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It sucks...
The batteries in my mouse are dead and abused
the charge expelled from too much random use,
I should ,I guess
be more grateful of that which with I'm blessed.
It sucks...
The corn and sunflowers once tall and beautiful
lay on the ground pressed down by heat and rain
while bills arrive each and every day still dutiful
as the checkbook balance gets lower than its gain.
It sucks...
The squirrels took a bite out of all my tomatoes,
and the squash rot draws the flies
the carrots and radishes hide like potatoes
what did I do wrong and why?
It sucks...
The bees buzz doesn't come to flower anymore.
the butterflies flit and flutter hurriedly away
standing looking out the back door
the neighborhood gets more quiet every day.
It sucks...
The rose petals fall and not a bud remains
the baby birds have all flown the nests
when winds and clouds shed torrential rains
as every heart tries to handle the Covid tests.
It sucks...
Summer burning, humidity unbearable
and sequestered here at home
marketers call on the phone hysterical
and tv is the same old movies while I'm home alone.
It sucks...
Being young and foolish, taking too long to grow,
getting old comes too fast and time grows shorter in truth,
everything just sucks you well know
even children long to go back to school forsooth.
It sucks ...
The man up on the hill is such a fool
never recognizing anyone else's need
it sucks that he isn't very well schooled
as American history is on its knees and bleeds,
Random Thoughts on things that suck
- big time
for Kai Michael Neumann's contest
It Sucks
He was a runaway, both young and foolish, but just a pup,
and never let him stay inside and always leashed him up
and wanting to escape the owners that kept him in the yard
until that day he became their runaway unbarred.
He followed the kids home from the park
and from there he was looking for a place to stay.
so in the house he came and we in hopes one day,
of finding the owner of this runaway lark.
Weeks later they came tearfully and he went home to them.
but soon they called back as they could not pretend
he was not to be their pet friend and on another day,
he was on his way back to us, their persistent runaway.
They chose to give him up when only howled and refused to play
now he was part of us, this lovely, loving, endearing runaway.
With intelligence he recognized my sisters needs,
she was getting sick, forgetfull and would fall upon her knees
But he was there by her side unwavering despite the demands
and he was her protector without commands.
As fourteen years passed by, their unbroken bond united,
and just as she was leaving this life to the next most quiet
he closed his eyes and went with her in his loving prayer
to find life together, no runaways there.
For Dutch and Lynn and their unmeasured love.
Take it all away —
These thoughts of suicide today
Tonight, I’m having them big time, it’s a terrible crime
It’s not at all sublime…maybe, I can wait some time…
Remember me
When I was young and foolish
Remember me
When I was in the waters of anguish
Take it all away,
Take it all the way
I pray you save me from desparity
Take it all away,
Take it all the way
I am in dismay in the sea of calamity
Take it all away,
Take it all the way
Happiness is just a teardrop away from reaching out to hold you, to embrace you
Take it all away,
Take it all the way
Sadness will no longer be your tune of loneliness and you’ll no longer be blue
Get out of here, hatred
Don’t give me any trace of dread
Daily defeated by depression and anxiety, it won’t set me free
It won’t set me free from despondency…I will conquer it all away, you’ll see…
Remember me
When I was young and foolish
Remember me
When I was in the waters of anguish
Take it all away,
Take it all the way
I pray you save me from desparity
Take it all away,
Take it all the way
I am in dismay in the sea of calamity
Take it all away,
Take it all the way
Happiness is just a teardrop away from reaching out to hold you, to embrace you
Take it all away,
Take it all the way
Sadness will no longer be your tune of loneliness and you’ll no longer be blue
Take it all away,
Distress and darkness, coming my way
Take it all the way
I pray you’ll take me away from disarray
Say you’ll stay with me
Say you’ll be my liberty
Say you’ll pray for me
To be set free from my misery…
When I was in the waters of anguish
Take it all away,
Take it all the way
Remember me
When I was young and foolish
Take it all the way,
Take it all away
Remember me
When I was swimming in the sea, single and lonely like a minuscule fish
Reduced to dismay,
Wishing you were here today
Take it all the way…take it all away..
