilion, violet ready to burst

asunder from Gaia's girth
dramatically altering landscape
with expectant birth
of animal and plant species distilled

within crucible, sans terra firma hearth
quite a contrast, when
polar vortex wrought dearth
whence Spring begets plenti
kindling, snapchatting, and twittering mirth.

Also uniquely designed hue man
denizens of every stripe nurse
tender affection expressing
amorous poetry and verse
rejoicing, the dead of winter,

and attendant frostbite curse
frozen folks felled, thence carried
away in horse drawn hearse,
where heavy grief ameliorated
as natural holistic

narcotic brings pacific
balm, calm, and psalm snapping,
crackling, and popping
wide web with electric
ambient ancient, yet contemporary music

punctuating the air with lulling lyric
since time immemorial
recognized as greatest soporific
equally savored, whether
devout or atheistic
nonpareil eclectic dreamy

harmonic melange cathartic
aural, diurnal, integral
quintessentially converging harmonic,
democratic, and anthemic
congregation replete with fantastic
incorporation, viz diversity galactic!
Form: Pastoral

Woke Gastroenterologist Mary Kathleen Friedland

Prescribed blood tests
present no qualms,
unlikely nothing askew i.e.
ticking time bombs
nor prone to catastrophization,

albeit anticipatory anxiety
plus demeanor of poetically titled
medical practitioner allays, calms
alleviates agitation exhibited
by dad's and/or mom's

panic minimizes si? no sweaty palms,
nonetheless precautionary measure taken
thumbing apostle Matthew psalms
ayee feel grateful relatively
clean bill of health.

Nine thirty morning
appointment earlier today
September tenth two
thousand nineteen no way
found yours truly bright

tailed, and bush shay
eyed, cuz mine circadian rhythm
(reed sleepiness), I cannot betray,
yet medical plight concerning
bowel movement analogous to clay

stool pigeons ever ray
now and again plague me: hay
4 four at aye
oh elle dot com, alias math they
you scott harris happy as jay

bird for personable rapport
she, said practitioner did display
offering friendly feedback
proactive measures to avoid
finding mine psyche

analogously scrambled (think) souffle
even absent such agreeable
pharmacological medications keep at bay
panic stricken state
seeding additional gray

hairs (matter of fact
synthesized prescription -
pills selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors)
only necessitate small copay
Medicare bonafide dogsend

whereby nurse practitioner equal
however much she doth weigh,
in salt, though an oft worn cliché
feather in her cap coup d'état
personable, laudable, hospitable...

winning accolades regarding
humbleness and modest stay
expertise within her craft hoop fillet
staving off general mills concerns

reason I wrote rhyme, eh somewhat passé
even Mister Ed would neigh say
so with his horse sense to stirrup
unbridled jollity - me hoof finds rein
ching words cathartic je ne sais quois

experimenting with this, that,
or t'other typed out array,
perhaps hashtagged as tripe courtesy quay
zee poor ah shunned poet fray
ming tropes distinguished (ha)

even if garnering no pay
English language I play
juxtaposing incongruities
to tease out reactions probably lay

build rickety lettered edifices
manuscripts best sentenced to sauté
within steaming vat
fed as swill to petsmart hogs
grunting as they fertilize mulch greenway.

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