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Theres a Pedophile In the House

There's A Pedophile In The House...
(ah...ah...ah...ham eye white...???)

OMG,... and he looks...
     SAY WHAT??? just like me???,...
     absolutely NO WAY!!!,
would this sensitive,
     respectful, "FAKE" veejay
quiet-natured, mindful,
     loving, kind, underplay
justice invoking, hew today

mainly, gentle, friendly, "I say"
enlightened, democratic chap redisplay
any besotted abominable,
     blamable, culpable, quay
esse chin hubble
     despicable, execrable prey
dot door formidable,
     inhospitable...overplay

ying faux indulgent,
     NOR be mistaken
     to assay, betray, convey,
display, expressway more fay
     writ his'm to
     gainsay hearsay, inveigh
jaw dropping "FAKE"
     yuge weak accusations

(by a long shot), sans
     basket of conspiring deplorables
     attempting to assassinate
bigly believe me tubby "stupid"
     winning loser to berate,
who doth unequivocally create
mine substantial vocabulary rumor,
     versus 4th grade reading level

     trumpeting librettist - thee great
test Don Quixote
     (as falsely sung with hate
full sotto voce), and ramped up
     as ill suited mate
a minus [sic] zero moron,
     which doth hapt
     tubby incredibly tremendous

     disservice to bona fide classy idiots
     with a lot of money
     (like the millions and billions
     of my golfing confrères)
given bent iron golf clubs
     used by crooked Hillary,
     when former Secretary of State
     ideal for Putin on the Ritz

by far less exciting, with
     Bill Clinton's flirtatious flits
trained pudenda purse
     sin null property
     of intern (NO FALLACY)
     topped as southern delicacy dish
consume mated with buttered grits
     pricked prurient peccadilloes licks

suddenly recalling seminal kicks
starting, how with Little Rock kits
he received assistance,
     sans starts and fits,
eventually then nubile
     ingenue Monica Lewinsky
     called time out, cuz at her wits
end once assisting helping

     express his "naughty bits,"
when done completing
     cum mincecd secrete mission
     blue dress draped 
     expensively furred

(i.e. tricked out) in her
     "FAKE" minx hiding
     sable animal spirits,
when animal rights
     activists vehemently protested
     out-coming result
     slapping former president
     with a PETA file.
Form: Elegy


The Last Day of Don Quixote

since there is a saying 
“noble man walks on the thoroughfare”
Don Quixote abandoned the shortcut-side-road,
steering Rosinante, dashing into the highway 

while he was riding on the highway
something suddenly came into his mind 
a proverb “the middle way is the golden mean”  
he reined the horse into the middle lane looking at the horizon 
where the road meets the sky

as he steers the horse it begins loping  
the knights overtake Rosinante with their fleet steeds 
they swear and finger at Don Quixote with dirty looks 
 
“you scumbags!” Don Quixote yelled to the rude riders 
“since the swallows don’t understand the will of wild geese,
why not quickly go back to your hangouts and chant Vedas”*
brandishing lance and at the same time, unknowingly, spurring  
the horse 

to mitigate his angers he prodded Rosinante to a full gallop
at that moment, a dragon flickering its red and blue eyes 
from above came on the cloud and attacked him
  
as Don Quixote raised his lance
the dragon belched fire from his mouth 
and the fire swallowed him 

he collapsed on the spot
became a lump of charcoal


*Note: In Chinese character, sound of Sanskrit word “Vedas” (??) spells as bark on first letter, which is the compound letter/word of “mouth and dog.” The phrase “Chant Vedas” metaphorically implying “bark”
© Su Ben  Create an image from this poem.

Premium Member Quixotic Love

¦¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦¦ my quest of happiness seem vain?
Disdain.
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Jealousies.
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Absence.
¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦ ¦¦¦ ¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦ for my grief
Where shall I turn to seek relief,
When hope on every side lies slain
¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦

¦¦¦¦ the prime cause of all my woe ¦¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦¦¦
Love.
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¦¦¦¦¦¦¦
If that be so, I but await
The stroke of a resistless fate,
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¦¦¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦¦¦ ¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦¦¦¦ ¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦¦¦ ¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦

What must I do to find a remedy?
Die.
¦¦¦¦ ¦¦¦ ¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦ ¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦ ¦¦¦ ¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦
Change.
¦¦¦¦¦ ¦¦¦ ¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦ ¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦¦ ¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦
Madness.
If that be so, it is but folly
To seek a cure for melancholy:
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(Blackout of Don Quixote by Miguel Cervantes)

The Human Condition

The absurdity of the human condition:
The only condition we try to make sense of,
Make reasonable,
Sanitized,
Certain,
Familiar,
When we know we can’t.

