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cardinal aristocat

Cardinal aristocat strode into the priest’s hall
No one uttered a sound, they were stunned after all
He had never looked this fit, this fine, this brave or tall
His regular plain monk’s tunic had made him feel small.

So, you decided to join us after all, said the priest’s cat
She was a mean beast, a hisser, a scratcher, and fat
Cardinal aristocat ignored her as if she were a mouse or gnat
He had come to show off his ensemble and his new hat.

An Actual Use For My Vision Insurance

looking at the water
with less money than i had before
thinking about the latest person that was blessed with a lucky scratcher
i look down at my lunch
i look in the armrest compartment at my work badge
i look at the interior of my old lady faithful that i just had repaired
i think about my blessed mobility and what i can still do
then i look up and it has stopped raining and the skies are perfectly blue
suddenly i notice a waterfall that was not there before confidently winking its eye at me
the flow of the water is drawing inspiration from a now well rested sun
i guess i got it and this is some sort of approval gesture
maybe it is a Blessing From God for not only me as an unbeknownst reminder
whatever it is, i ask no questions and just roll with it
my lunch is hotter just like i like it and the orange cream soda is colder and just the right level of refreshing
all views are more thoroughly EnJoyed with New Meaning and with a New Fervor

Speaking of Riddles - Here's One

Fellow travelers, an itch I'd like to scratch with you:
  'His corpse was riddled with bullets' is a real head-scratcher.
Does it imply that either the corpse or the bullets were body-snatchers?

I know. I know. I'm supposed to picture lots of bullet holes in his corpse. 
  But why 'riddled?' What's the puzzle here?
I don't get it. Maybe you do. If so, please leave me a note, my dear.

Perfect Sycophant

Only sack scratcher
      one  who harasses cossacks 
           It sucks  and tiresome..

Concept Corrected and Connected and Brains Collected

in again had clocked
thoughts from my mind had been blocked
my brain tightly locked

concept corrected
mind with body connected
my brains collected

had been head scratcher
not ever virus catcher
be of sound stature

seen in state of shock
we had checked out cattle stock
chip off the old block

poem up contriving
did see bird which was diving
find more food striving

masks decomposing
them should be reimposing
properly disposing

when things went to waste
they will have done with much haste
did not meet our taste

books stored side by side
none of them will want to hide
read them all have tried

about quanon
always wished that it was gone
start a bright new dawn

a brief nap I took
read one more page in my book
about Trump being crook

on you God will grow
my Bible has told me so
did fight off each foe

ingenuity
should buy an annuity
in community

at wheel may have dosed
to virus we were exposed
whole house should be hosed

Irreconcilable Paradoxes

Strange, funny even; 
             someone spending two hours 
         in the gym at noon, sweating it out 

          then defeats the purpose at night
            by wolfing down 3 large slices
                of cheese pizza for dinner!

        Yet I hold my laughter and criticism 
        because I'm sure that at some point 
              I've been unknowingly guilty 
                  of such self-sabotage!

           I'm also sure it has caused friction 
            in relationships, even break-ups!

          Head-scratching; a dyed-in-the-wool 
             pro-lifer vehemently supporting
          the death penalty. I can almost hear 
                 a thought out there going...

          "What the? I don't get that one!"

        Yeah, it's a head-scratcher for me, too
    I bet it discombobulates even an oxymoron!
       It will make sense to me when 2+2 is 5!



POLARITIES AND PARADOXES Poetry Contest (Winner: 4th Place)
Sponsored by Line Gauthier 
Date written and submitted: 01/16/2020

Did Discover That Trump Is Diabolic and More

Did Discover That Trump Is Diabolic

We did discover Trump was diabolic;
Symbolic of problem that is Systolic;
Does need some stroll,
Through weight control;
Way above head becoming psychotic.

Jim Horn

Fear What We Hear from Trump

What we hear from Trump always fear;
Never can make things perfectly clear;
Pay ransom,
For enthusiasm;
Give a kick in the rear then disappear.

Jim Horn

Facts that you may have forgot,
Even if cold or some times hot;
Not sure,
Of cure;
So go ahead and give it a shot.

