Return to Your Roots
After Rami
Be a lantern
shining through my dreams,
the star I reach for
before falling asleep.
Be an airship
that carries me from dimension
to dimension in my search
for everlasting life.
Be the stairway
between realities of a world
without you
and the stratosphere within your embrace.
Be aware
of your surroundings and know
that you are the sun within each person
you encounter and the essence of your soul is their hope.
The lovechild of a god and a poet
Your eyes in that photo
They spoke of kindness and innocence
The heart on your neck, I took as a sign
Only the heart became a diamond, pointed
Your eyes grew fierce, begging for a challenge
What do you need —
Patience?
My surest weakness
This you ask from me again and again
Stillness?
A most unnatural way
For a dogged scientist
If I could learn your tongue
Hear your thoughts, hold your feelings
Speak my devotion to you the way I know how
I yearn for our souls to meet
Wouldn’t then everything be alright?
Red hair and dark eyes
The way you rest your head on me
I do love you so
Yet your teeth are sharp and draw blood
I pray to discover the lessons you teach
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Reviewers didn’t love it
But of all the films I’ve seen,
My very favorite told the tale
Of Freddie and of Queen.*
Sometimes actors who are special
Can embody, on the screen,
Personalities so perfectly
There is no in-between.
So though I know Rami Malek
Starred in every single scene,
Freddie Mercury was there
On every stage or limousine.
Which is why I really get it
When the judges do convene,
That the honors for best actor
Go to…(you know who I mean!)
*Bohemian Rhapsody
1 cups of crabmeat
1 cup of pureed shrimp
2 cups of minced goeduck snouts
1 cup of minced catfish
4 cups of mushrooms (chopped fine)
2 tablespoons of cayenne
1/2 cup of lemon juice
6 T of chopped dill
3 tablespoons of tarragon
2 teaspoons of celery seeds
6 T garlic (crushed)
3/4 cups of olive oil
3/4 cups of flour
1 cup of minced onion
1/2 cup of yellow bell pepper
2 cups of heavy cream
2 cups of chicken stock
6 egg whites beaten (with peaks)
make a roux with flour olive oil, add onions, bell pepper, celery seeds, garlic and mushrooms,
when the roux becomes brown, remove from stove add 2 cups of chicken stock, allow to cool slightly, add heavy cream and sit aside. add crab, fish, snouts, and shrimps. Season with, lemon juice cayenne, tarragon , and dill.
add egg whites, fold into the fishy mixture. bake in buttered rami cans: serve with a vodka, lemon, buttery, dill hollandaise.
Nagkulong sa ilalim ng kasawian
At nakatulog ng walang kasalanan,
Sa pag-ibig sa iyo ay nanirahan,
Datapwa irog maaga kang lumisan!
Ilang araw kong sarili ay nilitis,
Bawat gabi luha’y kasamang tiniis,
Ikaw sa dibdib kay tagal ‘di naalis,
Bakit buhay ko’y ‘kaw ang siyang ninais?
Payo’y kay rami na sa’kin ‘pinabatid,
Bakit itong utak ay naging makitid?
Hirap talagang masawi sa pag-ibig
Maging aking utak ay ‘di dinirinig.
Isang araw ay namulat akong hubad
Bakit dala ng kasawia’y natamad?
Buhay ma’y mababansagang ‘di mapalad,
Siguro’y‘raming pag-ibig pa’ng lalahad!
Ngayo’y panahon nang kusang pagbabago,
Mulat na ang utak kong kunyari nagtago.
Paalam na sinta kong dagling nang-iwan!
Aywan ko ba’t bakit kidlat kang lumisan.
She scours the globe
With a culturally diverse appetite
Her lustful journey
Juan…Vino…Butch…Jacque...Rami...Pierre
No country is off limits
No country is safe
Her lustful journey
*For David's Dish contest
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