BARRY
A young man was called Barry Kirk
On our farm for a while he did work
taught me how to catch fish
for the big one I'd wish
He indicated where trout liked to lurk
GEORGE
George financially now on the skids
Has fathered way too many kids
many girlfriends and wives
kid twenty nine now arrives
States no more with a blink of both of his eyelids
SURNAME MAGUIRE
A man with surname Maguire
Some children he wanted to sire
took a woman to bed
let's do it she said
Satisfied his burning desire
ANOREXIC
Anorexic she's poorly and thin
No muscle strength found from within
bent in the middle
whilst playing the fiddle
Her sister an identical twin
TATTOO
This man a tattoo on his tummy
Looked like the face of his Mummy
he never grew up
remains a young pup
Age thirty eight still sucks on a dummy
MILLIE
An unfortunate madam called Millie
Stood on the end of Tom's willy
he cried out in pain
don't do that again
It'll shrink even more when it's chilly
I dig a spur of the moment
into the feral flanks of a rocking horse.
I belong to the stars
and the wide-open anywhere.
My heart belongs to Molly Maguire
a colleen from the low bog country.
No wait, this is a dream sequence
brewed to overflow at 3 in the morning.
The beery light is turning sour
as I check my watch for tics.
My problem is to many cookies
not the edible kind
the kind that clog up a computer
or a brain (same thing really).
When I struggle out of this muddled bed
I am going to get myself a deep scan,
clean up some dirty memories
so that I can plug into a sharper faster reality.
Might even rewrite this poem
into a clearer form of gibberish,
but will probably be too busy today
downloading a spinal cord
into my aching
and malfunctioning mainframe.
OCTOBER 2ND, INTERNATIONAL DAY OF NON VIOLENCE
LET PEACE REIGN IN YOUR HEART BY SUNNY DAYS OR GRAY
PUT DOWN YOUR WEAPONS AND CONNECT WITH YOUR NEIGHBOR
FOR WE ARE ALL FAMILY SO THEREFORE, LET US ACT AS ONE
NO ONE IS ABOVE THE OTHER IN THIS HUMANISTIC UNIVERSAL WORLD
LET US WALK SIDE BY SIDE AND EASE EACH OTHERS FEAR
SINCE VIOLENCE IS NOT THE ANSWER, LOVE, ...IS
LET US PRAY FOR OUR WORLD LEADERS THAT THEY MAY PUT
THEIR PIORITIES IN PROPER PERSPECTIVE AND DO THE RIGHT THING
LIKE OUR GREAT LEADERS OF OLD TO NAME A FEW:
MARTIN LUTHER KING, GANDHI, MARELY MAGUIRE AND MANDELA
MAY WE ALL BE USHERED TO A HIGHER GROUND, AWAY FROM
GUNS, VIRUSES, TERRORISM AND CHEMICAL WARFARE
MAY WE LEARN TO TREAT ONE ANOTHER WITH TOTAL ACEPTANCE
REGARDLESS OF RACE, GENDER OR CREED. WHATEVER HAPPENS
TO THE LEAST OF US HAPPENS TO ALL OF US, FOR WE ARE BOUND
TOGETHER IN THIS WEB OF LIFE, QUOTE BY (CHIEF SEATTLE )
TO CONCLUDE , MAY MOTHER NATURE GRACE US WITH MANY MORE
YEARS OF PLENTITUDE AND GENTLE REBIRTH,
NAMASTE TO ALL, FROM: MYSTIC ROSE YOURS, IN LOVE AND LIGHT.
Money is Welcome Everywhere
"It's not the money, it's the stuff!" Bernadette Peters, the Jerk.
"Give me the MONEY!" Cuba Gooding, Jerry Maguire.
“Do you smell that? Money!” Paul Newman, The Color of Money
Buys us our fancy cars, fine houses, pretty mink coats, ritzy computers,
But also purchases...
groceries, gasoline, toilet paper, Sharpies and notebooks
money is welcome everywhere.
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