Elf on a shelf watching.
I think he reports my every move.
Santa’s spies have eyes everywhere.
Wordku: 5-7-5 words
AP: Honorable Mention 2026
Sitting on the perch;
So the eagle spies;
God says to fly;
1/5/26
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr 2026
when she walks, it looks like gliding or skating, or dancing.
Her skirt has a little flipping motion, yet it is not prancing.
She must be a princess I tell my father and mother.
They are not as impressed, but then I note my brother.
His brown eyes are following her all over the place.
He begins walking a bit faster, yes, certainly picking up the pace.
Slow down Richard! My father says, but he keeps going on by.
My mother says real low in a very small breath “oh, my!”
We had thought Richard went the other way, but he likes this one.
Watching him all googly-eyes and giddy is really quite fun.
He says something to her, but she keeps walking faster and away.
I kind of feel sorry for my brother, this one tiny time, today.
Folks watching love affairs like spies,
All the scenes picked: sugared pies.
They capture the whole truth through lies,
Before the end of it truth flies!
But wait: why? Again, I ask 'why?'
The thought wisdom in it Big lie.
We all should Decency Routes ply.
To look one's judge straight in the eye.
Why would an adult risk a pry,
From a sage forcing out a sigh?
To know how it's done by Betty:
To some day dare what is petty?
Not all love affairs the Pretty,
One or two really a pity:
Couples still denied Jesus' stamp,
Who stamp in blind room without lamp;
He is a man worse than a tramp,
Who turns Eves onin Prayer Camp
Still, for prudence alone I cry;
For its sake, spying zero try.
Brolley Hit
Give me something small
No big bomb or aircraft carrier needed
A little virus on the tip of a pin
Ready to inject you viral death
Not fall down dead a few days
Starts with a fever then more
Doctor thinks it’s a cold or flu
It's a bit more serious but shhh!
Don't alert the authorities
Before the operative escapes
Another KGB hit on a scientist
More Cold War superpower woes
Daggers in the dark jab a scientist
On a Manchester bridge with a brolley
How else to stop the weapon programs?
Only the top Air Force and Navy brass
Know of our treaty with alien planets
Authorized by Eisenhower to capture and study humans
As payment for sharing their advanced technology with the USA
Shelly stopped typing and stared at her paragraph
Would Big Brother censor her if she shared it?
Would they eliminate her and her family?
Two hours later a SWAT team knocked down her door.
They carried her off into the night.
She was screaming, but the neighbors pretended to hear nothing.
As fearful of Big Brother as she should have been.
Crap Job
I’m endlessly told be grateful you’ve got a job
But I’d love to pick another slave to do it
So they can experience the bull I do
And feel the way I do about this crap
Day in day out on and on like a joy ride
But there’s no fun here just stress and crap
The job is classified but that means nothing
My job still exists even if it’s deniable
I’d love to go into details and explain
What we must do every ing day
But then I’d have to kill you or you me
For you’d be doing my job the new slave
In the same way I got this job long ago
I asked a person about their job
And they told me in full confidence
Their death put the stripes on me
And I’ve followed their hidden work
For the last four or five decades
Soon I’ll pick a new replacement
Maybe it will be you…
MAJOR INSOMNIA
CORPORAL SLEEP
Nick Armbrister and other writers
Breathe deeply kiddies and get some virus
Cyrus the Virus is here to kill you
Novichok flavour just for you
VX nerve gas special come get some
You'll feel fine better than the Black Death
Roll up and and get some bugs
Only the best for you lazy Millennials
Made in Russia mothertruckers
Neo Soviet influence touching you
Reaching out for you wherever you are
Even on the Moon or Planet ing Mars
Not even Santa and Old Nick are safe
Novichok gonna get you virus kaput time
The super spies of TV are amazing
They know how to use every weapon in sight
What they do to each other looks like hazing
And their fantastic car chases are a delight
China Spies and Lies
Concentration camps in the north
disappearing book sellers in the south
Chinese spies hunt one and all
Army of thieves , worldwide
Zhao Ziyang, where is he?
erased from Chinese history
where is the brave young man
who battled one thousand tanks?