The anguish and turmoil of yesterday
Last minute love,
You left me in this heartless town
From high above
You left me broken with a frown
However, you haven’t hurt my heart yet…
Just don’t hurt me with remorse and regret
It was just rebellion kind of love
Let’s face it…
It’s nothing to be ashamed of
Just fight it…
I was young and foolish…
I belong with the rest of the fish
But, this rebellion inside
Made me feel broken pride
Now, where do I hide?
With this rebellion inside?
Oh oh, hmmm
With this rebellion inside?
Oh oh, hmmm
Where do I hide?
This rebellion inside?
If you can be kind,
Captivity inside, I couldn’t find a cure
Now, I'm left behind
There’s a design, a sign that I’ll endure
Where do I hide?
With rebellion inside?
It was just rebellion kind of love
Let’s face it…
It’s nothing to be ashamed of
Just fight it…
But, this rebellion inside
Made me feel broken pride
Now, where do I hide?
With this rebellion inside?
Oh oh, hmmm
With this rebellion inside?
Oh oh, hmmm
Where do I hide?
This rebellion inside?
Where do I hide
With this rebellion inside?
Oh oh hmmm
With this rebellion inside?
Oh oh hmmm
From now on, I’ll obey You
Without this rebellion inside…
Getting the best of my blues
At least I tried to face the tide
Oh oh hmmm
April 30 In Search of America 1975 – Hitchhiking Tales part one
published in Tiferet Journal 2018 Poem-a-Thon
When I was young and foolish
Broke and stubborn
I hitchhiked across the USA
Started in Salt Lake City
Where my greyhound bus pass
Was stolen
The station manager
Could have helped me
But refused to do so
Threaten to call the cops
When I grabbed my bags Without the stolen tags
I said
Go ahead
But I am so out of here
Wondered about Salt Lake City
Went to a bar
Found I had to buy my booze
Next door
And they would mix it for me
Had to order food too
After a bloody Mary
And a burger
I walked about town
Saw the Mormon Temple
Finally, about 3 pm
It was time to hit the road
Did not look back
Ended up in Cody Wyoming
Got a room shower
Steak beer
Using my rapidly depleted cash Spent 25 dollars
Money really went far
Back in those days
A band of professional
Communist agitators
Gave me a ride
To Des Moines
Lots of weed, booze
And politics later
Got off the road
Slept outside
Next day
A beautiful woman
Drove me to near Chicago
In a red mustang
Might have been
The girl in the song
Took it easy
Digging her vibe
She invited home
But was not sure
If her estranged husband
Would welcome me
So, I am being foolish
And inexperienced with women
Did not go to her place
And always regretted
That I had lost
My chance that day
end part one
Because of Friendship
Because she was my friend
I called her every afternoon.
To talk girl talk and ask her,
To help me with my studies.
I wrote her often when she went away,
And begged her to think before she married,
I didn't want to see her hurt.
Because she was my friend.
I helped her watch her kids when she got sick,
And cleaned her house and kept her yard.
I wept and carried flowers to her grave.
Because she was my friend.
He was like a brother from another time.
I laughed at all his faults
He did not mind.
He knew I always understood.
I called him more than once to help me move.
And vetted all his girlfriends, every one.
I picked up his bad habits and we laughed,
We were young and foolish for a while.
I searched for him on Facebook yesterday
To see how good or bad his has life had been.
Not for any reason but one thing.
I have not forgotten he's my friend.
I think of Christ and all his majesty,
The King in all his greatness he stooped low.
And took the cross and with it all our sin.
To free us because He is our friend.
He left His heaven oh so long ago.
And came down to earth and bled and died.
That I a pauper might walk beside a King
He did this, because He is our friend.
