It was not long ago that Gordon Gleek,
the renowned and gifted science geek,
announced to the world that whales can speak.
But, on this fine blue blubbery day,
the only thing this whale has to say
is mind your own business bub,
and, furthermore, glub, glub, glub, glub.
the market for a crime is,
the pension for a crime
mind your own crime is,
mind your own business
a owned business is a owned crime
a owned business is a owned market
a owned market is a owned crime
a market is a owned market
work is working a crime
work is working a business
work is working a market
a market is to work a market
own is owning,work is working
own is owning,business is business
business is business,pension is pension
a working business is a working pension
a crime is a working pension
a crime is a working crime
own is working a crime
own is working a business
own is working a pension
Too much is enough
she loved gossip
No one is as everyone else
Moderation is the best option
Look within yourself
and mind your own business
Trust is based on
discretion and understanding
Why does doom feel so familiar
While happiness seems so far away?
How many times have you heard the supplications
Asking for help, or
Begging for mercy, from our suffering.
In this god-forsaken place,
Where we have been placed, to test our tenacity.
Here in this tent city, surrounded by the sounds of industry,
Talking to strangers, about predestined arrangements
Watching the birds fly and the bugs crawl beneath the canopy
In a seemingly parallel reality, I’ve come to suffer separation
From this place we call civilization, the noise of today
Is but tomorrow’s memory, wanting to steal my spirit away.
Just leave me be. Forget about me. Mind your own business.
Leave me out of the fray. I never asked it to be this way.
Criss-crossed with trespass, egregious behavior
Upon someone else’s path, invasive presence, vainglorious -
Self-interest that clashes with everything including itself.
Vibrating like a hive of invasive species
Eating away at the fabric of our being.
Loud, obnoxious, rude, concoctions, diseases for the masses
Please take me away from this insanity. Again,
I pray. ~psp
dr. (pi)
.
I say what I wanna say, day and night
Do what I wanna do, when it’s right
No body knows me, the way that I do
I’m just being me, so you be you.
My words might be one, only I understand
And I do what I like, I don’t need a hand
There’s no body like me, they haven’t a clue
No body knows me, the way that I do.
Some days I wonder, if I’m losing the plot
Some days I’m smart, some days I’m not
But one thing I’m doing, is just being me
Going about my life, happy and free.
So mind your own business, stay in your lane
You be you, sane or insane
Don’t you be worrying, what others think
Life can be over, in just a short blink.
Take me or leave me, it’s happened before
But one thing I promise, I won’t be a bore
I’ll sing up a storm, & do it my way
& I’ll keep rockin’ each night & day.
No body knows me, the way that I do
I’m just being me, so you be you.
2024.5.14
Apple said to banana
"B loves avocados more than you".
Avocados signed: "Hmm, apparently not any more.
Now, he loves his lazy bone
And lets it be his boss.
Chilli whispered "I am hot
But not enough to attract him".
Orange said "I am full of Vitamin C.
And wondered where he got the calcium from
To feed his lazy bone,
Which made him grow so much and so tall.
Grapes said "Sour grapes"
Mandarin yelled in Chinese
"Mind your own business.
B has lots of videos to watch
And to work on them."
Plum signed "By the way,
He will never get plum from fasting,
So make way for the love,
Of his life for the present time"
"Guys, guys, please be quiet,
Don't you worry, I love you too.
You will get warmer with me,
So leave B alone with his work"
"Who said that?"
It is me. Mala.
mind your own business
bury your head in the sand
are not the same thing
Free yourself from noise
Better mind your own business
To help project poise.
Dear
insects,
Bees, and wasps.
Come out and eat.
Do not bother me.
Please mind your own business.
Build your nest, but not near me.
In that way, we can both exist.
If you sting me, I will poison you.
So, let us strive hard to be friends this Spring.
I’m finally ready
discovered it yesterday
while walking on Madison and 74th.
The times of destruction are gone
bending is not breaking
a trip is not always a fall .
A message to haters:We are all crusaders
the higher the walls,the harder we stroke .
We are constant warriors that never surrender
so mind your own business
and leave us alone.
You might see us kneeling sometimes for a second .
You might see us spinning without much control.
Though you’ll never see us deep down in the darkness,
that sometimes surrounds our battered souls.
Because life is always a declared resistance,
a struggle that leaves you with multiple sores.
If we start regretting the scars of our bodies
our stories of glory would never be told.
Stem the flow of your bleeding heart
Climb down off your pedestal please
Mind your own business for a change
Find a cure for your social disease
Life's too short for such petty games
There's more important things to do
Look at yourself in the mirror
You should point your finger at you
"Mind your own business,' is good advice.
and besides, meddling is just not nice.
The flaws in others that you bemoan,
are reflections of some of your own.
Removing the beams in your own eye
will keep you busy until you die.
As you strive to overcome your flaws
You will find it to be a great cause.
During childhood, you experienced pain,
which is buried deep within your brain.
Unhealed pain shapes the way you behave,
resulting in habits that enslave.
As you age, childhood pain takes a toll.
Like a grey ghost, it torments your soul.
Self-medicating does not heal pain,
drugs and denial will dull your brain.
Mind your own business, confront your pain.
Face your hidden fears, start breaking chains.
Free yourself from the strain and the strife,
and gain from your pain a brand-new life.
Have a mind of your own.
Wear a smile, be cheerful.
Try not to live in other's shadow like a clown.
Aim for the best, be hopeful.
Count your blessings, don't squander.
Save for the rain and storm.
Always watch your steps and remember
to at least sometimes be at home.
Love the Lord, do his ways.
Do not be a false witness.
Cherish all your times and days.
Try to mind your own business.
February 17, 2023
The 12 Things You'd Teach Your Child Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Matt Caliri
Who actually put you in charge
Of telling others what they should do
In your passive aggressive manner
When others don’t share your view
It’s all light hearted fun you profess
Though that is not the case
It’s about you feeling superior
Putting others in their place
You speak about anti bullying
Which is really quite the joke
As you yourself are a bully
Behind a mask and cloak
You have your band of merry men
Who are of the same mentality
Who come out from the wood work
To form your gang of bullies
You are a wolf in sheeps clothing
If I see it ….I’m sure others do
Just mind your own business
“That is my point of view”!!
She thinks she completely invisible..
Truth be told, I've always known.
Always lurking in the background..
Live your own life and leave me alone..
Kindly mind your own business..
Every dog shall have its day.
Rivals we will always be..
Tanya do you want to play?
And as you slandered me last year..
Now the table has greatly turned.
You will never know me through my poetry..
And its obvious you have never learned.
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