I’m not a mad man
I do the cheapest deal I can
But of appreciable quality though
Coz I gotta save that dough
I’m not a mad man
I am rolling out my plan
And the only thing you’ll be dealt
Is to tighten your belt
I’m not a mad man
My creed is dearer than clan
Even though my kin feel the heat
I promise you that soon it’s gonna be lit
I’m not a mad man
Come rain or come sun
I have no latitude to retreat
And all dance shall be to my beat
I’m not a mad man
I want it all and now to be done
What was supposed to take years
Whether or not pain and tears
I’m not a mad man
I am the chosen one
To make the hard decisions
However precarious it be my position
I’m not a mad man
Be a hater or be a fan
Be it the throng of friends or adversaries
The coming success will call for anniversaries
K. Muitherero
Black crow surveys
Two sparrows chat;
Food for thought
~~~~~~~~~
Air-con leaking
Messy affair;
Slippery pathway
~~~~~~~~~
Two toddlers laugh
Playground adventure;
Proud parents chit-chat
~~~~~~~~~
April showers
Thundering rain drops;
Wetness blooms
~~~~~~~~~
Moments freeze
Swirling slowly;
Rainy day moods
~~~~~~~~~
By my work desk
Piles of paper books;
Hoarding feels good
~~~~~~~~~
Telephone call
Old friend chuckles;
Brief encounter
~~~~~~~~~
Chocolate ganache cake
Home made delicacy;
Out of this world
~~~~~~~~~
Time and time again
Same old complaint;
Not enough time!
~~~~~~~~~
Kahlua and cakes
Tea time conversations;
Mingling sighs
~~~~~~~~~
Stone bench moments
Old man resting;
Sunny sparkle
~~~~~~~~~
Bamboo leaves
Spiky ornaments;
Oriental scene
~~~~~~~~~
Arithmetic means
Weak economy;
Tighten your belt
~~~~~~~~~
Leon Enriquez
29 April 2015
Singapore
You live in real world
if you know how to tie your shoes
if you know how to escape gossip mongers
if music around you is often very loud
if you know how to cultivate a field with sticks
You live in real world
if you know how to tighten your belt
if you carry books in plastic bag to school
if you survive on a 100 cent a day
if you live like a vulture
And you expect your day after today to provide by itself
The Changing Planet
As hope and humility conquers all
Pride goes before a fall
So pick up your booth straps, tighten your belt
For this world will experience something that it has never felt
The Earth will rumble and shake
And there will be volcanoes and many a quake
Waters of the oceans, will be put on land
As man shudders, he will not understand
Thus the planet is in for a correction
As streams, rivers and oceans, change direction
He realizes that he is but an insignificant creature
This is not a movie, not a made-up feature
Before all this happens, there is a major disaster
But this is not coming from the Master
I see grown trees, upside-down in the sky
Black muddy waters, dead fish , not from on high
And there appear a crack, a trench in one continent
About ten feet wide and endless deep without resentment
As man prepare to await his final blow
He wonders if he will reap, what he sew
And the Earth stands still, then changes its mind
Then turn in the opposite direction, one last time
So gravity seems to be a thing of the past
As man consider, how long this changing will last
William Morrissey 2/10/07 vision
They are spending each last printed dollar.
They ignore us out here who still holler:
"Better tighten your belt,
or what might be felt
is the noose slipping under your collar."
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