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With peals of laughter rushing from
The basement of my writing soul,
I penned that letter.
With the warmth of early August, I summoned
The joy to welcome restless fingers that write,
That scribble —oh, that empowering flame of youth
That rages within us young tendrils who hide
In fragile, lily-livered shades
From the scorching heat of reality!
Hmm!
I wrote all day and all seasons, cramming words
Extirpated from the gardens of the four seasons together
Into the walls of serrated sheets of paper, just to prove a point.
And I had begun with the word Dear, like all
Who had written before me, including Shakespeare —observing all
Protocols under the spell of the eavesdropping sun.
But the letter got astray in the post.
Vanished in the naked air, with the enormous weight of its
Titillating message.
Hiding between pillar and post, and with
A postage stamp licked with spittle of expensive love,
It strayed forever and ever.
Gone.
The post office swears allegiance to its innocence
Posts run free when callused hands rough-handle them,
Leaking swarming, pillaging sweats underneath.
“But this is serious. Seriously different,” the postman insists
“It’s lost indeed. But have you searched your soul?
Did the words ever leave the confines of your soul?”
I battle the scrimmage within me —of people and letters —
Scattered and rearranged . . .
Written or unwritten, did the letters form one imaginary line
Like the Equator, which divides the writer and the receiver,
North and South?
Or did I write in haste and afterwards posted through the anus of
A hurricane?
Not every Christmas card arrives during the Yuletide;
Some arise and shine through the line of birth of the New Year,
Equal to the crowned-initiation of a reformed destiny.
I console myself.
But how long shall I wait for the response from a missing letter —
In my case, a lost letter?
Missing within me.
Lost in the vaults of my consciousness.
Thank God
That is over
I mean this insane dream that I had
I was a young man, wearing a black suit
On my best behavior that day
In an auditorium full of
Other young people
Some also on their best behavior that day
We were watching kids putting on a funny play
When a very unserious man came on stage
And very seriously said
This is not part of the play
Just then History Itself
Reached its angry hand from behind the stage
And clasped its fingers, dripping a mixture of blood and ash
Around my throat, and I choked
History said
Wake up from your dream!
This is Serious what I have done
To get your attention
I was, needless to say, shocked at this
As I had never heard History speak
Directly to me before
Let alone reach out to choke me
I realized it was true what it said
That I had never really paid much attention
In my heart I resolved that if only
It would let me go, that I would revere it
From now on
At last it released its gnarly grasp
History said
Never Forget
I promised I would not
Four days later I cried and cried
Then another very unserious man appeared
To a crowd that I was in
Children do not worry, he said
That was just a dream and you are awake now
I will take care of the monsters
Go to sleep, and dream more pleasant dreams
All around me the crowd that I was in
Began to drift off
I thought
What was I crying about?
I too fell back to sleep
Or awoke
I really am not sure now which
One thing I do know is
That is over
Thank God
August 14, 2019
No one told us about the deer flies who live in
The marsh
Add life they multiply.
They are waiting to descend in a flash on the
Daring who are rash
Who have no inside enclosure or any netting to
Make a dash
Where the humans will get bitten not once but
many times by the deer flies who live in the marsh.
When human and fly meet this is a major clash
For many of these creatures will die.
They are waiting to descend in a flash on the
Daring who are rash
From the boat you'll hear the slap and someone
Yell balderdash
Which as the person gets bit it does intensify
As they fight off the deer flies who live in the
Marsh.
People have been known to get whiplash
While swinging at the flies who land and bite
As off they fly.
Believe me, they are waiting to descend in a
Flash on the Daring who are rash.
Surprise! We have bug spray, a fly swatter to
Squash, bash, and trash
As we try to rectify
The problem with the deer flies who live in the
Marsh.
They are waiting to descend in a flash on the
Daring who are rash.
Not the denominations,
Not the individual pastors
Not man in his opinions;
Listen people this isn’t no laughing matter;
The word says…
The Bible says…
…if you confess with your mouth;
Jesus..
Believe that He and only He is..
The Lord
Confess with your mouth and believe in your heart;
That God has raised Him
Jesus
From the dead
Believe in this… and you will be saved;
Not demons nor angels;
Not handsome strangers;
Nor judges, or political realms;
Listen people this isn’t no laughing matter;
Aren’t no cults.
This is serious..
Listen people this isn’t no laughing matter;
The word says…
The Bible says…
…if you confess with your mouth;
Jesus..
Believe that He and only He is..
The Lord
Confess with your mouth and believe in your heart;
That God has raised Him
Jesus
From the dead
Believe in this… and you will be saved;
6/2/19
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr.©2019
-Romans 10:9
This year has changed all our lives
Covid 19 has came into full effect
so many lives lost as well as damaged
it can be in the air so hard to detect
Speaking personally it's brought calm
to still myself realise this is real
normal may never be the same again
prepare oneself for could take a long heal
Positively I've read so many books
more than I usually do, such a joy
tried to walk each day when I can
the air seems clearer, know the plan
But it's saddened me by attitudes
not taking this pandemic serious enough
the young think they can't be caught
ignoring social distance calling it bluff
No matter the rules people don't like
this is serious stuff you mustn't ignore
all of the world it's hit none escaped
looking for the key to open a door
Pray that people could just see
this is danger so make sure it's safe
one day it'll go away so obey
it makes sense to do right and agree