Once upon a timeMan ruled a free house thinking no animal guilty of crimeAnd so goats, fowls, parrots, sheep…and many others lived as his free animals to keepUnbeknownst to him…the animals disliked him to a detesful brimAnd so they plotted to oust him…to his visible powers dim IIThe animals planned to confront him the next […]
A third wheel will have to be steel …not to feel the pain of wheels And the daunting bas of squeals …which horn for their shed II I did invite her Thinking we could with her share a meal Never thinking her a hare …to break me into a run for real III On that […]
If I build a house I won’t house a mouse Mice which crawl in clothes of darkness To eat my rice Rolling my dice And putting my eyes in a quandary of lies Are nothing nice II Roasting on ghost nets After walking on the finest clouds Being toasted on fear fires Like a lost […]
Crawling snails Are scarier than jumping goats They are armed by silence And aided by care Let all heads be still in listening Do snails have noisy footsteps? Do they have loud voices to call for alertness? Don’t they have such cool touches? Ones to make fantasies real? Like shadows they penetrate Their shapes and […]
“Please m’aam? How do you do m’aam? How may I help m’aam?” And so the words started to walk From a mouth hiding murderous words Honorifics clothing horrifics Rely on me like the Odum tree And I’ll protect you like the mountain With a soul Go this […]
He fanned my heart in the heat And held it from those who hearts eat He stood behind me and was neat Like a loyal butcher tending to his future meat I was fed and made relaxed all the time in a seat. Even when I needed to dance to a beat He held up […]
They are extra nice With faces that are as welcoming as that of the angels from heaven But their intent only show When others’ backs are turned They are fuming They are fuming with rage And laying a bait with their intent Consumed with rage their faces give them away They are […]
I want to be nude, I want to be stark raving naked with you. I want our faces to show, I want us to show our faces to the whole flora and fauna Without expensive masks of discomfort. I don’t want us to hide behind un-figurable countenance While we scream to hide torturous voodoos of […]
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