When I was a young man
I was foolish
and not afraid of anything
In the summer of 1975
I took a Greyhound bus
across the country
when my bus pass was stolen
I hitchhiked
across the country
and for two and 1/2 months
I traveled across the country
meeting all sorts of very strange people
experiencing the underbelly of American Society
now that I am 65
and I think back upon those days
I am horrified
that I did that
because now that I'm old man
I'm much more prudent
and much more careful
and much more afraid
but back then
being young and foolish
I did what a lot of young
and foolish people do
boldly go into the world
without a plan
just seeing where life took me
that made all the difference
in the world
Stumbling in the back door, but trying to go slow,
trying not to wake Mum, oh where did the night go?
With the boys we hit the town, chasing neon lights,
living for the moment, of those crazy late nights.
Dancing like a rockstar, trying to steal the show,
lipstick on my lips, yeah, you know how it goes.
Making mischief, pouring drinks, laughter fills the air,
we were young and restless, wild without a care.
Clubs were our playground, star lights in our eyes,
kissing all the boys, yeh what a sweet surprise.
The music blasting loud, pumping hearts in time,
every drink I took, I felt the rhythm and rhyme.
We were young and foolish, drunk on that delight,
falling into laughter, yeh a silly wild sight.
Every weekend planned, oh the stories that we spun,
those wild nights were endless; we had so much damn fun!
But now I’ve got some wisdom, a bit of times gone by,
those wild nights have dimmed, and I cannot lie.
I’ve slowed it all down, yet still the sparks in me,
but it’s more about the moments, not just the wild spree.
Looking back at those times, I treasure every part,
the laughter and the kisses, the beats that stole my heart.
We danced like no tomorrow, loved like we were free,
but now I sip my coffee and remember what used to be.
Oh, Yeh, party like we used to, dancing till the day,
laughing with the cute boys, in a carefree way.
Living for the nightlife, the memories that we made,
stumbling through the back door, as the nighttime fades.
It’s sad, truly heartbreaking,
how some souls can break a person,
and never feel them aching.
For all the hope they’re taking,
they make sure to leave some behind.
I saw it coming miles away,
but yes for her, I’m blind.
What she never understood,
perhaps she never could,
is that she didn’t need to fear,
by here side I always stood.
For her sins are God’s to judge.
I just needed trust.
As lies are poison, truth a must,
if you ever love somebody,
don’t choose to hurt.
Don’t choose to wait.
Don’t choose the pain.
Trust that it gets better,
through sun and rain.
Don’t run away,
don’t make mistakes,
never too late,
before you miss a lifetime,
that God can’t fix.
I’m only human, she should know,
I carried all I can, I’ve had to let it go.
I’ve been there for her, I was on my own,
I was young and foolish, she didn’t see me grown.
Though I try to comprehend,
answer questions and truths to bend,
it really is just clear,
she doesn’t love me back,
that’s the end.
For what I missed or lacked,
the bad and flaws I had,
it had always been a fact,
that for her I’d fallen mad.
You never choose who you love.
Last minute love,
Left me speechless in this heartless town
From high above
Made so broken and unspoken with a frown
However, you haven’t hurt my heart yet…
Don’t you dare hurt me with remorse and regret
It was just rebellion kind of love
Let’s face it…
It’s nothing to be ashamed of
Just fight it…
I was young and foolish…
I belong with the rest of the fish
But, this rebellion inside
Made me feel broken pride
Now, where do I hide?
With this rebellion inside?
An evanescent pasture I couldn’t find…
If you can be so kind,
Find me a wise way to endure Your kind…
Where do I hide?
This rebellion inside?
It was just rebellion kind of love
Let’s face it…
It’s nothing to be ashamed of
Just fight it…
I was young and foolish…
I belong with the rest of the fish
But, this rebellion inside
Made me feel crucified…
I’m sorry I’m left behind
An evanescent pasture I couldn’t find…
If you can be so kind,
Find me a winsome way to endure…
Don’t mind me — I was left behind and blind
Where do I hide?
This rebellion inside?
Where do I hide
With this rebellion inside?
Oh oh hmmm
With this rebellion inside?
Oh oh hmmm
There’s a next time to do better, some say,
To obey and endure this hardship someday