At last I found the thyme
To do the names that rhyme
I am going to rhyme names
That will rhyme the same
Anna, Hannah,Pollyanna,
Rosanna,Joanna,Edwardian,
Victoriana, Gloriana,Georgianna
Christianna,Gina, Ena,Magdalene
Messina,Rowena, Selina,Lenna.
Angelina,Medina,menalina, Wilhelmina,
Zena
Bound by nothing that is common
To the ragged soul of man,
Nothing that causes the insistent pulse to quicken
Or the measured step to slow,
Her eyes divert attention from the evening's afterglow
And lead us toward the chambers of the sea.
Waking the dead with frozen hands
She ventures forth but once a year
To tease the mind and tempt the ear
With stories of the spring.
Copyright © 1997-2018 by Benjamin Toney. All rights reserved.
Image credit: The old grey teacher | Photography by Zena Holloway | United Kingdom
Little Lost Zena
Look, mommy, look mommy I found what you were looking for
She's sitting on top of my head, now you don't have to scream anymore
She look's kind of wet and sappy, behind her fluffy-like little ears
When I found her, she was whimpering mew, mew, neath all her tears
Look, mommy, look mommy I found Zena floating in the back pond
Now you can pet and warm her up so I can dry myself off
Neath our flowery floral yard out back beside our deep pond
I'm going for a short rest now so now I will not get cold and cough
While I sit and try to bask in the sun beside our flowery floral yard.
Written: Sept. 5, 2015
Zena hailed from the Zeta Reticula star system and she
was bored with the military’s handling of her. Day after day of
interrogations and discussions for weapons or space travel.
barbed wire
she yawned wondering if it was
to keep her in or them
Little boy, dirty knees,
kite floating in the breeze
Findings frogs, tadpoles too,
fall in water, soaked right through
Lolly stick race, down the stream,
school apple pie and shaving cream
In bakers shop, poke the cakes,
build new bike, forget the brakes
Eat strawberries, then put jars back,
painting Grandads tomatoes black
Scrumping apples, make a raft,
old man on the corner completely daft
Pinching golf balls from the club,
arrowroot biscuits outside the pub
Playtime at school, kiss chase today,
please Zena this time dont run away
Break fireworks up to make a bang,
when I am 10 I'll have a gang
Must get home its cubs tonight,
look theres a bundle, lets watch the fight
Gang house built up in the trees,
quick in the bomb crater before the farmer sees
Books on skates, knock down ginger too,
never bored, lots to do
Memo biscuits, tanner a pack,
see the brush salesman, look mum hes black
Slide down bannisters, jump from the ledge,
not on the path, just close to the edge
Childhood memories will never cease,
the mind grows old, the dreams wont ease
One memory I'll have right to the end,
Chip the Alsatian, my childhood friend
She comes in just before 6:30
Donald's ride will never be early
Their relationship is not kept under cover
She calls him her big brother
Now they both drive a 300, Donald says his is better
There is nothing like the smell of leather
Zena keeps hers cleaner, it holds more shine
She has a nickname I gave her, Z Lovely 39
She starts to freeze when the temperature dips below 79
Her heater is on full blast most of the time
Palmetto bugs, spiders and snakes
Zena will run a mile a minute to escape
Donald said he is thinking about moving his desk out in the warehouse to keep
from walking back and forth
5-2-9 suggests Donald buy some Dr. Scholl's cushioned insoles to prevent his
dogs from getting sore
Zena just got her new clothing catalog from 1-800-SO-FINE
It was addressed to her exclusively, Z Lovely 39
Another day starts with my desk neighbor, new adventures will arise
Donald will spend most of his day by her desk, comes as no surprise
He has romantic visions tumbling like a dryer in his mind
He will always big brother to Z Lovely 39
She comes in just before 6:30
Donald's ride will never be early
Their relationship is not kept under cover
She calls him her big brother
Now they both drive a 300, Donald says his is better
There is nothing like the smell of leather
Zena keeps hers cleaner, it holds more shine
She has a nickname I gave her, Z Lovely 39
She starts to freeze when the temperature dips below 79
Her heater is on full blast most of the time
Palmetto bugs, spiders and snakes
Zena will run a mile a minute to escape
Donald said he is thinking about moving his desk out in the warehouse to keep
from walking back and forth
5-2-9 suggests Donald buy some Dr. Scholl's cushioned insoles to prevent his
dogs from getting sore
Zena just got her new clothing catalog from 1-800-SO-FINE
It was addressed to her exclusively, Z Lovely 39
Another day starts with my desk neighbor, new adventures will arise
Donald will spend most of his day by her desk, comes as no surprise
He has romantic visions tumbling like a dryer in his mind
He will always big brother to Z Lovely 39
So you wanna know my secret of my wardrobe success
It is all in my shopping habits I must confess
Why spend a fortune to look like a million bucks
I catch the bargains, I guess it's all in the luck
I am the only one in style as you can plainly see
Don't you wish you could dress like me
From hospital scrubs to camouflage capris
Just admit it, you are jealous of me
I notice so many of the females have no fashion sense
Look at my closet, so many clothes, I need a table of contents
I will soon open my fashion hot line
Just call 1-800-so-fine
Now a contractor will expand the closet for more wardrobe capacity
Don't you wish you could dress like me
Joan Rivers is now requesting I join the Red Carpet Fashion Police
She wants to bring me in instead of her niece
I tell sorry, there are so many women screaming for my help here
One example is Zena, her taste in fashion isn't too clear
I just won a Pulitzers prize for my book titled Queen, the Fashion Authority
With a little self discipline, you have a slim chance, if none, to be able to dress
like me
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