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A millstone around my neck and weight about my feet
drag me down so deeply
that I’m being pulled toward something. . .
something from a darkened dream - nihility -
the place to lose chagrin
and then to taste absolutely nothing.
Tropical delights do not swim here
to brighten the dingy water of my plight.
No rainbow fish dart to and fro where murky disillusionment oozes
all around and through me.
I go lower. . . .
But above me, I can barely see a tinge of rose and of blue,
a sparkling distant light as the void below crouches,
tugging at my soul.
Hope, through ocean’s skin,
peeps down at me.
Rays of reassurance come gleaming through
the layers of my gloom’s descent,
and be it from God. . . or from simple human will,
Prospect calls to me.
I feel wonder as gravity relinquishes its hold,
and the restraints around my ankles now fall off!
The millstone is released. Unencumbered, I ascend.
Up, up, up I go -
bursting to exhale and to take into my lungs
a refreshment of sweet oxygen.
A final surge of spirit . ..
and I’m breaking the surface.
The coral glow of breaking day rushes forth splendidly
to greet me.
Presenting to the emergency room, patient "BB,"
a dad who swallowed a snow globe carelessly.
Out of ALC, voices crying, "YOLO,"
PO, he took a big gulp of fantasy snow.
NAGI, his stomach churned immediately.
He could hear little elves dancing with a BEG.
Brought to the ER unconscious with HBP,
HAGMA, and tachypnea, unfortunately.
A CT scan revealed a kidney infection.
MDs dispensed an antibiotic injection.
Dialysis was administered, but he was still KO.
His kidney's were decorated in crystals of "snow."
Ten WKs later he could walk again (to the bar),
but will likely need dialysis 4EVR.
You are what you eat, (BB made a recovery)
but don't be a snowflake, the moral of the story.
(Watch the attached video for the full story.)
ALC- alcohol
YOLO- you only live once
PO- by mouth
NAGI- not a good idea
BEG- big evil grin
ER- emergency room
HBP- high blood pressure
HAGMA- high anion gap metabolic acidosis
CT- computerized tomography
MD- medical doctors
KO- knocked out
WK- week
4EVER- forever
3-21-2021
ACRONYMS IN COUPLETS Poetry Contest
Sponsor: L MILTON HANKINS
Listen to the tap…tap…tapping; the music of falling rain.
Sky rinses out it’s watering cans; It’s sprinklers are the clouds.
Gaia’s children are thirsty; roots stretch and heartily drink.
Gardeners collect water for the drier days; the children drink.
Rain barrels freshly filled; gardens will flourish; grateful for the rain.
When it’s all over; plant bellies full; time to move on, to the clouds.
All life needs water to replenish itself; happy to oblige, are clouds.
Nothing survives without such refreshment; life needs a drink.
When heavens display a temper; be glad that there’s rain.
Celebrate the rain, when the clouds of life roll in; your spirit needs a drink.
Come power up open up orchestrated orchestra energy up! Let the music play in the worlds to be! Flow high higher highest door you own yourself remember doors flow very high to the soul to sing the structure lullaby!
Mansion's splendid joy rejoice the new song home sweet home is sung to sing for joy refresh the inside song grin the smile the then the now the fire to see the mist refresh the mood! Now refresh the morning dew of praise! To thy self be true! I will lift my hands to the faraway lands to the truth realms and roads and valleys and up above the hill the mountains cliff far up above my head the mist of a kiss for the feeling grin the flowing protection that brings your refreshment clear water! We pray ourselves Our Shepherd our speech speaks we shall not want for one another is guaranteed to Refresh the taste of a new day so that you can feel the energy of life force flow the circled one of love guest flow request is written in the sky in the clouds around the veil child's home and three spirits are asking! Refresh the time and the message received! revealed Lord create in me a clean heart and renew the right spirit within me wash me completely in preparation for a new sign to shine brightly throughout the clouds! Renew the night and this now day or night or the evening come to let the sunshine from the heavens! Let not your heart be troubled neither let it not now to your heart be afraid of love no matter what! Do not let your heart be troubled my inner flesh says the soul said God will do just what he said! Refresh the mood!
Today I am reminded that
How we were spoiled rotten brats
Going to school
Acting cool
Hair groomed
Singing our favorite tune
Getting acceptable grades
Flaunting what we made
Soon tassels turned
Degree diplomas fairly earned
Salary expected owed
Only decision ‘what job to go’
Reality approached
Wearing the teacher’s Broche
What are you going to do?
Academic years are through
Goose’s eggs were out there
Went to all the job fairs
Nothing fit
Here I sit
On the curb
Realizing I am just one in the herd
Wrong something went
Exhausted time spent
No longer an owner, I rent
Committed, struggle I must
Bank account in God we trust
Is a total bust
Creating a financial stain
Credit rating seriously to blame
Was it the economy?
