An avocado is not a vegetable,
botanically, it's classified as a fruit,
specifically, a large single-seeded berry,
although it's a fact you may wish to dispute,
your opinion is neither here nor there
as, take it or leave it,
it's what's known as a 'pear'.
And yet, should everything go pear-shaped,
don't blame the avo, it's not at fault,
for, whichever way you slice it,
it still tastes good with pepper and salt.
The price is the price.
Anything in addition
is just opinion.
Why does the dog look
at me with suspicion today
as I grab the leash?
The tunnel got darker
the further suffered;
it's just opinion.
Deep inside the warmth
of the surrounding earth,
death is a price too high to pay.
When the suffering ends,
when the light welcomes,
is just opinion.
I'm often misunderstood, never taken seriously
Mocked and shunned for having a different opinion
People don't seem to notice how I look at the world differently
Push and shove me, it hurts so bad feels like I could be dyin'
But I speak truthfully
They don't like it
Choose to ignore it simply
They throw such a big fit
They can't accept my glow
Makes them want to rip their shirts
I say what's true
If people can't accept it, that's blue
God posts to my heart daily,
Unfiltered by media man --
In touch with Spirit Divine
Truth, less out there than
In there – From CNN, ABC,
And their likes, when asked to
Subscribe, I politely decline.
OPINION WITHOUT HINDRANCE-:-
exppected
persuasive
discussion
hinted
beliefs
in MATTERS ARTISTIC
gradually
illustrated
exhibited
reconciled
recognition
of CONSIDERABLE BEAUTY
believing
respecting
virtues
burgeoning
reportoire
When Borderline
Characteristics
Become So
Acceptable,
Even Normal...
The Borderline
Naturally Expands
Itself To Suit!
There You Are
Funny Again!
Hilarious!
It's An Infinite
Expanse, With
No Borders,
Unless You
Think So.
Funny.
Borderline!
-Gray Squirrel
04-11-2026
Some think that the initial spark was certainly God given
If you accept the concept of free will I'll give you that
Some blink and think that all man's gain is surely striven
I think and therefore I am among the ones who know no one can know
For sure and so I choose to go in thought somewhere I know
I must rely on what I see for what I state in fact and don't react
To what I can't relate to anything outside my mind as mine alone
When inner dialog is represented as a matter then, of course
Discourse recourse will be dismissed as lacking any standing
The audience is left with less demanding understanding
Handing tending of the fire to the arsonists for hire
With ready fire as their aim midst claims to have a plan
Oh! It Wasn't: My Opinion!
That Didn't Matter
Was What Didn't
Matter....
Oh, Never Mind..
Agghhh.
-Gray Squirrel
02-19-2026
("Rainbow Body" detail, 2018, original encaustic)
Today I noticed on a website I use for book reviews
All eight of my poetry books
Suddenly have a fresh new one star review.
Sadly though there is no content to these reviews
Nothing to sink my teeth into and learn from
Just a single star
Which simply means, “I hate it.”
But these are the first reviews or ratings
I have ever received in ten years now
Of publishing poems
So I will take it
Mostly because I have no choice.
It is a free world after all
And so if we engage with it
We shouldn’t be surprised
When it engages back.
The beauty of getting only one star reviews
Of course is it doesn’t get my hopes up
Hopes of becoming rich and famous
Influential and significant
Because I know, especially now,
None of that would be true.
(9/15/25)
A tiger cuddling in my lap
my dog observed
mouth agape
I said to my dog
nail your jaw together
Beware lest the ground it does scrape
But instead Fido barked
and off raced the tiger
bounding way beyond the landscape
My brave barker said to me
That’s why they say ~
Getting rid of a tiger’s ‘dog’s play’
The rules are simple
The rules are clear
Talk about the weather
But no politics here
Talk about the wind
Talk about the rain
But never, ever
Bring up social pain
Talk about the sunshine
Talk about the clouds
But don’t bring up
The political crowds
If you do
Best you prepare
Cause things get hot
And tempers will flare
Can’t no one speak
What they truly think
Cause fights break out
Quicker than a blink
Civil discourse
Is dead and buried
Replaced with rhetoric
And the hatred that’s carried
So talk about the weather
Talk about the sky
Regarding politics
No opinion is the lie
But if your position
You must speak of with pride
Be ready to burn
In that molten divide
Hot lava awaits
On the other side
When some disagree
they grab a sign and protest
tear gas would stop this.
Contrary to popular opinion
the man of the house
does not even share dominion
with his wife, who runs the whole show
determining who comes and who goes
~ leading him around by the nose
John 19:30 'It is finished 'was His cry
on a cross He was to die
(jesusC) I am the Way&the Truth& Life......do join in
SHAPE FORM digitally devised drawing
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