I foresee the day
but it would be a pity
if all the residents ran away
and were to flee New York city
like rats leaving a sinking ship
with streets high garbage-piled
overcrowding crime and corruption
it's no place to raise a child
nor recommendation as gateway
so they say to the Land of the Free
where you have the opportunity to be
anything or anyone you want to be
acorns falling
planting residents
dormant leaves shaking
with excitement
roots to grow
rings to wind
bark to shine
at last buds unfurl
Like an ancient Ebenezer
oaks positioned to be victorious
Flora and fauna
The most common residents
In Rainforest Land.
Geese
live in resort town
people feed
That cream-coloured car is there again
in the parking space at that block of white flats.
She's there every weekday, its owner:
a warden, official, administrator?
Does she work in a room there,
or wander the corridors, nattering to residents
who seem to be the walking dead?
Or does she shut herself away till home time?
Why do I find an interest in
that block of apartments,
full of those who amble from one part to another,
if able to move, are not closed off?
Am I to find myself in that place one day soon,
or dead before they can haul me there?
(Sep 2022)
All Island Residents Were Killed
message did receive
either die or have to leave
ancestors would grieve
never left alone
took our island for their own
friends did groan and moan
our end soon would be
left our bodies with debree
God set our souls free
How much longer will God
let us put up with this?
Oh, Medical Residents
Perhaps, nowjust, perhaps, it was worth it to break my knee and thigh?
As those groovy young Med students, made me so heavily sigh!
All had a full head of the hair plus all their teeth, oh wow!
None had wigs or false choppers, like a lonely cow.
It was heaven for me as they busily made their rounds.
I just batted my false eyelashes and made very soft, purring sounds.
Who wants to date older men, most assuredly not me!
Lock me up forever with the young ones, and throw away the key!
Being young, avante-garde, handsome, and smart?
I think is heaven sent, they all hold a special place in my heart.
Tis no joke my physicians name was Dr. Wild.
I dreamt nights away....off being his “wild child.”
Memories of my Recent Hospitalization
Panagiota Romios
11/30/2021
E-liminate
D-readed
I-nfection
T-o
H-eal
A-iling
R-esidents
O-nce
X factor
A-pplies
S-afety
Topic: Birthday of Editha Roxas (June 02)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
Humans of the planet earth
Are able to recover
From the mystery of dirt
That has caused viral danger.
Men of the world in peril
Can adjust so easily
To the changes with strong will
After the adversity.
The chosen people of God
Are not new to rugged clime;
After the destructive flood,
They can adapt to hard time.
The firm hope of God's nation
Makes them look at His promise;
They endure the affliction,
On their way to glorious bliss.
They do not lose their true faith,
Midst the pandemic burden;
They patiently hope and wait,
That they'll reside in heaven.
Form: Tanaga
Glorified bodies on streets of gold*
Sanctified heirs who don’t grow old.
*Revelation 21:21 And the twelve gates were twelve pearls; every several gate was of one pearl: and the street of the city was pure gold, as it were transparent glass.
May 16, 2019
#Icicle Castles and the Residents inside:
Meet the PADLOCKS, RESIDENTS and the POTENTIALS...
They are locked inside, as time goes by, and all they had to do, was make a BREAKTHROUGH...However, NO ONE WANTED TO BE THE "ICEBREAKER"
Except the Sun MELTED the Castle!
A current Hassle for the Padlocks, (Participants) and Potentials???
Let's Hope They Find New Land...
With The Exclusion Of SAND.
©Renee D. Gross 3/28/2018#
Residents of the caves
know much about cave life
little about open clear life
darkness is light so cherished
light in open blessings so hated
Life has revealed to me much
what your eyes give about here
what your ears hear about here
cannot hung up in the heart
undisturbed it cannot rest there
Residents of the living caves
spiders, hyenas, snakes, scorpions
escape into darkness if scared
and life in caves is great happiness
as rest of world of light twitters
But forget that in all their cave lives
there is only one way in- no way out
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