Where pigeonholes outnumber pegs
A spinster may get only dregs
But God's Double-Cross
Is like a coin toss:
Cross your fingers or cross your legs!
I see them there the pigeonholes;
The robins fly through the tree;
of the branches through the leaves;
And those the squirrels;
Chattering violently vividly I scream;
In my eyes mind I be;
When's flourish Sun dew shines;
Brilliantly light passes through my spine;
I sharest the daylight I embrace;
the winds of Nature's calling,
saying how have you been;
A new days birth born;
Challenges torn Nature's Rising;
7/27/20
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr 2020
I never would have thought it even remotely possible,
Yet it now seems quite plausible,
To make a case that is indisputable,
There are more pigeonholes than pigeons,
And it is all the fault of humans,
With no blame attributed to the pigeons.
It all started with the invention of labels,
And when the pigeons wouldn't budge from their holes,
Replica's were made to keep up with the supply of labels.
At first things ran smoothly,
As governments moved slowly,
With new labels placed in the gazette only twice yearly.
One would have thought the citizens would be glad,
Instead they became sad,
As a pigeonhole of their very own had to be had.
So now there are more pigeon holes than pigeons,
Though a shortage of labels is halting the need for even more pigeon holes,
As some citizen's feel they deserve the right to several labels.
How we view things-
Cast a sullen eye surmising
The pinnacle of doubt
Bullied into old stories
Those tactics at the polls
Megabank rolls, and a zombie catastrophe
Hear the winds of change scrape!
Concrete jungles, those tennements sunk
With no shipliner to cut the horizon
Alas, buccaneers battle with crass wings
Board meetings, a slip of the powerpoint
Who controls the loopholes and scrolls?
Isnt it about time to unwind
Gay parades, and the mellow cannibus trolls
Such a thorn to the side
Of social bolt and key benders
So gender is a blender
That's what Jesus said
Before the mob stole his name
Watch the pigeonholes of fame!
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