But still we love our categories,
As if life was a Christmas present
That we could neatly wrap
And put into boxes
Labeled “certainty”

But these labels soon break down,
Deconstruct,
Peeling off
Like bad adhesive,
Showing the naked truth:

That we are Odysseus,
Tossed about by the gods,
Armed with the illusion of control;

That we are Don Quixote
Forever fighting windmills
Indifferent to our moral quest;

That we are Hamlet,
Trapped within a cosmic play
Of uncertainty and death;

That we are Gatsby,
Reaching for the magic green light
That forever eludes our grasp;

That we are Sisyphus,
Vainly toiling with our rock,
Telling ourselves that we are happy;

And so we must forever fight
Our constant war against the world,
Embracing the faceless, empty void
With a warm and welcoming smile.
© Nick Ruff  Create an image from this poem.

Premium Member Wings of Desire

Last night's Wim Wenders film Wings of Desire, not starring Adam
      Sandler,
great in the great tradition of Metropolis, Fellini, Children of Paradise,
      Ikiru, Open City.
This is not comedy though it can be funny overhearing people thinking,

the randomness of thought, data dots, circles with dots, sadness and
      silliness,
silly sadness, confusion, rarely a clear thought, not one logical
lucid progression. Deep art.

I'd like to do better than my best so far, write something with
      hydroxyapatite
that won't gather dust then become dust a neuron of sweetness,
an early morning bicyclist, a lost ghost or fallen angel

any form from which death might abstain or forego appetite.
Appearing to meander from subject to subject is my practice. Looking
      for solutions to the equations. Learning the changes then forgetting
      them.
The expressions emanating from mortal minds are broken stamens, sticky
      stigmas.

Striving for immortality,
some Spanish philosopher (who looks like Don Quixote)
says he understands and it's alright.

I will read what he wrote and probably agree
but is he immortal? Not his body, but his thoughts.
True, I say, but this also: Not his mind, but his thoughts. Unchanging and
      finite. Put them in a hatbox and pass them on as heirlooms.

To overhear the secret thoughts of others. Sharing and unsharing
      electrons, disrobing
and bathing. That is the purpose of poetry. Gargoyle twice. Did Wim
give each thought its own voice or use the same voice for all thoughts,
      every whim.
Form: Verse


Don Quixote Visits America

Start

I’m sure you’ve heard his name before
From stories of knights in days of yore
Born in village La Mancha in Spain
Was enthralled of knights, he chose to feign

After resurrection, to America he came
In search of adventures and fame
As legend goes, every knight must have a lady- love
To bestow his “victories” to her as it behoove

He chose Princess Melania as the apple of his eye
And began his quest with her name as the battle-cry
He persuaded a ‘Sancho’ to be his faithful squire
With promise of an island to govern as his gift to aspire

Obsessed by the chivalrous deeds of knights he read
He decided to ride a horse which was almost dead
In search of the helpless to defend and the wicked to punish 
He began his knighthood with a resolve to fight to the finish

He soon discovered that times have changed
There weren’t any country sides where Kings reigned
Nor castles to conquer or giants to attack
His weird armor and battle cries only drew flak

Nevertheless, he charged at a parked garbage truck   
Struck it with his lance using all his pluck 
Construing it to be an enemy out to destroy him
But, he fell to the ground with a broken limb

Bruised and battered, Sancho helped him up
Took him to a hospital for a thorough checkup
 The doctors patched him up and examined his head
Found its content deficient, but permitted him to go ahead

Resuming his journey he saw a kitten hidden in a bush
“Let’s grope for the pussy,” he yelled at his horse with a push
The horse galloped fast but stumbled as it fell 
The kitten got panicky and fled like hell

It’s enough for the day, felt the Don and returned to his lady love
He took a ‘selfie’ with her sitting on the statue of a dove
He knelt before her and said, “Here are my trophies for you”
Presented the broken lance and smashed helmet, before bidding her adieu.

End
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member TILTED LOVE

TILTED LOVE

Twas not the first, shan't be the last,
Only "Would that it were." 
Tis the fool that spake against his heart.
The wise man's lost, he's sure.

The breach doth call his name, hence forth,
a soldier must obey.
The date is nigh when white flags fly
 and hearts enter the fray.

