Spendthrift Poems

thought I needed a wheelbarrow

...I thought I needed a wheelbarrow
Ordered a blue one and was cleaning up my yard piles
When I discovered the identical one, I had purchased last year
The perils of being a spendthrift!!...

I wanna trade in my stubby spindleshanks

...I wanna trade in my stubby spindleshanks...,

(a poor excuse for legs),
and get me the latest
sophisticated prosthetics advancements,
whereat integration of cultured stem cells
into custom made...

Every man made thing is 'made in China'

...Everything I buy to touch or taste
is made in China, made in China
leave alone my china set, even my toothpaste
is made in China, made in China.

From my pencils to my stencils
to the golden lo...

Squaring Things Away

...Perfection as a goal demands correction;
accepting mistakes requires some reflecting..
Call me a square if you like but I'll admit
when it comes to money, I keep short accounts.

Simplicity puts...

Spendthrift

...Wasteful can't succeed
Due to fear of poverty
Plus, spring with greed....

Sassy sobriquets schooled sissy spindleshanks

...Sassy sobriquets schooled sissy spindleshanks...
studious sexagenarian skinny scruffy scribe

My utmost humblest apology
for inducing the following
cerebral calisthenics upon your cranium,
but ...

Spendthrift

...
"When it comes to money, you can't win. If you focus on making it, you're materialistic. If you try to but don't make any, you're a loser. If you make a lot and keep it, you're a miser....

The Kings Table

...Laden with delights
whether PF Changs, Carmines
or Noodles.

The buffet, one dish at a time
arrives - raviolis, lasagna, cheese toast,
steak, salad and much more.

The talk amidst the food - ...

A Married Spend Thrift Readjusts

...A  Graham used to wealth lavish
And to easy fun The slavish:
In the two had not seen blemish
"Let those who wish it be squeamish!"

Now, it is Graham's white wedding;
He knows where the thing i...

One Word Ku

...$$$$$
$$$$$$$
$$spendthrift.

4/3/2023

Scoundrels of the Senate

...Again these men comes to mind,
Paid to say yes and nay,
Lame duck,

Canker, ***** rapscallion minds
Incorrigible,
Political impostors detached from the humdrum of street cries
Maggots in honor...

Eagles Aloft But Disguised

...I
Humans are divine, but watch & emulate pigs

II
We have body-vehicles; "I'm my car," is like thinking you are poultry 

III
Scripture helps us recall our divinity (versus eating with pigs, a...

An Informal Wolfhound

...A spendthrift lady in New Orleans
clothed her wolfhound beyond her means
But he despised his top hats
and old-fashioned spats
Now he sports tie-died T-shirts and jeans...

Gluttony Takes No Prisoners

...Gluttony takes no prisoners,
And leaves nothing behind to grow,
Except the need for more.

Gluttony unchecked will end our planets usefulness,
But not our usefulness,
In helping Gluttony get to...

Irrigable

...There is only love
when we leave the other
behind – our world of others:

Commitments deemed by 
self so paramount,
we become perpetually
addicted to treadmills; 

inducted wrong-tracks
adh...

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