Short Ten Percent Poems
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T.V.
Haiku: by Tom
December 15, 2020
Television is;
ninety per cent commercials,
ten percent other.
orange tweeting bird
sent his buddy to Greenland
frosty reception!
Percy pig candies
UK tariff ten percent ~
are they for the chop?
penguins and grey seals
are desert island dwellers ~
how can they be charged?
dow jones Index falls
trump claims there will be a boom ~
egocentric creep!
Being normal is not normal
But being abnormal is normal
take a baby and study it
take a grown up and study him
in their natural setting it is natural
they are abnormal;
in artificial they are normal
do you understand this?
not supposed to
because human capacity is limited
only ten percent available for knowledge
even being a genius is abnormality
Uncle Jimmy was always bragging about his profits.
He constantly had things to sell.
I made two dollars, a ten percent profit.
I made five dollars, a twenty percent profit.
I made seventeen dollars, a fifty percent profit.
Actually everything he sells gives him a hundred percent profit.
He has never had a job.
His father has purchased anything he thinks he owns.
This no-bituary appears in print,
not to tell you where and when he went
it's merely just to give a hint
he's started on a brand new stint
Forget-you-not's at all his intent,
you'll still see him if you kind of squint
please do not cry; do not lament
he's merely paused on this ascent
In lieu of flowers, please do consent
to a donation of roughly ten percent
(as long as that won't leave you skint)
fond memories, for to supplement
Have you examined time,
at close angles,
we are in the habit,
of dividing it in slots,
there are slots in which we work,
and others which are important,
some slots overlap,
in which we work,
and they are important too,
have you logged such slots,
and totalled them up,
what proportion of 24 you do get,
you would be surprised to find,
its not even ten percent,
in cases most,
one would rather say,
opportunities are limited,
and come by few.
Down! Once More!
The market falls,
To our great despair.
Down it plunges like 1929.
Evaporated. Money gone.
Numbers tick down.
Lines with negative slopes.
Savings and investments erased forever.
Hysteria! Calculated misfortune.
Negative ten percent,
Shown every single day.
Some Hoover or Covid Stew?
Depression. Economic recession.
Stock markets unstable.
Digital numbers determine everything.
Recover will certainly come, eventually.
At eighteen,
I was ninety percent body
and ten percent mind
…but over the years that trend has reversed
Now,
I’m ten percent body
and ninety percent mind
…whose biology Father Time chose to curse
My mind
is now winged
like a high soaring hawk
…with youth the small price for what’s known
All limits
have lifted
old burdens have gone
…as my spirit pulls hard to let go
(Villanova Pennsylvania: July, 2018)
King Solomon received a gift from the Lord, the gift of being wise.
He was able to use his great wisdom to see through people's lies.
When a woman stole a baby, she told King Solomon to cut him in two.
The other lady begged Solomon to give the baby to the thief and he knew that was what the true mother would do.
Perhaps God has given as much wisdom to some others because only he can.
If I only had ten percent of King Solomon's wisdom, I would be a better man.