A man named Ebenezer
Was also a very bad sneezer
I thought he was joking
When he took up smoking
And now he's also a wheezer.
Silly old geezer!
Life lover
Death mugger
Hope giver
Low sugar
Water chugger
Love lugger
Tree hugger
Silly bugger
Fun frolicker
Food fantasiser
Friend finder
Hug holder
Soft shouldered
Money shrugger
Deep diver
Divine dealer
Rift healer
Hate hater
Kindness creator
Destiny developer
Imperfect Father figure
Occasional tent rigger
Peace pursuer
Joy juggler
Plate wobbler
Poetry writer
Destiny thriver
Earth empowerer
Environment ambassador
Eden encourager
Evil eradicator
Snake stamper
Veganish validator
Animal appreciator
Wonderful wisdom warrior
Future fantasiser
Present meditator
Past appreciator
Sporty spectator
Not so bad geezer
Summertime sneezer
Bespectacled bungler
Kitchen surface scrubberer
Sad movie blubberer
Healthcare handler
Magic marveller
Movie meddler
Piano plonker
Canine craver
Book reveller
River walker
Christ carrier
Church changer
Cross celebrator
Deafness dabbler
Community keeper
Poverty challenger
Happiness harbinger
Justice instigator
Prayer purveyor
Holiness hailer
Jehovah jotter
Jesus jostler
Bible basher
Beautiful
Believer.
I heard the sneeze
I felt a wet breeze
Tell me now what should I do
Was it C-19 driven?
Should I be forgiven
With the traditional “God bless you”?
Or should I have a seizure
And scream at the sneezer
Then pour on the hand sanitizer
Make a big scene
Or self quarantine
I need a health care advisor
So I Googled and Facebook
They’re experts I’m told
From cooking to cleaning
From cancers to colds
Now I have enough Charmin
To last me four weeks
The bears say it’s strong
And yet soft on my cheeks
I’ve got bottled water
With plenty of spares
Now all I need is
Somebody who cares
I’m showing no symptoms
No sneezing or caughin’
My nose runs a bit
But not really that often
Yet my friends are afraid
I might breath on them
Or they just might touch something
Where my fingers have been
So here I sit
And no one comes near
And that’s how it will be
Till I get the “all clear”
To jitterbug and jive, perhaps to feel alive;
Dreaming that I too could dance as well as you;
Strutting to a tango in Chichicastenango
Touring a veranda edged with jacaranda.
Four eyes eagerly dancing; engagingly entrancing
Above paired swaying hips and rippling tender lips.
When the musical combo broke into a mambo
Our hearts began drumming to a secret thrumming.
We did a conch horn conga on the isle of Rarotonga
Balalaika strumming, we tried romancing as we were sabre dancing
I waltzed you like a rube along the Blue Danube
And when we danced the line, I kicked my boots up just fine.
But when I awoke, I knew my dancing was a joke;
Just a stutter stepper or a sneezer inhaling pepper.
2/24/2019
A world travelling man called Ebenezer
Due to bad allergies was a humongous sneezer,
One day when visiting Italy
Pollen irritated his nose from a tree
And he leant their Tower Of Pisa.
When your heart feels as empty as your wallet
Depression, obsession whatever you wanna call it…
When you lose it and all you wanna do is…
Sip some booze and go cruisin’…
But you can’t go far without a car.
Can’t go to the bar because you lost your card.
When everything around you feels so hard.
When you lose yourself you’re less than par.
The future seems so far like a blinking star.
Listen: all we need to do is live for now…
Try to by proud, ignore the rain clouds.
Ignore the hate when it’s turned up loud,
Just block it out then there is no doubt.
When you’re tired stand up
And work it out.
Push the crowds be a crowd pleaser,
No-one cares if you’re a loud sneezer.
Can’t fit your shoes no matter the size…
Of the sneaker.
Remember: You have your own voice
So use that speaker….
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