Paper clips,
those mild-mannered office folk,
pretend they’re tools of order~
but really, they’re in it for the joke.
Leave them in a drawer
for more than half a day,
and they’ll twist themselves together
like they’re headed to a cabaret.
One clip whispers,
“Psst… let’s form a chain,”
and suddenly they’re linking
like a tiny metal train.
Another clip giggles,
“Let’s make a modern sculpture,”
and before you know it
they’ve built a chrome-plated vulture.
Scientists blame physics,
but I suspect a different cause:
paper clips just get lonely
and like to hold each other’s jaws.
So next time you find them tangled
in a shimmering silver heap,
remember~
they’re not misbehaving…
they’re just friends
who like to sleep
in a pile.
I think back of days long gone
memories of right or wrong
being weak or strong.
These routinely resonate,
beaches glistening, montains snowing,
children misbehaving, our parenting,
wife laughing then crying.
I have nothing.
I gaze to the future
where dreams live forever..
Dancing and holding my love,
our flight of the dove.
My children visit shining their light
soaring like eagles in full flight.
My heart is lifted, full of gold
a true patriarch will never grow old.
Happened and may happen is not a happening.
They are immutable events,
one in the grave the other yet no benefits.
Present presents the grandest presence.
Every tick of the clock
a thought, a calculation, a reaction, a decision.
These things occur with or without precision,
changing the course of destiny yet to be found.
It is here where I will stand my ground.
Memories and dreams will always be in flight,
but in the present I shall bend my light.
When you enable criminals
They will only criminal more.
Everyone’s a victim
Within their own mind if stunted
At an infant level of development,
And in a world that craves equality
But has unequal crime,
Infant mentalities are encouraged
Well past childhood.
As I told my misbehaving grandson recently
“If you don’t learn to control your temper
Society will control it for you
In a prison.”
That is of course
If you aren’t part of the enabled demographic
Which just learns to criminal more.
(10/3/25)
My dog was always misbehaving
Although he never did like my Hat-He-Chewed.
Who knows not where a wasp does wear his sting? In his tail.
In his tongue.
Whose tongue?
Yours, if you talk of tails: and so farewell.
What, with my tongue in your tail?
Nay, come again, Good Kate;
I am a gentleman.
—William Shakespeare, The Taming of the Shrew
(exchange between Petruchio and Katherine)
Love looks like blue skies, nay.
Today is the tango of sister twisters.
Innuendos don’t behave. They slave
over the mountains and valleys.
Twines of a forked tongue, devilishly
misbehaving, drunken in delight.
Good Kate, is she kind, his kind of date?
Will she satisfy his intellect, his loins?
Is he a gentleman, this Shakespeare?
Is his lady worthy of remarkable taste?
Petruchio, with his yellow jacket,
prepared to sting, with lover’s words.
Katherine’s falling into the Venus fly trap
as she plays along, bidding farewell.
Petruchio draws her back in
wagging his tail and tongue.
These heavy boots filled by Taylor and Burton
acting in real time and on the silver-tongued screen.
If the ballroom could produce such a tango as this,
Shakespeare himself would rise and erupt in applause.
I didn't pull my weight
The boss was really sore
He said "you're second rate
and I won't take it anymore."
He continued raving
On how I was misbehaving
Said my job was not worth saving
And so I longed for Avon
Avon by the sea
I must go back to Avon
Avon by the sea
When my lifeboat needs a haven
When my problems need a maven
This is where I need to be
There's a ten-mile barrier island
It's not that far away:
Where ospreys touch down majestically
and beach forests gently sway.
But also on the Jersey shore
are the roots that once made me,
In the little town of Avon,
and when all the walls are caving
and hunger turns to craving
I retreat to Avon,
Avon by the sea
I took the train last September
Got off at Asbury Park
Strode the miles of boardwalk
Had to stop at coming dark.
I had regrets, I shed a tear
Then I saw a dolphin at setting light
At Ocean Grove I sat on a pier:
And on the shore it seemed alright.
I've paid my dues, I made my plea
They say I was guilty in the first degree
Let me lose the past in Avon,
I'll fly in like an escaping raven
Look! My friends are wildly wavin'
in Avon by the sea.
July 20 Praises to God Bible Meditations Based on Proverbs 24-26
Key Verse – Proverbs 24:21 My son, fear thou the LORD and the king: and meddle not with them that are given to change.
PRAISE BE TO GOD FOR ADMONISHING US
TO FEAR HIM REVERENTIALLY
Praise be to God for admonishing us to
fear Him reverentially to overcome:
Mischievous persons with their meddling pestilence
Mishandled pressures due to mocking pleasures
Mismatched plans midst misbehaving posture
Mistaken plaudits caused by mystifying ploys
Misjudged pursuits along melting poverty
Proverbs 25:22 Praise be to the Lord for
rewarding us for our:
Heart of honour
Hope against hell
Help for the helpless
Hunger toward holiness
Hatred against haughtiness
Proverbs 26:10 Praise be to the Saviour for
rewarding us toward:
Victory from being a victim
Venture that vies over void vices
Virtuous vanquishing with our vow
Valuable vigour against vicious vanity
Valiant voyage against voluminous vexations. Amen!
