Short Sitters Poems

Artist Kurt Scwitters
did not bother with 'sitters'
His major collage 'Merzbau'
'objet trouve'here&there somehow...

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In lightness
sight is easy
In darkness
impossible

There’s a place
in between

I kept knocking
until
A little voice
Whispered

Excuse me
the soul sitters
not at home...

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a gift I share is
idleness a gift for you
I superimpose

classroom back sitters 
find futures as beautician 
or divorce lawyer

front pews church sitters 
best view observers also 
judge of character...

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nannies
grannies

watchin’
children

mouth stuffed?
cheeks puffed?

bouncy
ball-ee

legos
clown nose

toy cars
gold stars

knickknacks
thumbtacks

foil from
chew gum

day care
au pair

sitters'
jitters...

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‘fence sitters’


The PC Rules state
that….

If I say something
that you find offensive
I have to stop
saying it.

Therefore,
it would follow
that…

If I take offense
to your taking offense
you must stop
taking offense
because I took offense
to your taking offense.

John G. Lawless
5/4/2016...

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sitters
listen

check the
kids' mouths

puzzle
pieces

bouncy
ball-ees

pointed
pencils

legos
car keys

Play-Doh 
pin wheels 

slugs from 
Nerf guns 

Polly
pockets

mouthfuls 
big ones 

careful 
sitters 

goofproof 
youngsters


written March 19, 2018
James Edward Lee Sr.'s  Footle contest
Put Your Footle Out Your Mouth...

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Leonardo's influences realism.
Paintings within the grandest
architecture demands the most 
perfect delicate realism.

Their essence swathed in luxurious
fabrics,rich in warm wood,woven in
the finest tapestries gleams
of the shiniest metals + jewels.

Sitters command respect with their
permanent presence.
All paintings are elaborately framed
exuding an air of reverence....

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Ponderings

The Geese were milling around
honking incessantly
asking for directions
the swans paced
regal egg sitters
awaiting their shift
the beaver gritted his teeth
soft wood
hard winter
the river sighed
cold water
edged with ice
spring sun
challenged
the grip of winter
log sitting turtles
cheered it on
the osprey eyed
his do it yourself nest
a distant woodpecker
plays
taps at sunset


John G. Lawless
3/25/2021...

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I never quite know how to feel.
It used to mark a day of sweets
A day of cards and laughter.
At 10, my views were changed.
The phone call came
And even though it was a blizzard,
We were left at the sitters.
Hours went by.
They picked us up at midnight.
I knew something was wrong.
My father kissed my forehead,
Something he had never done.
It's hard to be happy on Valentines Day,
But I try to find comfort knowing
You left us, 
To be with your Valentine...

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The man sat in his wheelchair;
His aide was on the phone,
Behavior to which aides and sitters
Oftentimes are prone.

“You’re hungry?” She hung up and said;
The question I’d not heard.
“But you had lunch!” and yet
His urge for food was undeterred.

“Remember? At the Mansion?
Chicken pot pie was your meal,
With lentil soup, then ice cream.”
(Likely as a mid-day deal.)

It wasn’t even 2 o’clock
Yet still, they headed back,
Abandoning the river
For an after-lunchtime snack....

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