That blurred what I see
Or the unproven theory one conned me
Climbing the company umbrella tree
Flipping through the books
Should I learn how to microwave cook
Priority to clean this up now
Take the positive professional bow
Needing to think
Decided refreshment wanted to drink
While pondering the ways of the world
A girl
Walked into the scene
I figure, ‘she was looking for green’
“Dad, do you have my check?”
She asked noticing me as a wreck
“What is your name?”
She made the first move in our game
“Roger
And I am a dodger”
Is what I replied
Observing her, almost die
I am a dem bum too
A giant fool
Conversation began
Being each other’s fan
Still Bleeding from the kidnapping spear
Concluding finishing our beer
They are not coming back
Sadly true, was the fact
Only one thing was left
Look like a well-suited ref
Wear pinstripes with pride
Carrying a briefcase acting like we tried
Accepting the Metropolitans as who they are
Cheering inside the local Queen’s bar
As for those former Highlanders, who were the best
I will confess
It is success
Is how we dress
And no one around here should imitate a corporate mess
In the roaring
White pounding cascade
I feel the love
It flows over me, with me, through me
It is me
Wordsworth's "transparent eyeball" *
Like the bare roots of ancient trees that
cover the trail like cobble stones I'm
Integral--I belong
When the bracing water embraces me
I don't shudder--I stroke it gently
Glide out into it's energy
Feel revived, renewed, invigorated
Refreshment not known
Since covid
I'm hers
She wraps me in her bosom
Of snow-melt run-off
And I am warm
Not trudging from
A cup of coffee to an unmade bed
Day after day
I am alive
As wild, and free
Timeless and deep
Young, old, and wise
As she
The city beats
I connect with kindred
In the bars, in the streets
In the faces that I meet
But plunging into this heaven
Swimming out to these rocks
Where she reaches down from above
Massages my back and shoulders
With her strong gentle hands
I feel like I'm her only child
So much love she bestows
Hikers climb down these steep rocks
To see her glorious splendor. They line her banks
But won't brave her icy hug
Won't get in her
And realize
We are her
Conquer and subdue
Post an Instagram selfie for some likes
Have a beer
I hear her in the spray
Spattering the rocks
She's laughing
And I'm laughing, too.
* From "Nature" by Ralph Waldo Emerson
Come to a place of enlivening comfort.
In this exotic garden, lift your lungs.
Vanilla beans dangle from the vining orchid.
A likeness of birthday cake baking
awakens adrenaline,
as exciting and familiar as friends,
as smooth and creamy as silk.
Rustle sandalwood leaves between your hands.
Explore the bark's core, richness in depth.
Breathe in a fresh, earthy, woody fragrance
like a hug from mother nature.
Lie down upon a pillow of lemongrass,
delectably relaxing in uplifting whiffs,
flowing tresses of citrus refreshment.
Let geranium leaves rain upon your face,
brushes of femininity gently tickling,
sweet and akin to rose's aroma.
As essential oils harmonize,
inhale the fragrance of my skin
as pheromones rise for you.
3-16-2021
Favorite Scent(s) Poetry Contest
Sponsor: Chantelle Anne Cooke
I’m down upon my hands and knees,
Dry as the proverbial bone.
I know you hear my lonely pleas,
The way that my poor heart will moan.
I see refreshment up ahead,
An end to my despair? Oh no!
A mirage in the desert air!
You are not really there…
As every human heart will ache
For someone’s hand that they might hold,
Deep down we know we’re bound to break.
That is just how the story’s told.
Thought I could find a better end
To this, our hearts affair. Oh no!
Just a mirage. You do not care!
You are not really there…
I thought it might be made of gold,
A earthly treasure I could share.
Just a mirage. The cupboard’s bare.
You are not really there…
When the six days of creation were finished,
God’s vigor was in no way diminished.
But on the seventh day, He rested,
And with Adam and Eve, He feted.
God sanctified the seventh-day Sabbath,
so that man would remember his Maker,
while resting from life’s jostling and jabbing,
and in God’s rest refreshment partaking.
From day one to day six God was working,
So, none of those days could be the Sabbath.
That is why he said man should work six days,
and rest on His seventh-day Sabbath.
The Sabbath reminds us of creation,
the antithesis of evolution.
Sabbath is of all days the chiefest,
its devotees include no atheists.
Man was made in the image of God,
but because of sin, he became flawed.
God has a plan for man’s recreation,
open to all who seek His salvation.
The Sabbath celebrates recreation
and redemption from sin and damnation.
Because Christ completed salvation’s work
Humans can rest from their own worthless works.
Birds sing freely from fallen trees
Demolished, as a symbol of
Their power over firmly rooted
Expressions of universal rights
Inherent to all mankind
Yet, the birds sing freely
Able to disperse like water to
All who need refreshment
Many are waking up thirsty
The quenching has begun
Beware false flags blamed
On patriots, instigated by
Mentally ill patsies groomed
By gov't agencies
Do not believe these lies
True patriots only defend
And will never foment evil
Against any persons
Our power comes from a
Higher Place, present in all
Living things
All life breathes
So truth is everywhere
Victory is legion
I am anonymous
12/21/14
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