Teachers wearing jeans to school
Would have never happened in my day
As a student
They would not have been allowed to wear pants either
For in elementary school we had no male teachers
and in the 50’s and 60’s the women wore dresses
Jeans became pretty popular in the fifties, but
I honestly remember girls in skirts until the late sixties
When we acquired polyester and everyone made pantsuits
Pantsuits were the rage for about five years
Now I am not sure anyone would know what polyester is
The flower children made blue jeans okay for women
of course they added embellishments like embroidered flowers
But that is okay
It is amazing to me how peculiar we are about styles,
fabrics, and fashion. I walk through the antique malls
looking at all of the clothes that are “vintage” and I smile
recognizing most of them.
When dark clouds collide and
thunder erupts in shaken stares,
rains fall on unrelenting sorrows
along bramble thorn threads,
screaming leaves crash
into a frozen ground
of broken branches
and disgraced smiles . . .
as cardboard condos
dot the litter strewn landscape
and graffiti drips
in tobacco stained puddles
at the feet of those
standing in an endless line
for bits and scraps
of the life they once knew . . .
while sons and daughters
face the monsters drugged
by beliefs conjured
on sand blasted battlefields
and bibles of their own deciphering,
bridging the elongated gaps
between lies and promises by those
disguised in designer pantsuits
with fingers crossed
behind their backs . . .
and children have secrets thrust
upon them through filthy fingernails
hiding under bed frames
of rusted iron and disgusting touches,
silenced by the horror
of squeaking hinges
and foot steps in the hall,
crying for mothers who don’t believe . . .
the tears of a poet will be revealed,
bleeding through the page
Trump's Voice and Its Tone
Do you think this is what Paul Ryan is saying?
Could tell By Trump's loud voice and tone
Sure wish that he would leave us alone
As usual he is mad at someone again
Friendship with them is wearing thin.
This time to Trump what have they done?
Who thinks that in your life is only one
Poor policies regarding things traded
Where was it he had been educated?
Voters have wised up and are not dumb
Horrible sexist pig is what you will become
All of the women are caught in the middle
Having to men always play second-fiddle.
No longer can Trump gain women's consent
Maybe if Hillary were to run for President
Instead of women laying around and pout
She shall soon be there to hear them out.
Next President become is what she will do
Making everyone's dreams start coming true
Instead of women constricted and confined
Decisions are best when minds are combined.
Regardless if terrible may be the weather
When the sexes are both working together
Wearing pantsuits and an occasional dress
Goals set out to do will be a great success.
James Serious Mysterious Horn
Retired Veteran and Poet
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