Sun winds collide
With Earth's magnetic field
Iridescent phenomenon
In celestial skies
The aurora
If you want to participate
in the pool events
at the Olympic rings
you literally have to be
right in the swim of things
and you really ought
to be on top of things
if the balance beam
is your sport
or if it's high jump hurdles
or pole vault
you should get over them
to a fault
the Olympic rings were created
giving athletes wings
by Charles Pierre de Frédy Baron de Coubertin
dubbing him 'Lord of the Rings'
When the moon weeps in the clouds bitterly, The pole star appears in the dark sky, Mistaken that star for the morning star,Venus , The pearl merchant starts his long journey, The thieves captured him as a prisoner, He has no way of escaping from them, His family business has shattered at last, when the moon weeps in the clouds bitterly.
Santa's wife said, "You've gained an inch!",
and gave his fat belly a pinch.
"The inches I want
are hard", she did taunt.
No wonder she's seeing The Grinch.
Polar bear at the north pole, floating on a lone ice floe,
thinks to himself, 'What happened to my world, where did all the ice go?'
If to the south pole he did depart, penguins to compare,
would he then be, a well-traveled bipolar bear?
If I wouldn’t touch that with a ten-foot pole,
why would I touch it with any other length pole?
How long wait for sun?
Darkness starts to stun.
Frostbites have begun,
The heater blows cold.
The worst cold foretold.
So cold, the north pole.
A wait to console...
a plea to my soul.
Words cold in my mouth.
Deep ice yet there's drought.
I'd die if it's south.
Dark veils, sun deferred
Polar nights, I heard.
Survival blurred.
Death has a threshold.
As cold nights unfold.
To have a holiday named for you,
you must be greatest we ever knew.
You must be the bestest of the best -
one who eclipses all the rest.
Some say, when all is said and done,
no one beats George Washington.
Others lift their voices in praise to sing
of the Reverend Martin Luther King.
But who's the best at running at a hole,
and jabbing in it a long pole,
and sailing high up into the air,
and clearing a bar with room to spare?
All I'm really trying to say,
is Happy Mondo Duplantis Day.
bawdy at the polls
the quiet blasphemy~
tricks have pockets full
***
For John ;),
Mondo, Mondo -
Your pole wobbles as you run.
Mondo, Mondo -
Pole vaulting, just for fun.
How does Mondo while the time up there,
As he soars high in the sky of blue?
Why, he visits Mary Poppins there,
Along with clouds, and lovely birds too.
I sat, uninspired, in my condo.
When on TV, no routine John Doe
Flew above a balloon
And then over the moon,
That amazing pole vaulter, Mondo.
Someones watching me
stands out among other birds
beautiful cardinal
There was a venturous gent
Who travelled the earth’s extent
But at the North Pole
It took quite a toll
Deciphering their accent
It started when he heard elves
Discussing amongst themselves
Saying: ‘le’s make oys
For he girls and boys
And pu all his suff on shelves’
Then said: ‘beer wear warm bandannas
Visiing Monreal and Monana
Because we’re old
Is exra cold
So bring exra blankes for Sana’
Now this gent was truly confused
With the kind of language elves used
Yet he feared missing
So kept on listening
And flipped from anguished to amused
The elves resumed: ‘Is ime o sing
Followed by hiry bells o ring’
Well that sent the gent
Closer to the scent
Of the kind of slang they did sling
He then met the elves finally
With a hey, hello, and howdy
Then said the words right
Singing Silent Night
As: ‘Silen nigh’; with a silent T
Translation if wanted:
Let's make toys
For the girls and boys
And put all this stuff on shelves
Beter wear warm pajamas
Visiting Montreal and Montana
Because we're told
It's extra cold
So bring extra blankets for Santa
It's time to sing
Followed by thirty bells to ring.
Tall IV polls pass in the hall
Outside the patient bathroom
The owners flash smiles
Ignoring the wires
Basic society 101
Smiling While Pole Dancing Artimus (C) Susan Manley 11/13/2023
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