Participation

One voice can be silenced
Two or three ignored
But if we all get strident
They'll change or leave the board.

Spurts

You pour stuff in
It squirts right out
You spring a leak
It’s bound to spout
You patch it up
A dryer bout
You push too hard
It squirts right out.

Electivity

I remember years ago
You couldn’t reach the hoop
And I sat helpless as you cried
Now I marvel as you grow
And excel among your group
All because one thing – you still tried!


Just heard this morning that Westin was elected president of his freshman class, congratulations!!!

Runners

Eggs are done
Mac's begun
So much fun
Run, run, run

Everyone
Beneath the sun
Whose wheels have spun
Run, run, run.

Armageddon Game

The night took the rooks
The bishops held mass
They read from good books
When so many souls pass

The pawns did their part
And begged to be led
Machinations are art
To the king of the dead.

Who Shot Liberty's Balance?

Lady Liberty struggles, bound and gagged
By the specter of deceased fundamentals—
Into the abyss maliciously dragged,
Powerless against the temperamental.

Tarnished balance no longer weighing true
Proudly displayed like a trophy of war
Signifies the days of equal justice are through,
Autonomy has become the bureaucrats’ whore.

Gradually disarmed and demoralized
This valiant heroine resists in vain—
Freedom has been carefully sanitized,
Self-expression and truth viciously slain.

Assuredly

At times it brims
At times a drop
Sometimes it skims
Right over top
And all my whims
Completely flop

It takes some skill
To make it brew
One word can kill
The bit you knew
Believe and you will
Have some too.

So You Say

A realm of contradictions
Is the world we all must share
So spare me your Convictions
When you don’t even care!

Humane

You’re allowed to remain
Until you test the chain
Then they let you know
Once more and you will go
But you won’t feel any pain
Put to sleep nice and slow.

Nauseating

Would you eat a tumor
If I served it extra crispy?
You just may if you humor
One whose hair is red and wispy

There’s nothing more unhealthy
Than a clown that tries to make
Itself insanely wealthy
By serving food that’s fake

Next Gen

They relieved the old guard
With a riveting review
For soldiering is hard
And duty takes its due—
The young are used while they are spry
The aged? Sent home to rot and die
And Venus, bathed in starlight still
Inspires them to charge that hill.


***I will post a picture of the new behemoths as soon as I get a good one 👍 😉 ***

Reiteration

Does it take more courage to be
Involved, or to flee?
Guess we’ll see.

Will it all come down to: She
Must change, or maybe he?
Look above, line three.

Umbrous

With her he was
So doggedly true
Wither he was
No sun getting through

With her he will
Never quite bloom
Wither he will
An unforeseen doom.

Puzzled

I'm starting to sweat
From this darn word game
And the one I didn’t get
Makes me hang my head in shame

It starts with a P, ends with T
And it’s something I have been
I don’t know if it’s just irony
Or time to hang up the pen.

Non finito

Yes, music is something you hear
But it’s also a force you can feel
If you only rely on your ear
You miss a big part of the deal.