Birthday Greeting, Bottle of wine
When I get older (much older then now)
And have lost all my senses.
Will I still remember to call you up
Wish you sweetly and celebrate with a pop.
Happy Birthday dearie, now you're older too.
Did you remember to take you meds too?
Why the sad faces, why the dumb stares,
Was it a public farce?
It's just another day of the year
One that eventually will lose ALL it's cheer.
Will you still feed me, will you still heed me?
When I've got full blown Alzheimer's dear???
Saturday, March 31, 2007
Friday, March 30, 2007
Fri 30-Mar-07: Waiting for Godot
Waiting for Godot
Hurry up and wait
Better to wait then not to go.
Or, is not going better?
Stay here, and wait for the clock to tick.
Waiting for the baysitter to come
An evening away from the kinderlacht.
I'll hurry up and pray
Pray that all is well.
Time to Go? Already?
But I was having so much fun with you.
To be continued…
Later..
Hurry up and wait
Better to wait then not to go.
Or, is not going better?
Stay here, and wait for the clock to tick.
Waiting for the baysitter to come
An evening away from the kinderlacht.
I'll hurry up and pray
Pray that all is well.
Time to Go? Already?
But I was having so much fun with you.
To be continued…
Later..
Thursday, March 29, 2007
Thu 29-Mar-07: Gym or Jim
Gym or Jim
Time is flexible, don’t you know?
Isn't it amazing, working out in the gym.
Jim is in the gym tonight
The gym is running after Jim.
Jim rows, but he isn’t getting far
His boat isn't leaving the shore.
His trainer tells him not to shake
If it's hips that are to quake
He starts to run, and lucky for Jim,
His treadmill is totally plugged in.
Time is flexible, don’t you know?
Isn't it amazing, working out in the gym.
Jim is in the gym tonight
The gym is running after Jim.
Jim rows, but he isn’t getting far
His boat isn't leaving the shore.
His trainer tells him not to shake
If it's hips that are to quake
He starts to run, and lucky for Jim,
His treadmill is totally plugged in.
Wednesday, March 28, 2007
Wed 28-Mar-07: Cat-tas-trophe
Background:
In 2005, I wrote 365 poems, one per day after hearing Suzanne Lori-Parks tell how she wrote one play a day for the previous year. Mine? Some catty, some political...
Cat-as-trophe
That darned cat. No hat on this cat.
What did he do? What didn't he see?
Amazing he is, so frustrating for me.
A small situation, a pile of trouble.
Such a nice day for a pile of rubble.
Oh that cat, what a Cat-as-trophe.
It didn’t start out that bad.
Not one whit of trouble this morn.
Oh the trouble he's borne.
You see my fish, do you not?
No? Just look in his belly, right behind that chair.
The evidence is sitting in there!
Tuesday, March 27, 2007
Tue 27-Mar-07: Tired at last
Tired at last
Time for bed, said his mom
Already? Opined the boy, buried in his game.
I gave you a thirty minute warning, said mom.
Okay, said the boy, after I save the game.
But Mom, you said bed at ten!
Your clock must be wrong, it's only nine now!
But thirty seconds ago you said you were tired.
And now? You have a second wind?
You do know that it doesn’t matter
How late that you stay up
Its how tired your body is
That matters the most.
Mom, is it okay if I come up
And go to bed now?
I am kind of tired now, I guess
And I can't keep my eyes open.
Time for bed, said his mom
Already? Opined the boy, buried in his game.
I gave you a thirty minute warning, said mom.
Okay, said the boy, after I save the game.
But Mom, you said bed at ten!
Your clock must be wrong, it's only nine now!
But thirty seconds ago you said you were tired.
And now? You have a second wind?
You do know that it doesn’t matter
How late that you stay up
Its how tired your body is
That matters the most.
Mom, is it okay if I come up
And go to bed now?
I am kind of tired now, I guess
And I can't keep my eyes open.
Monday, March 26, 2007
Mon 26-Mar-07: Just do it
Just do it
Too Tired? Just do it.
