If there was an alien in my bushes
I would not call the police
They'd commit me
If it was real
or not real
I would not approach it
All those movies with humans
being friendly to aliens
What if it had a contagious disease
or spat acid that melted my skin
Maybe it would hump my leg
or throw up on my carpet
I already have a dog that does that
No Sir, I'd leave it be
for someone else to see.
A
sexy
blonde bombshell
fresh and footloose
notoriously
enticing, ensnaring
dragged me by my nose-ring
bewailing, bemoaning made me
walk down the aisle towards the altar
intentionally intimidating.
Zora Zebra does not know how to be subtle does she?
I looked at my cousin, who is snotty notoriously.
What’s going on? I asked this uppity Georgia peach.
Look down there she said, nodding toward the beach.
Zora was coming up for another breath of sea water air.
I noticed right away that there was something added there.
A boob job on a zebra! What? I said to my snooty cousin.
In a week, she said, we will see a dozen.
Three of the utmost sassiest chicks I ever did see
Were Bluey, Red, and the notoriously cutey Blondie
They wiggled their tail feathers, causing rooster to turn red.
He was their embarrassed daddy, this big guy, named Fred.
Why do you act like such harlots, I asked them one day
We like to tease the other roosters; it is our way to play
They never settled down, stayed single all of their lives.
A good thing probably, they would have made terrible wives.
Layla, Lilly and Lollypop lollygagged through life
Making musical merry mischief for Mr. Farmer’s wife
Nestling near nasty Nicholas’ notoriously sharp needy knife
Optimizing oscillating orneriness’, forging a fit of fife
Practically perforating Polly’s pretty pastel pail
Quizzically questioning queenly Quarks quarreling quail
Responding with respect and responsibility, rendering road rail
Seductively seeding a sassy stormy sandy seductive sail
Trying to travel to Tripoli, to tie a terrible tiger’s tail
Is Hotel Cecil cursed?
A portal to hell?
How many have died there?
Accidentally or by murder and suicide?
It is the most notoriously haunted hotel in America.
Associated with macabre incidents, serial killers.
Downtown Los Angeles is host to these seven hundred rooms.
Shall I book you a room? There is always a vacancy.
Diabolical laughter.
all automatic alligators arrive arrogantly
barely behave beautifully but brazenly
carousing with creepy cruddy crocodiles
desperately denying despicable wiles
effectively expediting expediency
forever forsaking fruit flies who flee
glaring at grazing gritty grouses
hijacking horrific herbivore’s handy houses
igniting ingenious iguanas in I-o-Way
jubilantly joining jerky jaguars along the way
kibitzing kinesthetic killers from Zion
lollygagging like lively luxurious mountain lions
marvelously marking multitude of mini monkeys
notoriously noting nefarious nodules of displease
ostentatiously opening overt outages in Oregon
providing panda putrid prey Paul just spit on
quarrelsome quicksand quail
rapidly reading registered mail
saying sassing sentences swiftly
turning terrific tarantulas toenails thickly
utilizing underwater undercurrents down under
verifying valid villans' voluptuous plunder
with wild willingness and witchy wonder
‘xacting ‘xactly ‘xtreme ‘xestentialism supreme
yelling youngster’s yips on front of the queen
zinging zealous zealots into zebras galore
end of this abcedarian poem, there is no more.
Bean bags are jumping on her head they said
I wondered what was going on, for it was Ned.
He is notoriously for saying things untrue.
He can make Granddaddy’s face turn red and blue
Whose head? I asked. Your head was the reply.
Now I knew it was nothing but a buzzard’s lie.
There is nothing jumping on my skull today.
So saying, I turned and flounced away.
A plethora of bright yellow flowers;
pop up in fields and lawns in early Spring.
And watered by tepid April showers
swiftly spread, overtaking everything.
Able to transform the ground overnight,
they turn green grass into a golden fleece.
And then, morph into a magical sight,
as white tufts fill the air upon release.
Though commonly considered pesky weeds,
dandelions are also picked to eat.
And releasing pappi to spread their seeds;
they're notoriously hard to defeat.
Despite suburbanites' ongoing rants,
dandelions are interesting plants.
Panther paces the ground
he is then most alluring jet of black
Very beautiful he ravages his
Prey he lurks
When he looks that way
Panther is notoriously elegant
When he paces like that
There go the Sundersons, someone said with a laugh
It was Norris, the notoriously crotchety old man giraffe
The triplets, riding their bike, a sight to see said a frog.
The ostrich twins were irritated now, chased by a dog.
They are so identical, I wonder if they share a brain said one.
I was not amused, being a twin, this bullying is not fun.
Maybe you share a brain with their triple bike, I said.
The Sundersons rode by, and one yelled out “Hi Ned!”
So Ned was his name, and now being an enemy was his game.
He glared at me hard, and I did exactly the same.
The Sundersons are hard to tell apart, said Norris, you have to admit.
I did not like hearing this either; I did not like it one bit.
Wiley Willie the wandering witch
Rides against the moon and gives it an itch
Humans in the house are so unaware
But I am telling you – beware! Beware!
Wiley Willie is notoriously wise.
She has bested creatures in disguise.
We know to fear her in the harvest moon.
If you don’t see her she will snatch you soon!
Wiley Willie the wandering witch
Rides against the moon and gives it an itch
Humans in Missouri houses are absolutely unaware
But I am telling you – beware! Beware!
Wiley Willie is notoriously wise.
She has bested creatures in disguise.
We know to fear her in the harvest moon.
If you don’t see her she will snatch you soon!
As weakening as the sleep paralysis
You creep in unexpectedly
Making me weak everytime
Your words makes everything seem superfluous
Making me think I've not been alive till now
Your sweet tongue tames me
Your sultry eyes ignites a fire in my heart
Making my heart soft as the fur of a chinchilla
Sending shivers down my spine everytime
Your love rubs off on me
One could swear it's notoriously contagious
Because I've learnt from you
How to be a sweetheart
I
James Webb - wise investment by USA
After Hubble's wonders, now light
Billions of years, perhaps since Big Bang
Seen by humans; J. Biden's pride
In America's foresight, help folk, help science
When most nations notoriously lack basics
But not for want of money, mandacity there
Prayers here don't make muster (loadshedding)
But I'm grateful for Pics yet to be seen
I heard tidbits on the radio, long-expected blessing
James Webb telescope (God smiles?) 'midst ancient light
II
The long-awaited Hubble successor, James Webb Telescope, is off & running. USAmericans have a right to smile ... Yes, recession, depression & race & political oppression are all about us, but we can AND MUST DO MORE THAN ONE HUMAN PROJECT AT A TIME. amen
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