The instructions were easy.
Invent and draw a new kind of alien.
My alien was a combination between a rodent and a dragon.
I put a cigarette in its mouth and gave it black teeth.
This offended the art teacher, who was a smoker.
Ask me if I care.
His nicotine pores offend me.
What's the values of life
What's a successful life
No definition indeed
One man's meat may be another man's poison
Let the happiness decides
Man should pursue happiness
Without hurting others
Or offending the law
Let's follow one's conscience
Let's follow the teachings of God
Life is full of meanings and pursuits
Richess, love, health, fame or contribution
May be one of the road to
The tower of happiness
And so a successful life
But it can be either temporary or everlasting
And it all depends on your fate or sincerity
“Whoever against a child does offend
stands before all utterly condemned
to be thrown off the quay,
being submerged in the sea
a stone round your neck to bring life to an end.”
Paraphrasing words of Jesus from Mark 9.42
The California GOP
Does not believe in liberty
As sly as foxes
Fake ballot boxes
Swallow each vote maliciously
The Texas GOP decree
People of color need a knee
One travels far
To vote per car
But only when one's white and free!
*"There is no bottom to how low
Trump and McConnell will go
to retain their power"
Being Condescending While Offending
Trump constantly can be condescending;
What he did has always been offending;
Become obscure,
Do wish for sure,
And us into tizzy he ended up sending.
Jim Horn
Depending On Offending
On certain things had been depending,
And how repulsive it was and offending;
Surely outrageous;
Could be contagious;
Disrupted while upsetting and upending.
Jim Horn
I did wrong again
Everything I do offends
I can't be myself
Small meow I hear
A smell coming underneath
I see movement in the dark
I saw the kitten
The odor was offensive
Wanted to pass out, didn’t
She purred so slightly
I picked her up to see her
Then the smell nearly smacked me
She stunk so, so bad
I took her home to bathe her
So she won’t offend again
Entrant into Susan Burch's "Offensive Odors or Noise Pollution" contest!
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