I cracked on the central air-conditioning on Juneteenth 2025
...I cracked on the central air-conditioning on Juneteenth 2025...
the first time this summer,
when martyrdom got chucked aside for cold comfort.
How heavenly the climate controlled apartment
unit...
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Categories:
storage tank, cool, environment, humorous, june,
Form: Free verse
Oil Man
...Oil Man
Japan Daria died for the job he loved. How many of us can say that? Not many. He worked in the petro-chemical industry. His dream career was cut short one awful day. He died inside an 'oil' ...
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Categories:
storage tank, death, horror, memory, men,
Form: Free verse
Children Helping Children
...Girls of a New chapel opened in Wales
Heard about the struggle that two sisters in Uganda heed
A two hour round trip down mountain and vales
Twice a day to get 20 litre of water for family needs...
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Categories:
storage tank, children,
Form: Rhyme
Damn the Torpedoes
...Damn the torpedoes
Damn the torpedoes the Yanks did say,
When duds hit a Jap ship and fell away,
Firing pins weren’t working well,
One sub loosed 13 didn’t break the spell,
Just sometimes...
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Categories:
storage tank, adventure,
Form: Ballad
Addictive Designs
...Renowned for what he’d long ago begun,
John tried to take a step back from his life
and figure out just what it was he’d done
to be “The Orchid Man,” with orchids rife.
It must have been at his...
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Categories:
storage tank, science fiction
Form: Iambic Pentameter
Flicker of the Mind
...How fleet is a flicker of the mind
Perhaps with a noble thought assigned
To explore some lofty domain?
Electrical impulses move about
Seeking logical connections, no doubt,
And thought process...
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Categories:
storage tank, introspection
Form: Rhyme
' Mind - Meld ... '
...“ GOD … How I Appreciate The Complexities ! … “
I Appreciate The Intricate, Just-So, Subtleties
The Intellectual Nuances and Imposed Perfunctories
That Separates Our Minds, From The Minds Of Beast...
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Categories:
storage tank, allegory, computer-internet, dedication, devotion,
Form: Light Verse