Too little time? Stop the clock.
Too much lip? Shut the mouth.
Too little help? Stop giving in.
Move it now
Seize the day
Time waits for no one
We all wait for the right one.
Still want it bad? Just do it!
Can't wait for the right time?
Maybe you're not sure.
Go ahead. Do it now!
Too Tired? Just do it.
Too little time? Stop the clock.
Too much lip? Shut the mouth.
Too little help? Stop giving in.
Move it now
Seize the day
Time waits for no one
We all wait for the right one.
Still want it bad? Just do it!
Can't wait for the right time?
Maybe you're not sure.
Go ahead. Do it now!
Sunday, March 25, 2007
Sun 25-Mar-07: Sad Sack (Limerick 3)
Sad Sack
Sad Sack sits in his shack
He stares at the picture in back
He wonders if his boy will come home
Thinks he, I am so, so alone
And his son is far away in Iraq
Sad Sack sits in his shack
He stares at the picture in back
He wonders if his boy will come home
Thinks he, I am so, so alone
And his son is far away in Iraq
Saturday, March 24, 2007
Sat 24-Mar-07: Spring into Summer
Spring into Summer
Spring weather is finally here
The abuses of winter are finally gone.
Astonishing as it seems
The earlier time changes erased its speed.
But green is better then white,
And flowers start to sprout.
Soon Pools, will come back into minds
As pumps, coils and chemicals are stirred into the brine.
Kids, jumping and yelling around
Will soon follow, sound being all around.
Then finally, summer is here
And kids all over will say, "There's 'nut'in to do, today"
And Parents all over can say,
"Go jump in the pool, for the rest of the day!"
Spring weather is finally here
The abuses of winter are finally gone.
Astonishing as it seems
The earlier time changes erased its speed.
But green is better then white,
And flowers start to sprout.
Soon Pools, will come back into minds
As pumps, coils and chemicals are stirred into the brine.
Kids, jumping and yelling around
Will soon follow, sound being all around.
Then finally, summer is here
And kids all over will say, "There's 'nut'in to do, today"
And Parents all over can say,
"Go jump in the pool, for the rest of the day!"
Friday, March 23, 2007
Fri 23-Mar-07: You're to blame!
You're to blame!
Shot through the heart, and I'm to blame
Everything in life, is my fault.
Didn't clean the house, I'm to blame
I suck at life, I'm bad man.
I mix my cereals, I'm to blame
I make fatherhood; a bad game.
I can't spell, I'm to blame
My daughter says I give education, a bad name.
I'm unemployed, not enough ca$h to spare
I give manhood, a bad name.
I'm too old, got no energy
I give old age a bad name.
Shot through the heart, and I'm to blame
Everything in life, is my fault.
Didn't clean the house, I'm to blame
I suck at life, I'm bad man.
I mix my cereals, I'm to blame
I make fatherhood; a bad game.
I can't spell, I'm to blame
My daughter says I give education, a bad name.
I'm unemployed, not enough ca$h to spare
I give manhood, a bad name.
I'm too old, got no energy
I give old age a bad name.
Thursday, March 22, 2007
Thu 22-Mar-07: Limerick (2)
Said the guy to his gal, spring is here.
Said she, let's go and celebrate dear!
come down and meet me for lunch
It'll be warm, I've a hunch,
and we can have a bagel with a shmear!
Said she, let's go and celebrate dear!
come down and meet me for lunch
It'll be warm, I've a hunch,
and we can have a bagel with a shmear!
Wednesday, March 21, 2007
Wed 21-Mar-07: Nineteen Hundred and Forty-Eight
Nineteen Hundred and Forty-Eight
A Palestinian state
Why must we wait?
We had the land in 1848
I say back to that caliphate’s state.
The ottoman empire was all Muslim, love or hate
All inhabitants, paid and waited.
Was it democracy? No way!
It was strictly, “Pay to Play”.
But World War One made this all moot
Since the British were asked to follow suit
And try and administer the land, and thus, not to loot.
