Swallows careen to cracker crumbs
Left lying near the narcissi.
Whilst a dead friend visits the bedroom
Sitting in a corner
In a perpetual shadow
Rolled up on a death notice
Ripped from the town crier’s board.
Has Hellas come to call us
Back to everlasting realms?
Idiotic Preliminary to Psychotic
What some may need is an antibiotic;
For things they did do that are idiotic;
Must take care,
Here and there;
We presume is first stage for psychotic.
Jim Horn
Preliminary Hearing
Preliminary
Hearing results will all vary;
Could be contrary.
Jim Horn
Stairs are like classes
preliminary to top
who reaches obtains
Gilded pols with verbal jousts disarm
With statistical ballasts constituents charm
On opponents deceptive feints, sound the alarm
Scout for votes in city, dale, and farm
Broker deals that bolster their position
Deceptive adds initiate their political inquisition
Bribe voters of every walk and station
Recount votes with cunning derision
Conveniently forget every token promise
Accept all gratuities without malice
With honey and wine, fill every lobbyist chalice
Satiate ego with fatuous, frivolous dalliance
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