The sun has sunk out of sight
Marking the dawn of twilight,
Soon, stars sneak in, a delight,
Painting the world silver white,
Every tiny point of light
A bacon in the grey night.
jack-o-lantern stack of four
tried to sneak out witch’s door
she caught them and reeled them right back in
they were now guarded by her silly twin
we can outfox her, the leader of the stack said
they pretended to snore, got into her pithy head
she was soon asleep, not watching them at all
we can do it now! said the littlest one, his name was Small
They began to sneak and approached the door
It opened up and there was the witch LaMore
I knew I’d have to do the job myself, she said.
The pumpkins stayed there, hearts felt like lead.
.
likewise
i can sneak you
in az well
hear that
saturday love
me ewe
and
and you
How Would You
Define Love?
On Copper Kettle Dreams
Reflected In A Frozen Summer
Dancing On A Wooden Spoon.
How Would YOU Define It Now?
On Whisps Of Fragrent
Smothering Blooms Delivering
Solace To Stormy Seas?
How Would You Consume Love?
In Laughing Puddles Cold
And Careless, Waving Mercilessly...
Waving Back..
How Would You Ataack With
Love Right Back?
-Gray Squirrel
11-23-2025
Puisque je dois te retrouver
dans des endroits isolés
je te verrai là-bas
Puisque je dois mentir
quelques instants avec toi
alors je dois juste mentir
car si je ne peux pas aller jusqu'au bout, ma belle
j'ai l'impression que je vais me demander pourquoi
j'ai besoin de toi
près de moi
j'ai besoin de toi
,Puisque je dois me faufiler
pour être avec toi
voilà ce que je ferai, chérie
Puisque je dois te retrouver
dans des endroits isolés
je te verrai là-bas
Puisque je dois mentir
quelques instants avec toi
alors je dois juste mentir
car si je ne peux pas aller jusqu'au bout, ma belle
j'ai l'impression que je vais me demander pourquoi
j'ai besoin de toi
près de moi
j'ai besoin de toi, ma belle
ça fait si longtemps
ah-ah----ah--ah oh, ooh oo!
__________________________________________________
she and her husband had problems
while he went away working
she began seeing a guy
she wasn't serious about leaving her husband
"a fling thing you know"
the guy fell deep in love
so much he wrote this song for her
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Sneak to Reek
Every time I look away,
the storm sneaks in
another step.
I see a flash in
the periphery
out of sight.
I feel a tremble
a tumble, a rumble
in the air.
The storm hushed heralds
it's there.
Rollings in relentless,
all powerful,
unstoppable,
ignorable,
reticent,
and strangely shy.
Inevitable,
the storm
sneaks in,
to reek
and come on
by.
Loud crazy-sounding hullabaloo in the center of town
Carnival? Fiesta? Mobsters? Balloon-shaping clown?
We could not wait for our parents to slumber
Creeped out of our windows, hid behind piles of lumber
Ran down there to see whatever mischief we could
The square was empty except for a lone pile of pine wood
Our parents’ cameras had shown them what we had done
They were soon there also, spoiling our fun
Its early morning and my baby she done put me out.
(She done put me out now, ya hear?)
Its early morning and my baby hung me out.
(Hung me out to dry, last summer sun.)
Its early morning and I tried to take me a ride.
(Alright.)
Its early morning and I'd try to go for a ride.
I'm a tight-roping dancer baby, failure on both sides.
(We'll I tried.)
And that's fine.
I'll just have to go and meet you on the other side.
(What side?)
I said, "I see you when I gotta", and I'll have to soon.
I'll make that other side, with or without you.
- A Blues Tune
Written: 11-4-2020
My opponent will destroy democracy
But my opponent will normalize hypocrisy
My opponent pays hush money to whores
Well, my opponent snoozes in meetings and snores
My opponent’s in cahoots with radical progressives
But my opponent’s tax cuts are regressive
My opponent is in bed with Putin
Well, my opponent for Iran is rootin’
My opponent’s spending will stoke inflation
But my opponent’s plans will increase starvation
Enough! Stop! Cut! Halt!
It’s not all the other guy’s fault
All this negativity makes one thing clear
I’m voting for the first candidate I can cheer
Cancer, the big 'C',
Do you think you mean anything to me?
My Uncle has got you,
You've taken my beautiful daughter too.
But while I am able I will continue to fight,
And I will fight you with every bit of my might.
Slowly we are finding new ways,
To get rid of you and we will make sure you finally pay.
I want to beat you, I want you to feel awful pain as you slowly feel your life fade away.
I hope that you have others that rely on you,
So as you painfully go they can feel the pain to.
I know that at the moment you can sneak and hide away, and I bet you feel exceptionally strong,
But all of mankind are waiting for you to do just one thing wrong.
Then we will pounce, we'll punch and we will stab,
And all of this done in a shiny white lab.
So don't sit there and get brave,
You soon won't even exist in the darkest wet cave!
Flickers in the void reveal,
what space attempts to conceal,
that we’re encased in its womb,
entrapped in a catacomb.
All realms dual are thought forms,
for soul to learn through fierce storms
and then return to God’s light,
that shimmers through space, so bright.
To see this truth with our eyes,
is known when our ego dies,
for since we’re not body-mind,
we see when we’re love aligned.
Love arises on its own,
when lower mind we dethrone,
that as pheromones mingle,
eye of soul becomes single.
Bliss fixates our attention,
to behold God’s dimension,
in, within and all around,
which divine light does surround.
We can see, if we release,
habit to think, a disease
and allow silence to speak,
to get of God, a sneak peek.
Disaster fell upon Soup Creek
When everyone heard Jenna shriek,
"Tom's Marmite was taken!
He'll have to eat bacon
Unless we all play Hide 'n Seek!"
POTUS Joe Biden
met Vladimir Kremlin
said, 'Show me your wares if you dare'
Whereupon Vladimir Kremlin
unleashed a gremlin
grinning atop nuclear hardware
Not to be outdone
Joe had a plan
whipped out a fierce water gun
Said, 'Come here, Vlady Kremlin
along with your gremlin
Take this! (Spritzing them) ~ The War 'gainst Pollution WE'VE won'
In the darkness, I am shapeless.
Formless I slink through the gloom.
Witness, for a moment, death near.
Your breath is deep in its tomb.
In the darkness, you are helpless,
Senseless and fearful forlorn.
Blind to what’s within deep shade,
Displayed in expression adorned.
Your heart beats quicker in darkness,
Your hardness and will are undone.
Looking in shadows for demons;
The legions are really just one.
You fear the darkness around you.
Surrounding, smothering smoke.
Instead you should fear what’s in it.
Admit the terror evoked.
Opening eyes in the darkness,
Harmless is not what I am.
Staring you down from the corner;
No border halting advance.
The gleam of my eyes in darkness,
Its sharpness surprisingly bright,
Pierces your soul as you see them.
Flee, you cannot this midnight.
Fear feeding the fire inside;
Desire to feel the rush,
Of a mortem imposed on you,
And pursuing fresh bones to crush.
You stumble backward at my sight;
A wight from hell in the gloaming.
Fear thick in the air between us
Keen my senses are honing
In darkness I stalked
And forwards I walked
Out from the shadows
While seething
And seeking
The sweet rush of death
from parties i never went to
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