An early investigation Lord Balfour did make
That Jews to Palestine, may migrate
Yet time and time again, the Arabs did kill
1919, '24, '29 the Jews, they did massacre.
in ’24, a winsome young Churchill
did appease an Arab leader, thru, and thru.
By giving half of the land for a state all brand new
This state, never before did exist.
This action, so small seeming then
Has blossomed very big again and again.
This land called trans-Jordan had never existed
Yet in 1948, it stole the all land set for us.
In ‘48, the United Nations did debate, then Declare,
Two states must exist for both Arab and Jew.
Jews everywhere celebrated the date
Yet, the Arabs STILL call that date, “THE TRADGEDY”
Now Arabs all over want a place for a state
Yet do they even accept the date of ‘Forty-Eight?
No. They still won’t accept the peace plan of 1948
Let’s start there for a change.
For all arab states to accept ‘Forty-Eight
Once accepted, no more saying, “The Tragedy”
Free trade with Israel, and finally a state.
A state on BOTH sides of the Jordan.
Yes, Jordan stole 80% of the land
That the United Nations originally planned.
It annexed all the land for it’s borders.
But now, it’s time for it to re-nounce it.
The ’48 peace plan will not be without pain.
Pain in burying the tragedy, admitting Israel
No right of return, and no sixty-seven borders.
The borders of nineteen forty-eight WILL be the state.
Pain too for Israel, one day.
For Jerusalem in whole was to be an international city
But today this can wait, till Jordan unannexes It’s land.
Then the international city debate can start
Whose record was fairer, the Jews or the Arabs?
’48-67 nearly twenty years as a record
versus 67-07, nearly double that time!
From ’48 to ’67 there was no free access.
Hotels were built on cemeteries, roads made from grave-stones.
No Jews ever saw or prayed at their wall,
The Holiest place for them at all.
But since 1967, Israel took over. Jews could then worship all over.
And Arabs could worship at their holy Mosques,
As well as Turks, Christians all over the city,
Whose record would YOU choose to defend?
SO until all the Arab states, including Saudia-Arabia
Agree to the 1948 U.N. Resolutions
No state can ever be Palestinian
Since they are only ONE state of two.
A Palestinian state
Why must we wait?
We had the land in 1848
I say back to that caliphate’s state.
The ottoman empire was all Muslim, love or hate
All inhabitants, paid and waited.
Was it democracy? No way!
It was strictly, “Pay to Play”.
But World War One made this all moot
Since the British were asked to follow suit
And try and administer the land, and thus, not to loot.
An early investigation Lord Balfour did make
That Jews to Palestine, may migrate
Yet time and time again, the Arabs did kill
1919, '24, '29 the Jews, they did massacre.
in ’24, a winsome young Churchill
did appease an Arab leader, thru, and thru.
By giving half of the land for a state all brand new
This state, never before did exist.
This action, so small seeming then
Has blossomed very big again and again.
This land called trans-Jordan had never existed
Yet in 1948, it stole the all land set for us.
In ‘48, the United Nations did debate, then Declare,
Two states must exist for both Arab and Jew.
Jews everywhere celebrated the date
Yet, the Arabs STILL call that date, “THE TRADGEDY”
Now Arabs all over want a place for a state
Yet do they even accept the date of ‘Forty-Eight?
No. They still won’t accept the peace plan of 1948
Let’s start there for a change.
For all arab states to accept ‘Forty-Eight
Once accepted, no more saying, “The Tragedy”
Free trade with Israel, and finally a state.
A state on BOTH sides of the Jordan.
Yes, Jordan stole 80% of the land
That the United Nations originally planned.
It annexed all the land for it’s borders.
But now, it’s time for it to re-nounce it.
The ’48 peace plan will not be without pain.
Pain in burying the tragedy, admitting Israel
No right of return, and no sixty-seven borders.
The borders of nineteen forty-eight WILL be the state.
Pain too for Israel, one day.