Don Quixote Casanova, 
charisma's, a-la-carte.
Store bought charm to diguise the lies
whose truth tears love apart.

Romance, ye old contentious dance,
the ballroom coup de grâse.
Truth beware, dare not to declare
quicker on loves draw.

Falling fast, loves spell's been cast.
It ends one of two ways,
advance and die, retreat to live,
and love another day.
Form: Rhyme

Looking For Venus My Muse

With deep patience,
         being more patient than
         Job, I'm looking for my muse
         Venus...
         I hope, but
          I'm not Methuselah...
          I know that little time
          I must find
          my flower goddess...
          I am a
           nice Hermes
          I always wait
          best news... but where
         will be my love...!?
          I know I deserve her because
          my love is priceless,
         it's pure and real...
          I'm not fickle
          equal to Don Juan who lived the
          change alcove... no
          I'm not Casanova that always
           tried to change lovers...
          I believe in love,
          in true love...
          I'm poor adventurer
          as Don Quixote
          I chase the dream...
          Whatever it takes,
           but some day i will
           find Venus
           my love...!

Premium Member The End of Innocence

(Christmas mantle, 2023)

The End of Innocence

I’m about to begin reading Don Quixote 
which will be a first for me,
but I know its gist,
and how it’s both the first modern  
and greatest novel to ever come out of Spain,
and how it’s celebrated still almost 500 years later.

And that makes me wonder
in an age of reason
that has moved far beyond myth and fantasy,
at least myths that don’t support the modern fantasy,
what is its enduring appeal?

Perhaps it’s as simple as the end of innocence
which we all know from our youth,
an innocence which embraces magical thinking
as an expected norm,
and lays down memories that haunt us for life;
memories of cracks in the sidewalk 
and monsters in the dark.

But the really interesting thing 
is how short our childhoods actually are,
at least for those of us who live to an average age,
and yet how lasting those formative years can be.

This is what defines us after all,
what we aim to grow out of,
and what determines how we do it.

But sometimes I get a glimpse of my earliest memories
and they aren’t magical or fantastic at all
they are instead of the simple things, 
the sense of hot and humid air,
the melody of voices, and feel of a soft cheek on mine.

The magical and fantastical comes later
as our imagination grows
and we begin to think 
trying to make sense of it all
with our own novel tale.

Winter is almost here,
with Christmas close behind,
and in this time of dark, as magic and mystery rules,
the child in us all stirs, expectant in our innocence,
blissful in the ignorance of its passing.

Wondering even now, at the wonder of it all.

(12/18/23)
Form: Narrative

Laryngeal Spasm

(alternately titled: excuse me while aye...
touch the sky, hen derrick lee 
and pull lightly gag.)

September third tooth house sand
     and eighteen didst find me
to awaken with a start
     during the wee
(Willy Paine Weber) re
duck tee yo absurdum painful hour
     of predawn this morning
     with an experience

     nada so grew vee -
feeling (the unstoppable) tree
men diss urge (lance 
     sing arm) strong
     sensation to regurgitate,
     which tum me,
(and ma tummy) 
     prima facie (pre

mud Donna Brownian 
     bow will Movement)    
     processing) ranks as
     the moost unpleasant – 
basic bodily condition,
(hence disqualifying this former
     anorexic tib bee ya
bulimic), which nauseous repulsion

     to stomach tomb muss elf
     (yea - pertaining to
yours truly: Ma
     Thee You Scott) a tinny
     brass, heartless, and
     dis straw hit cow
     word lee lion
     dew wing ever re:

thing in my "FAKE" NON GMO
     gluten, lactose (i.e.
dairy substitute), and
     monosodiumglutimate free,
wand door full
     wizard ding once fore mid
     able superman, (and now fee
bull powerless reign jars

     ipso fact-so) dee
did immediately whee
kin n ding excess see
ville lee more, dee
pull lore rib hill
     den das bloviation
     spattering, Obi
Wan Kenobi, Casanova,

     (Don Quixote) key
ping figurative lid, prithee
a boot mine gag reflex
     within very limited nee
zero printed edition on reek
     quest not to
     publish very disagree
hubble reader's un
     digest tib bill

     (authored by this atheistic
     secular humanist gib
     brush gabbling, (sans
     reincarnated doubting Thomas pre

lapse Aryan) Unitarian scree
ming cowabunga herbivorous
     droning baby bee
nix nox zippity doo dada
lix lox nicks nox hip pea.

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