Monday, April 19, 2021

Stream . . .


My wife's niece is to be married in the near future, an event that had to be postponed due to the development of a pandemic. The ceremony was to take place in Florida, a substantial distance for most of her family,  but still a potential adventure for us. Fast-forward to the present. Jenny and her fiancé have relocated to the 'great state of' (as they say) Texas. Suddenly the adventure aspect has been slightly reduced, while the distance and the complexity involved in our attendance have increased.  The mere mention of Texas brings to mind my father's sister, who with her husband, a native of that state, lives there. The thought of my long, unseen aunt prompts additional ones of long unseen relatives from my side of, what my wife humorously yet sympathetically calls- my ''close-knit" family. I believe we were a relatively normal extended family in my younger years, but due to time, age, illness or death, the members simply 'drifted apart.'  




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Sunday, April 18, 2021

Compounded . . .

                                              


The compound was fractured
In a daring display of true bravado;
Surprising when it happened.
He had since become incommunicado.

It took so long to find him
In that god-forsaken wilderness.
The mountains reaching upward to the sky
And friends who claimed they'd help us
Only stumbling on their own duplicity.

He had us scared and running
For so many awful years;
His ruthlessness legend every place he'd been.
Nobody knew quite how to do that
Which all knew had to be done immediately.


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Saturday, April 17, 2021

Heaven . . .

Heaven knows, I've got a history.

Don't we all? Things can get blistery. 

But we come through, make our delivery.

Today my effort is called 'My Mystery'.






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Friday, April 16, 2021

It Depends . . .

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYsvi3o0ADk

You said our love would last forever,
It depends on what you mean by ‘forever’.
You said we’d always be together, 
It depends on what you mean by ‘together’.
You said you’d always want me near
And if I’d ever leave you’d welcome me back.
It depends on what you mean,
It depends on what you mean by that.

You’re not distracted by another, 
It depends on what you mean by ‘distracted’.
You took a vow said you’d be faithful,
It depends on what you think
‘Make a vow’ means.
You told me never have a fear.
Nothing would change
No matter how the cards were stacked.
It depends on what you mean,
It depends on what you mean by that. 

I always hoped that you would be 
Able to stop
And turn around in your tracks.
It depends on what you mean,
It depends on what you mean by that.




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Thursday, April 15, 2021

Lucky . . .

                                          
Yet the bad occurs too.
Each one, in its own right,
Is accepted, its true.
I frequently grumble
When my life's run amok.
Wouldn't all be so happy
If we just had more luck.

Is there really such thing
As the concept of luck?
Did we just fabricate it
To be opposite the muck
In which we can find
That we've landed; maybe stuck?
It matters so little,
The name we apply,
Yet the joy overtakes us,
Fact I cannot deny.


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Wednesday, April 14, 2021

For The Birds . . .

https://phys.org/news/2011-10-secrets-flocking-revealed.html

No the butter won’t hurt ‘em.
Oh the butter is fine.
It just makes the bread slide down inside.

An interest in nature; 
An interest in god’s great creation;
My only motivation.
Just wanted to feed ‘em. 
Just giving the little birds some food;
Prevent emaciation.
That’s when little brother left the table in some haste;
His buttered toast forsaken all alone there on the plate.

Butter with toast is just fine
Whether for fishes or birds or mankind.
A little spice in an otherwise dreary old life
And it ain’t gonna hurt, not a bit.

But never use hot sauce,
Tabasco and no jalapena.
‘Cause just couldn’t take it.
No cayenne or mustard.
No chilies or habanero too.
That wouldn’t sit well with you.
Yes, you must consider how their G.I. systems think.
Sympathize, a little spice can keep you in the pink.




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Tuesday, April 13, 2021

Space . . .

 

https://www.pocket-lint.com/apps/news/142413-50-incredible-images-
of-space-like-you-ve-never-seen-before

You were always a crackshot. You were always the ace.
Someone called you a crackpot. Said it right to your face.
It was not the effrontery that made you react;
The assault and the violation of rights.

In this wonderful country you and I live today.
Where we value the freedom which allows us to say,
Though the founders had principles, this can’t be denied.
Nothing’s frozen in time but history.
Who can really see that which the future brings?
Take that next shuttle. Go off to your condo on Mars.

Don’t take your guns to space.
They’ve done sufficient damage to this place.
Don’t take your guns to space.

It’s a volatile topic I’m addressing today. 
But I fear to ignore it leaves for us hell to pay.
All the hunters and gatherers kick up such a stink.
Where this path’s gonna lead they dare not think.

We continue to venture into places unknown.
All this knowledge and progress takes us so far from home.
Many say that you must accept the good with the bad.
Seems to me that experience would show
Some things from the past don’t deserve to last.
Take that next step and leave all useless baggage behind.

Our sophistication in the arts and  the sciences can’t be denied.
Still we choose our tribal ways when there’s fear and uncertainty
That we must face. They’re true and tried.

But you still fail to grasp it like some new cosmic star.
Using force  laced with habit, you’re resisting so hard.
You say you got the word from some king high on a throne. 
But mysteriously each word he speaks in that kingly tone, 
Mighty but all alone, uncannily somehow sounds just like all of your  own.


The Hours
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