.
az if'n hern purty
belong'd
though true
hern
could did
'sidez thuh point
'sidez thuh point
I resist'd hern
not
under mine old
blue spruce
hern resists mine
not
spin'n
off hern
scurried
Comical how the squirrels are frolicking
In the leaves that have covered the ground
At least a dozen of them merrily rollicking
Nipping and chasing each other all around
Their eager playfulness is so astonishing.
Written October 3, 2022
Why can't I enter Nirvana
in one fell swoop
'cause that's what I wanna
to end this endless loop.
Old deeds done--new lessons learned
pre Karma lost---post Karma earned
all things positive--all negatives spurned.
row row row your boat--------------------
Life is but a Dream
Go to sleep
Your health you’ll keep
Don’t lie awake and worry
For that’s interest paid
On a debt not made
Which robs you of your merry
Morey Mouse made merry,
Mollifying Mallory’s Mama,
Maybe mixing mammoth metaphors
Marvelously mystical, Marmaduke mimed
mingling, meshing, ‘mogrifying magical mites,
Measuring muskrats minding miniature minnows
Meddlesome merrymakers, Mr. Mumbsly mentioned, miffed.
Mesmerized minions made millions, merely making mincemeat.
Mediocre maybe, magnificent Mrs. Mumps meticulously mentioned.
~The mild man makes meanly as the mortal man manages merrily~
3/14/21
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr © 2021
The night was dark yet cheerful
With a trip down the memory lane
Memories so gloomy yet blissful
Embracing the subdued heart's pain
It began as an effort for relief
And our tears started to flow
As we spoke our heart's grief
A bond transpire like winter snow
It was a night that altered the past
Into something that felt so pure
When the young souls felt better at last
They smiled merrily for sure
It's the feeling of a blessed mood
Like experiencing a morning sunshine
That brightens the shallow woods
With chirping of birds from the pine
She shines as the ray of hope
When the hitches in life arise
And building the path on a steep slope
Leading the way to Paradise
lined up tall to small —
tailored suit on middle child.
Brady Bunch dress on sisters.
the Hammond organ,
put together by our dad —
the masterpiece behind us.
my mind’s eye opens
the bench, practice chart on keys,
wiggle of toes and fingers.
i flip old pages
with eyes closed. I see the song:
Merrily We Roll Along
we’re only self-taught.
the silly keys and chords squawk.
how i long to touch the past!
i’d find room for you,
with each grandchild cheering you,
near the sunlit window panes.
the Hammond organ
built by your great-grandfather —
the masterpiece behind you.
lined up tall to small,
i’d bless your fingers and toes
and let you find your own song.
4/30/2019
NOT SO MERRILY
in evening light, the tree not so merrily —
its shades shut tight, in revelry, lids beating
the coal cache — the portly man, delivering
tongues grab and stow curses repeatedly
astride of hohoho — his sleigh weighty
held back by slick-haired elves stampeding
faux-fur falls suffocating — snowfall heaving
calving forth a cacophonous sleet-piercing scream
an ivory finger placed on pinched lips, ominously
tells the wee little sinners to quit impeding
the work of her white-bearded spouse, seething
and thus competing they run from Mrs. Claus
12/22/2017
Its a revolving door
Its a Spirit turning into a Christmas store
We aren't satisfied, we aren't longing to stay long
You can hide behind the settee
When the monsters come on the TV
But when you leave a space in my heart
Spinning in my room, head hitting the ceiling
Merrily we go round
I dont want to get off this ride
Its not stopping all night so hold to me tight
Merrily we go round
Round we merrily go
You turn heads and I twist arms
You know your reaching dizzy heights
Your being lazy but you make no one sigh
Its just a letter stuffed in an envelope
With a cheque hidden between pages one and two
You know we're gonna be alright
The rent is only 3 months late
Merrily we go round
Round we merrily go
Into the unknown
I'll always say yes
Like your holding to my head a gun
Merrily we go round
I dont want to get off this ride
Its not stopping all night so hold to me tight
Merrily we go round
Round we merrily go
I'm so dizzy on my feet
Feels like when you kiss me so sweetl
Merrily Down The Stream
While on our honeymoon to Ireland our flight went down
It landed in the stormy ocean
My wife and I just married and in a hurry to leave town
Nobody drowned but we’re stuck in this commotion
People climbing over each other in the dark
We finally made our way to Dublin wet and tired
Showered in cold water as the boiler broke
And found our way to bed where we retired
The Mrs. was not happy and had other plans instead
She ran into the streets completely naked
Screwed anything that had a pulse and was not dead
And I was left alone to pay the check and waited
When she returned I forgave my holy whore
And took her once again back to the water
Put her in a tiny boat without an oar (or is it a paddle?)
And sent her up or down the stream… It doesn't matter
7/16/14 Vacation Humor – Poetry contest
Childhood life
merrily gone
juvenile
adorning sky glorifies dream
hopping colorful
--- BEFORE---
love birds coo coo coo
mouths holding honeymoon hands
sailing rapture glow
---NOW---
he morphed into a shabby computerholic couch potato
triple sour grudges, the twisted naggings piercing falceto
mr. droid in the attic snoring, his belly bloated like a preggy hag
while garbage stinks as rotting romance wilts on witches’ swag
no night dates, he tickles women online with bills climbing loco loco
--- AND THEN---
merrily soon-to-be-an ex, the droidcoholic shocked bones anew
without a pre-nup, his mother’s mansion's in my name--- woo hoo!
( for P.D's divorce club contest)
she walked so merrily into my heart
twas so very rarely done
our two spirits joined as one
two hearts made into one and rare kind of love begun
twas so very rarely done
what a happiness to behold
two hearts made onto one and rare kind of love begun
saddness and insecurity devoured and shunned
twas so very rarely done
our two spirits joined as one
saddness and insecurity devoured and shunned
she walked so merrily into my heart
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