deer bounded over the fence and slid down the slide
graceful in one huge leap – almost a glide
my dogs are barking disapprovingly
deer runs back up the slide coughing gleefully
you’ll let anyone on the slide says my husband Jim
This is cause for war, so now I won’t let him.
.
'tiz hampered
twixt'd
ooooh thuh storiez
each mine duke's digits
would
'pon slip
spill
each their own
tome
e.g.
i reach'd 'low
whence 'witch'd
warm
(((shnap)))
thus thuh
bard born'd
were
this way
Ain’t no pressure, no chains,
no demands in my tone
you a man with your road
and I got one of my own
But whenever our paths cross
somewhere in between
there’s a warmth in my heart,
you know what I mean
It’s in the curve of my verse,
the curl of my lips
in the pause of my lines
and the sway of my hips
It’s in our rhythmic tension,
the tease we’ve found
the hush in my lines when
you slide through unbound
I ain’t chasing your shadow,
I don’t need to pursue
but the rhythm in my body
whispers only for you
Every glance, each wink
and every pause got a pull
like my words know your touch
and you make me whole
Now your name on my breath,
your shadow in my song
come slide through my world,
I been waiting too long
As cock of the walk and feeling cocky
I cocked a snook or two
derisive snorts more than cheeky
with a cock-a-doodle-doo
at her cock-a-leekie
and when she cocked an eye at me
on the moment's spur
I first cocked my hat
then cocked an eye at her
on a slippery slope downhill slide
absurd it was because
we were now both cockeyed
.
i were born'd tuh
spark
thuh flame
yourn
pink's
chameleon
(((Lap)))
red
')>
It is the same for us all.
Good days now and then, bad days also.
Clear skies and cloudy nights.
Time progresses, distraction is the crave.
Sliding right on in,love the only motivation.
They do, they tell not to.
Eyes turn blind, they do for love.
Realisation, the crave grows stronger still.
That to see, is not your will.
The wrong one has the control.
Everything has changed, happiness absorbed away.
Out along with the smoke exhaled?
Rules changed, doing it for what now?
pursuing my goals
one step ahead two behind …
life’s moonwalk
Genesis 2
As the dewdrops slide down the tomato
Silent thoughts turn to you
How you love to plant a garden, eat
The fruits, but not a stew
God planted a garden for man
Man was given a command
To tend the grand garden planted
Now what happens to the land
Husband of mine still tries to tend
While scientist still mix
Potions to destroy the whole world
Then earth they can't fix
In the garden, dirt on your hands
You are content again
Out in the heat, sweat on your skin
Will you die out there in pain
love is always loving you
she says
like the ocean loves the waves
but the road to your heart
is rough a/f
not for the faint of...
it's dangerous
not many would dare
so many beautiful places
blocked by so many
rock slides
is it too much work
to clear the way
or easier
not to feel
love is always loving you
she says
like the ocean loves the waves
On the monkey bars,
riding that see saw;
Always wearing a
devil may care grin,
Life is a playground;
A game of tag
that person’s it;
Hide and go seek
in play at dark;
Laughter whirls
on swing sets
whimsical;
Wild turn
about …
slide!
Became because
Background bedbug
Boldface bookcase
Blackmail blacklist
Misspoke backstroke
Bellboy below
Blacksmith bluefish
Backside backslide
4/1/24
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr. 2024©
Birth to death is a downward slide
Notice the signs every day
My luscious hair is thinning rapidly
Muscles are starting to decay
Eyesight's caused me to wear by-focals
My back's in perpetual pain
Haven't had to use one of those walkers
Don't have use of my brain
On the bright side still alive and kicking
Though high as I once did
Keep exercising and eating sensibly
Gonna try to stop my skid
Got a few years left in this body
Making best of the time I've left
Spreading cheer with my silly old rhymes
Till my bod's laid to rest
Phew!
Humming in the air
the edge of the cliff echoes;
Raised tectonic slide.
Zippily, zippity, I slip down
the slippery dip slide.
Zippity-doo-dah, slippily-dippity-do!
Suddenly and nippily, tipping
backwards to quicken the pace.
Snappily, I whippingly
swish right off the end of the slide.
I launch into space,
Fly high in the air, arms wildly flaying
like a rocket man on steroids, screaming.
I land with an awfully
painful jolt, snap and thump.
Woefully my aplomb undone,
not so spryly or lightly,
right on my backside.
I let it slip away.
I held the hand for
as long as I could.
Too weak to draw the
dangling body up.
The hand became limp
and cold, lifeless,
clammy in my fingers.
The head below was hanging
down impervious to
my warm tears streaming
down from my face.
What more could I do?
Exhausted, hopeless, done
I let it slip, slide, away.
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