Hope that at the end
I’ve not left anything on the table
that all was said and done
and I’d lived life to its fullest
AP: 3rd place 2025
madness is
thinking of
e-v-e-r-y-t-h-i-n-g
you think
you’ll accomplish
today
satisfaction comes
before
thought
my own tiny Kansas environment owes me an apology
I have wanted a dog run built and it keeps getting promised
yet the powers that be have thrown rain into the equation
for two or three weeks, it is as if we have had a small tsunami
society is moving on without my input, aide or suggestions
I am tethered to my house, watching my puppy who chases cars
Worse, he runs around them as they drive and he follows pretty girls home
Two pretty girls keep bringing him back, and they all three seem to like it
I live in a fantasy world when I am not concentrating my energy on dog
A happy painter, a cartoonist, a poet, I keep busy.
in my art studio is a stack of thirty-two drawn out canvases.
I draw them out while I watch TV. I am adding paint to eleven others.
I am peter pan, but in female. I never want to grow up.
Never want to be part of the approved society, for I do not seek approval.
I seek fun, satisfaction and joy, and I am rarely disappointed.
My days are full of dragons, rainbows, faeries, and mushroom houses.
best homemade ice cream
the pride and satisfaction
of maple walnut
AP: Honorable Mention 2025
Satisfaction
Can Be A Strategy
Or A Perspective.
All Inclusive.
It Can Be Either
Or Neither Or
Both.
Whatever You
Insist.
-Gray Squirrel
02-25-2025
I can't get no satisfaction
I can't get no satisfaction
'Cause I try and I try and I try and I try
I can't get no, I can't get no
I Can’t Get No Satisfaction/written by Mick Jagger/Keith Richards
there is an old man named Mick
who uses music as his shtick
when he tries to get some action
he seems to get no satisfaction
even though he thinks he’s pretty slick
A jolly mind delights in acquiring knowledge,
a cheerful heart dances to the rhythm of flapping leaflets.
The pleasure of learning new things,
the satisfaction in doing what you love,
the bliss of your soaring knowledge,
the exhilaration that sends you straight to the high-heavens,
the overwhelming contentment of being in the cusp of literacy,
the contentment of being an erudite.
The heart sings in delight,
your mind sighs in euphory,
your whole being engulfed in overwhelming satisfaction.
Punished for nothing and sacrificed
For the sake of its murderers vanity
They victimized you to satisfy
Their own uplifting insanity
What was the subliminal god's reaction?
Seems he wasn’t too pleased with that
So quoting Mick Jagger, no satisfaction
Has appeared as a matter of fact
Mortal sins have exceeded all expectations
The worst get unlimited power
The wise have diluted in million variations
Their wisdom, to build more glass towers
The poor peaceful animal is unremembered
Under hassles and troubles of things
Kindness of the humble ones has been slandered
Evil thrive on the order it brings
What now, how about satisfaction
Where’s that god, is he not far around?
Pandora is setting up box production
And that scapegoat still falls on the ground.
Colour unto black-and-white.
Darkness revealed by the light.
Cold which warms to become hot.
Lines drawn from a single dot.
Wooden homes replaced by bricks.
Something different in the mix.
Out with old and in with new...
Such is change for me and you.
Change can be a welcome touch...
For the better, providing much.
It may hold the needed answers
To frictional circumstances.
At times, it can be for worse...
Less a blessing, more a curse.
Trial and error could be so...
Otherwise, you will never know.
Some are open to a change...
Others find its idea strange.
Those more willing to adaption
Tend to reap more satisfaction.
Remember what you were taught in school!
While you may think it gains you traction,
You sound the ungrammatical fool.
Say, "I can't get ANY satisfaction".
Turn your dreams into reality by making the right moves
Time to come out of your shell, you have something to prove
Turn what are your inner desires into a course of actions
Take a chance to investigate what just might bring you lots of satisfaction
Life has so many avenues that a person needs to explore
Do not limit your choices, let the world show you what it has in store
Allow yourself to be that person you have created in your mind
Explore the four corners of the earth you may be surprised at what you might find
Climb the highest mountain, take a hot air balloon ride
Time will provide you with whatever you want, you just need to decide
Above all do something that ignites that fire deep inside
Life should be fulfilling, heart pounding, magical ride
I want to cuddle you forever
Hold you in embrace
Hug and reassure you
Kiss your pretty face
Wake up right beside you
Look into your eyes
Share a tender moment
Not be quick to rise
Stay under the blanket
Toasty, cozy, warm
Holding hands beneath it
Tracing out your form
Telling you I love you
Whispers in your ear
Step by step together
Mountain top is near
One on one instruction
Reveals what we like best
Doing for each other
After we can rest
You’ve come out this evening
For a wee, delicious bite
Drink fine wine, meet new friends
Your expectation? A fabulous night
Our farm is Vergenoegd Löw
It’s an interesting, unusual designation
Give me a minute to clear the mystery
By treating you to this narration
I searched all of the interwebs
To see,
who definitely knew?
I found an interesting list of people
Who’ve experienced it through and through
Seems that Debbie. From Dallas.
She knew it all
Mick and the Stones, when they got it
They had a ball
Bob Marley and UB40
At the end of a gig
They defs experienced it
When they lit up a spliff
Ghandi and Roy Orbison wrote about it,
As did Anne Frank and Kahlil Gibran,
Michael Jordan, Freud, Bill Gates,
The Pope, Margaret Thatcher. Even Superman.
It’s time to translate it
I’ll end my protraction
When you drink the wine tonight
You will experience - Satisfaction
Vergenoegd, and Professor Löw
Happiness comes
when the pain ceases,
love we found
when we cry
smiling with joy...
Life is in our hands
For we to spend
Let's contented, relax and enjoy
Even a small remain from the dinner table
Fills the hope of a swarm of ants under the table
Let's find the way to love and to utilize
Small thing can become great idea
A small contentment is a part of a great satisfaction
Contentment leads to satisfaction
Satisfaction leads to relaxation, enjoyment and happiness
And happiness leads to achievement of target and mission
After all maybe happiness is the only special offer in life
For we to purchase and spend
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