What do you do if there's a coyote in your yard?
That's an excellent question and the answer's not hard.
Though his visit may have been unplanned,
smile, introduce yourself, and shake his hand.
The first eight hours of Emory Gleep
were mainly spent in sleep;
but when, finally, he awoke,
not a word, he spoke.
Maybe,
he was a baby.
I
Am
The
Word
Dream
Before
Gaining
Momentum
Minty moonlight
crackles like bug juice
under waxen stars
that sing with wrath.
Summer suns die
as Autumn tickles
ice cream nomads
with ribbons of lice.
To Grandma, an apple can make pie.
My darling is the apple of my eye.
These sweet thoughts visit me
as I pick an apple from a tree -
pity that it takes a bite to learn
what an apple is to a worm.
Several male colleagues in a work meeting
Each competent and able
In walks the angry little boss man
Yelling at them “ today….you need to put your balls on the table”!!
Ewwww…..”what a thought”!
excessive jewelry
hair dyed yellow and purple
boisterously loud
thinks she is in her twenties
both ears triple pierced
dragonfly tattoo on back
seventy-four and silly
Eternity is dull.
That's something to mull,
and I would pursue it
if I had time to do it.
It was Cinderella's very first ball.
She drank a wee bit too much alcohol
and was shocked when she awoke
by an over-friendly bloke
who spoke Neanderthal.
Good evening, dear lady, how do you do?
I humbly present myself to you.
It's true. I just escaped from the zoo,
but I'm not a snake or ocelot,
and though, on my coat, you see a spot,
I'll give you everything I've got -
and while I have a tail, prehensile,
I have what you need - the essential.
So, put down that kitchen utensil.
My finger claws are all retractive.
So, let's get wild and interactive.
A neanderthal can be attractive.
As I wait for money in dismay,
I say, "There's bills to pay. JK!"
The little folk dance
And laugh with glee,
Sticking their tongues out
And pointing at me,
With my head in a hole
And my feet up a tree.
It's not for a single bean, I toil.
I set an army in a pot to boil
for two hours in a roiling sea -
to my stomach, a cruel eternity.
Like every son and daughter,
a bean longs for calmer water,
but this huge leguminous glut,
will not find it inside my gut.
It was terror that sat on a dainty plate,
the monster that I ate.
A starfish or a pentacle?
No, it was something with a tentacle.
I was shaken to my very core.
She asked, "never had sushi before?"
As I downed another saki, warm,
I felt she meant to do me harm.
From the seaweed in her hair,
eyes on stalks began to stare.
I couldn't take all the attention,
and murmured, "something I forgot to mention",
and dashed like hell right out the door.
Perhaps this serves to underscore
why I'm not dating anymore.
When I took a toke,
a peanut boldly spoke,
and took a stick to poke
me in the nose,
but you didn't see me froze.
I will not be cowed
by peanuts, brash and loud.
Courageous and so proud,
with a compass and a rudder,
I turned them into butter -
and with a cracker made of graham,
I'll spread them thick with jam.
That's the kind of guy I am.
If peanuts ever bother you,
I hope you'll do that too.
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