Assuming a future
The evidence is in
Preparation for the future
Is well advised..
Although the future
Will likely be different
Than visualized..
This is the old story
Often repeated which
When appearing empty
Reflects no freedom
And no bondage...
Precariously poised on
the precipitous precipice,
I pondered whether a nose-dive plummet
into the whirlpool lagoon below
was prudent, well-advised and provident.
But the angry impassive persona,
of the ever so cross porpoises,
seen purposefully prancing there
gawking up at me,
persuaded me to prudently,
postpone the plunge.
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06072017PS Haiku Contest, Chris Aechtner
Beyond The Grave
By Curtis Johnson
The Arms of Justice, so extensive, having no limits
Reaching the lowest depths, and the highest points
Searching out both the perpetrators and the victims
Rendering to perpetrators their reckoning
Granting to victims their rewards
Yes, death will often precede reckoning and reward
Preventing ‘due process’ for victims and perpetrators
But let victims never fret; let perpetrators be well advised
Even beyond the grave, the Hall of Justice awaits
And on His throne, the Eternal Judge there sits
To execute justice to both
Granting reckoning and reward
cj01302016
A tough four-star general was this man called Curtis LeMay
We in the ranks remember him as old 'iron-ass' to this very day
He always had a big cigar stuck in his face and he never smiled
And you'd be well-advised to steer clear of him when he was riled
Robert L. Hinshaw, CMSgt, USAF, Retired
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I Didn’t Hear You Say That
By Elton Camp
“But I told you to bring home some bread.
You never seem to listen to anything I said.”
Most husbands have heard such as that before
And are likely to hear yet many times more
It isn’t exactly that our hearing is defective,
Rather, because our listening can be selective
So any husband who the favor of his wife seeks
Would be well advised to listen when she speaks
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