For Jerusalem in whole was to be an international city
But today this can wait, till Jordan unannexes It’s land.
Then the international city debate can start
Whose record was fairer, the Jews or the Arabs?
’48-67 nearly twenty years as a record
versus 67-07, nearly double that time!
From ’48 to ’67 there was no free access.
Hotels were built on cemeteries, roads made from grave-stones.
No Jews ever saw or prayed at their wall,
The Holiest place for them at all.
But since 1967, Israel took over. Jews could then worship all over.
And Arabs could worship at their holy Mosques,
As well as Turks, Christians all over the city,
Whose record would YOU choose to defend?
SO until all the Arab states, including Saudia-Arabia
Agree to the 1948 U.N. Resolutions
No state can ever be Palestinian
Since they are only ONE state of two.
Tuesday, March 20, 2007
Tue 20-Mar-07: Spy vs. Spy
Spy vs. Spy
Spy vs. Spy
Shi’ia versus Sunni
Moslem versus Moslem
This is war. This is peace.
This is our future, can you say, “global war”?
Our country’s leaders declared a war
But it seems we’re the ones now besieged
Since we’ll be paying for the next fifty years.
The muslims want a global caliphate
Where all non-muslims must bow and kneel
To show their allegiance, or dead they’ll fall.
Spy vs. Spy
Shi’ia versus Sunni
Moslem versus Moslem
This is war. This is peace.
This is our future, can you say, “global war”?
Our country’s leaders declared a war
But it seems we’re the ones now besieged
Since we’ll be paying for the next fifty years.
The muslims want a global caliphate
Where all non-muslims must bow and kneel
To show their allegiance, or dead they’ll fall.
Monday, March 19, 2007
Mon 19-Mar-07: Health
Health
Thank heavens, I have my health.
So far, thank the Lord, I am “normal”.
For the moment, all is okay
But ONLY because we pay through the nose.
Our country is sick
Sicker then our government.
If our government had our health care plan
Universal care would be automatic, man!
A simple congressional health plan for all is our country’s best step forward.
But just like the last sixty years
The Republicians will fight it to their best.
But finally, even big business can see,
There’s no other way to increases employee productivity
The largest economy in the world
Is the most backwards in heal care, you see.
But if we move health care out of business
And into the government
Many more citizens would have coverage
And les children would go uncovered.
Once no longer the responsibility
Of business, up goes productivity
And millions of formerly uncovered
Will then rest at night, refreshed.
This, I pray will soon come to be
We our country needs this so desparately!
Thank heavens, I have my health.
So far, thank the Lord, I am “normal”.
For the moment, all is okay
But ONLY because we pay through the nose.
Our country is sick
Sicker then our government.
If our government had our health care plan
Universal care would be automatic, man!
A simple congressional health plan for all is our country’s best step forward.
But just like the last sixty years
The Republicians will fight it to their best.
But finally, even big business can see,
There’s no other way to increases employee productivity
The largest economy in the world
Is the most backwards in heal care, you see.
But if we move health care out of business
And into the government
Many more citizens would have coverage
And les children would go uncovered.
Once no longer the responsibility
Of business, up goes productivity
And millions of formerly uncovered
Will then rest at night, refreshed.
This, I pray will soon come to be
We our country needs this so desparately!
Saturday, March 17, 2007
Sat 17-Mar-07: Kick me, Kick me
Kick me, Kick me
Did someone just paste
A sign saying, kick-me on my back?
Discomfort, as usual
The beast, again is unleashed.
Discussions over breakfast
About politics, government, and lawyers
Swiftly give way to violence
When career advice is given
Blissful silence follows
At least I can write
While my body relaxes
And stops shuddering at its plight.
Did someone just paste
A sign saying, kick-me on my back?
Discomfort, as usual
The beast, again is unleashed.
Discussions over breakfast
About politics, government, and lawyers
Swiftly give way to violence
When career advice is given
Blissful silence follows
At least I can write
While my body relaxes
And stops shuddering at its plight.
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