Xu Jiatun, where is he?
erased from Chinese history
truth has no play in China today
only death and propaganda reign
Xi Jinping, crimes against humanity
Lu Shaye, propogandist to the core
Leaders of a revolution long dead
corruption their cause, their only rules
Coal plants and cigarettes
Keep your silences
even you may lose your breath
This is China, spies and lies
Jailed Activists
Ai Weiwei
Bao Tong
Bao Zunxin
Cai Lujun
Chen Pokong
Cheng Jianping
Gao Zhisheng
Guo Quan
He Depu
Hu Jia
Huang Qi
Ilham Tohti
Jiang Lijun
Jiang Rong
Jiang Yanyong
Jiang Yefei
Li Hai
Li Zhi
Liao Yiwu
Liu Di
Liu Xiaobo
Qin Yongmin
Shi Tao
Tan Zuoren
Tang Baiqiao
Wang Bingzhang
Wang Dan
Wang Quanzhang
Wang Xiaoning
Wang Youcai
Wei Jingsheng
Wu Gan
Xu Zhiyong
Yang Jianli
Yuan Hongbing
Yue Xin
Zeng Jinyan
Zhao Changqing
Zhao Lianhai
We hid in the cottonwood tree’s magic treehouse.
Spying on our neighbors.
Laughter rang out occasionally from the windows of some of their houses.
We clutched our stomachs and laughed.
Mr. Pete gave his wife a big hug at their house.
We all went, Oh, yucky!
We were eleven, and loved the height of our tree mansion.
Feeling like detectives, or FBI agents.
Eleven is such a magical time.
We used to haul all kinds of pillows up there.
It was my reading nook. On reading days, I was
off with pirates, or Pippi Longstocking, and we
were on the sea, which I had never seen
in real life,
but imagined
was quite
wonderful.
You can never get 11
back, so please enjoy it!
I fight for the word of law, not a governments meaning
No easy choices here just right or wrong
Its man's right to stand tall , let no other stop him
If one man is right with his thoughts , thousands can be wrong
defend that man's human rights above all
you may take my freedom , but you will never imprison my mind
No nation can resurrect a life and no nation should take one
The future may hold untold truths or opportunities to save a soul
don't let a politicians pride decide a nation or a man's fate
whether you are a prince or a pauper I will save you
not the coldness of their words or the chilling wind can stop justice
my name is Donovan and i will see you on the bridge of spies .
They are everywhere,
yet you cannot notice them.
They have blended so well
with unsuspecting public,
like a drop of ocean
in a river.
Nothing escapes their senses-
they are so keen that they
can hear their heartbeat
when everything around is loud.
They have good sight too;
they see culprits' tomorrow
before the innocent turn
to culprits....
One of each tribe was chosen
To inspect the Promised Land.
Moses bade them to see the country,
Promised to them by God’s hand.
They took forty days to inspect
The land from South to North;
Found the soil very fertile
Large clusters of grapes brought forth.
The people of Israel listened intently and were told,
The land was filled with beauty and fertility
But the cities were great and walled.
Ten of the twelve spies spoke of futility;
They said the giants, the Sons of Anak
Could not possibly be defeated.
Joshua and Caleb didn’t agree;
Believed they’d win with God supported
These ten spies accused the leaders
Of deceiving all the chosen;
Felt the Promised Land
To the Cananites was frozen.
Didn’t have the faith in God
To carry out what He’d planned.
Chose forty years in the wilderness
Instead of the Promised Land.
Sometimes we do just the same
As these ten doubting spies;
Fail to claim God’s promises;
Upon His mighty power rely.
Copyright © Maureen LeFanue 2007-2011
www.maureenlefanue.com
His life is now constantly watched
What has he gotten himself into
They locked him away in the nuthouse
All he did was love but he was not loved
She was beautiful he loved her
We spent many evenings together
Had many happy times together
Until it changed his love got into drugs
She bought from dealers
She slept around
There was no more love for him
She eventually found the one for her
Late past midnight at the drive in
he waited and followed them
Back to their place
he entered in the front door
A pistol with a bullit
And end the fellow
Who stole from me
he quickly said
You take my love
I take your life
The police found him
Now he will be watched forever
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