July 20, 2024
Doesn't it take boldness and strength
to purse visions with a constant beat,
and be thrilled when two people meet?
Dreams have bright and dark colors,
and each one of them simply reveals
how they effect the state of our health!
Do you assume that the stronger
always win and no defeat
makes them sad and bitter?
Ask anyone who decided to cheat!
Never look twice and think
they can suddenly change
according to their wish;
it could be a false wink,
or a potion in their drink!
do they feel deep anguish
when feeling so strange
with uncontrollable rage?
Do the stronger always win
when they lose, do they turn mad?
Winners and losers share moments
that delight or give them sadness
and crying in secret, they remain
in a state of misbehaving child!
Expect the unexpected often times:
don't feel anger, shun all revenge...
while the other is claimed champion!
Unfair game can bring isolation
and put your sanity on the edge...
value dignity, not those dollar signs!
These once nimble fingers,
pinned diapers on your behind.
Swatted the misbehaving toddler,
when you got out of line.
Held you the first day of school,
applauded loudly as the graduate passed.
Waved goodbye when you moved to college,
prayed your marriage and happiness would last.
I use words to paint memories,
to remind me how it began.
But now these once nimble fingers,
can barely hold my pen.
I want to tell you one last time,
before these hands of mine go.
I’d like to give you one last rhyme,
to tell you daughter, how I love you so.
Ah Hero in Everything
some say she's a happy receiver
Almost an actress
and no one believes her
almost an actress:
and she means
the world to me.
Who's your husband in this
cold cruel world.
Got your mojo working
"you go Girl".
The lovely Lady kisses me.
You wanna see?
I got a ring on my
finger, my wife by my side
He's got a beautiful grin
and a perfect smile
when were are in a groove
we have a perfect style
don't come round here
with all that fool stuff
we got one another
and that's enough
aint misbehaving
we doing fine
let me say it one more
time
aint misbehaving
and ev'rthings just fine
Manaka is a fine tuner
Aankh=Pilak
and Chamara
God’s Creation
Miracle Man
10/9/2023
Nations rise against Nations,
God said this would be.
So as each day expires,
it ends another killing spree.
Seems only mayhem,
can satisfy some men’s craving.
But shooting up the streets,
far surpasses misbehaving.
We fight and we scratch,
sometimes living with dread.
Without thought of the cross,
where Jesus hung and bled.
As God surveys HIS creation,
that to HIS word won’t adhere.
I can’t help but ponder,
if HE is shedding a tear.
He Says More
You better believe in me
Cause in time you'll need me
Life into you I have breathed
Through my Word you shall take heed
For I am filled with jealousy
When you live a life full of hypocrisy
You will receive alot not just for show
From whom all blessings flow
My kingdom will be your safe have
You are saved inspite of all your misbehaving
I will answer that knock at the door
Stay with me still He Says More
Whom in heaven but you
Give me praise in all that you do
I am with you always
Even to the end of age
I have no pleasures in the death of the wicked
The Coming of the Son has been predicted
For why should you die O'house of Israel
By grace through faith all shall be healed
Worship puts God at the center of our vision
Wisdom knowledge understanding as
well as hope and humility is the key to the ignition
I know your works see i have set beore you an open door
Aren't we blessed He Says More
Amen--Inspired By Asaph
Written By: A.I.R
You held my energies my heart beating in alignment with yours;
Yours truly, displeasures you corrupted your body pure;
I love you in spite of your imperfections your reckless cover;
Self-destruction callous ignoring your inter life’s beauty;
I care for you deeply, though you bring me demeaning;
You won’t stop yourself destruction ways;
You won’t stop misbehaving so I’ll just love you away ALWAYS!
6/24//23
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr. ?2023
Didn't doing well to parents
they would be fine
age of parents:
now
From the 60's to the 70's,
From the 70's to the 80's,
80's to 90's
It is passing
What I feel these days is actually like this
Children who are good to parent
misbehaving child,
A child who gives joy,
hurts
give the same
love the same
I also
Even if I made a mistake and gave them pains
parents (like now)
with a sorry heart
-- can't give us much --
with regret
They will be giving more like now
generously
if only i knew this a little earlier
I would have enjoyed
my life more.
do not notice.
This man He loves me so
I'm in love with a man
So He loves me as I am
And He loves me regardless of my past
He loves me now no matter how I act
This man loves me unconditionally
And this man loves me
Whether I be bonded or liberty freed
And He loves me for who who's I am
He's a jealous man if He's not placed first
He loaned me to this family from birth
To Him I am worth worthy of savin
Even in my misbehaving
This man loves me
He's giving me life breath
Love and choice He's my voice
This man loves me so
Agape
Agape
Selah
Hallelujah Jesus
This man loves me so...
2/1/23
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr. 2023©
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