Short Germy Poems

A nurse saunters by 
wearing all black
even black nursing shoes
I never saw that before

The ones with super hero scrubs work with children.
But which patients does she work with?
Do they think of her as a real nurse not wearing white?

Questions to ponder as I see masked bandits
enter in and out of doctor’s offices, sharing this germy common room....

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The mouse in our house is a rat,
I'm now quite certain of that.
It's not little and cute,
It's long and uncouth.
Can't wait til I hear it go splat!

11/16/12
(An apology to all animal lovers. I really do not
want to kill it. I love animals too. I just want the
germy rodent out of my house, and I want him to 
stay gone!)
For Andrea's "Show Me the Funny Part II" contest...

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The slots spin,
the casino’s siren song
bellows its flashy music-box tune.

Click, click, click….

O so close!

“It’s not gambling,” she says,
“it’s just a half-assed prayer
we ritually repeat to a sleeping deity.
one that doesn’t like germy fingers
poking at her all night.

Don’t forget to wash your hands,
they provide restrooms,
for when we are tired
of crapping out
on the craps tables.”...

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Grotesque green grandpa and grandma goblins gratifying greasy gravies.
Gregariously greeting grateful guests who are going goat-herding in Greenland.
Glimpsing grievous grandchild who gobbles greasy gravies greedily, 
Grandma and Grandpa gives Gabe, their gallivanting grandson a glimpse of
Grotesque germs giggling and gallivanting in grease.   Gabe is good-natured
as he gobbles, and gasps at the germy gunky gravy....

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Anteater had Covid and no one would come over
Swan ran toward his house with her pet dragonfly Clover.
They brought him ants freshly picked from the fallen log.
He was excited to see them, and so was Chester, his dog.

Thank you for coming! Do you want something to eat?
I wouldn’t! Warned a scurrying corner-hugging mouse. 
Of course, they did not want food from this germy house
But the generous anteater’s gesture was sweet....

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Don’t bury me in an eco-pod
for I am biodegradable already.
Don’t bury me in the earth,
or animal feces I might birth
nor in lead
because while lead is harmless to the dead
it is after all lead.
Don’t bury me under stone,
beneath a stone all alone.
Bury me in fermenting compost,
you may leave my feet 
sticking out just for laughs.
Yes wormy me, good an
germy, awfully squirmy,
until all is dank and smelly,
the I will grow roses 
out of my belly....

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I am a mouse, black as a shadow 
I may enter your house
I am a mouse
 I search first for shelter and habitation 
I then nibble tear up and ravish and destruct
 I gnall and munch and eat off your food
 I can make you do a funky dance when you enter the room 
I can't be germy and nasty if given a chance 
Did I mention and tell you we can come together and dance
 I am a mouse


1/15/21
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr © 2021...

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her neihbobors pollen
caused her to sneeze
it made her angry
and she fell to her knee
oh god this
damn pollen
what the hell will I do
it's everywhere
she rinsed off her car
and she continued to sneeze
she washed her hair
and said oh god please
she cursed every grain
she damned every one
she Cursed the meteorologist
said he thought it was fun
damn you all
and damn the medication people to
damn let spring be over
i know you feel the same way too
germy germy people!...

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