Wife called me a great back scratcher;
Yogi Berra had been a great catcher;
Need prime minister like Margaret Thatcher;
In rye they needed a catcher and thrasher;
Who was the best party crasher?
How many ever had a good smasher;
On did you learn to be latcher;
Of tires can possibly become a patcher;
On Saturday Night Live ever saw a Trump enactor;
Made people mad who became a hater;
Like Patriots many records shatter.
Be tight end who knows which way to scatter.
Have you ever heard feet go pitter pater.

Can you think of any or many or not any at all?

Jim Horn

Head Scratcher

I wonder exactly why
All humans so quickly die
Perhaps it is from 
Political scum
Or maybe it's from all the wine

A Back Scratcher Thingy

Know what's one of the most exhilarating things
Scratching your back, so much joy it brings
A “back scratcher” is famed
Pleasure is it's game
Almost pass out as my tender old heart takes wing

To Be a Part of Landscape

 You can travel the four thousand miles of the Nile
to its source and never find it.
You can climb the five highest peaks of the Himalayas
and never recognize it.
You can gaze through the largest telescope
and never see it.
Arthur Sze

 To be a part of landscape

From a distance landscape has a
recognizable outline. 
A skin mite, grazing fleshy meadows 
grotesque microscopic cow,
has no concept of the human form it feeds from.

Just as a mountain in close proximity
is no longer symbolic of its form,
romance and the imagination of it
is reduced to a frozen, physical obstruction
that is a challenge to survival.

The skin mite tumbles, a huge force
has torn it's clawlike hooves from
living apertures, it falls
with flakes of dead turf into a 
depthless void, unoticed 
by the scratcher,

and the mountain climber sees the
blinding wall of snow that
flashes by him as he falls,

unoticed by the mountain.

A Real Chin Scratcher

I scratch my chin
while i sit and ponder
And i wonder
about that poetess
way down yonder
Shes far away 
So many miles
Filled with so many poetic styles
But now shes asked me to make her smile.
But what kind of smile im not quite clear
Is it one from ear to ear
Or maybe just a smirk i fear
Oh dear Oh dear
I must take care whats written here. 
I know that this will sound absurd 
But should I attach two cranes upon these words
And fasten to the corners of her cheeks 
And hoist them upwards as she reads.
But maybe thats just a way to cheat
And it might just make her grit her teeth
Maybe ill send it with chocolates
And a yellow rose 
or a music box
with a ballerina dancin on her toes
I just dont know
So ill sit and ponder a little while 
About means and ways to make her smile
That poetess down yonder across the miles

For PD's make me smile contest

I Fell In Love With a Tree Stump

I fell in love with a tree stump
Well, my wife's wooden leg
Part of that tree helps her walk
With another part, I made a keg

I fill that thing full of rootbeer
The keg I mean, not my wife
The leg I made from an old cedar stump
That I whittled out with my knife

She smells like Christmas all year long
Don't you just love that cedar smell?
Sometimes I use it to play with the dog
Makes a good back scratcher as well

In termite season she throws a terrible fit
They just won't leave her alone
She says she loves the leg I made
But she wishes I made it of stone

I fell in love with a tree stump
And then I started to think
With the rest of that stump I'll build an outhouse
The cedar will cover the stink

In the Pasture

Winter Coated Cow
Leans against a knotty tree
a Good Back scratcher.

A Most Lucky Penny

Walking' down the street

I see something shining

at my feet 

bronze and round 

glittering in the sun

it's a penny

I pick it up and run

I know just what to buy

a 'lucky sevens' scratcher

and with my new penny

 I try:  scratch off 

and win money!

$7777 dollars to be exact

picking up a penny is wise

and that's a fact!

The Elimination Method

Simple Mathematics, really.
To eliminate one component
To solve a problem quickly.


I’ll form the problem into a manageable state,
By easily eliminating an unwanted variable.
Now, just what variable to eliminate?


First, I will multiply the X by two.
That’s the first step. Done, I feel fine.
I will multiply the Y too.


Now, I add my X plus X.
My Y plus Y.
That was to make sure it checks.


Now here’s the predicament (easy my shoe!)
This is my problem,
And a real head-scratcher too!


The equation adds up nicely
And the X and Y are simplified.
But, how do I eliminate my algebra homework
Precisely?

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