I’m complacent with
complicity’s indolent
barbarian stance
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On and On and On
As the sun rises over the lake’s horizon I reflect upon all that has been all that will be and all that I perceive as happening right now in the moment as the big ball off fire in the east pulls itself lazily out of the big lake that is the eastern boundary of my present domicile where I have lived most of my life except for the brief sixteen years when I lived on the southern tip of the big a lake and the sun would rise to my right and set to the left of me causing me much directional disorientation with the lake being to my north rather than to the east where it belongs when I make my Saturday morning run-on sentence along Lake MIchigan.
Triangle Club
Everybody has heard about The Bermuda Triangle. But there are others.
- Bridgewater Triangle
- Bennington Triangle
- Dragon’s Triangle
- Michigan Triangle
- Matlock Triangle
Now, submitted for your approval:
The Schurz Triangle
In the third quarter of the last century I attended high school in this historic edifice. I know I did not appreciate it’s elegance and grandeur in my tender years. After all, back then I knew everything. So I did my four and out quick like a bunny with nary a peek around. The murals I remember. The building a puzzle. But the one section of the building that should not be spoken of was, 🎶bum bum bum🎶 The Triangle.
Much has been written about the original main building. The much ballyhooed wing additions. The murals are exquisite. The 21st Century renovation sublime. Yet through my perfunctory research I found no mention of The Triangle. That’s because even back then there were rules about The Triangle:
- 1 You Do Not Talk About The Triangle …
- 2 You Do NOT Talk About The Triangle …
Whispers of Freshmen going in and never coming out. I know for a fact there were rooms in The Triangle that you had to go to the third floor, then down to the first, then up to the second to find. In other words, there was no good way to get there from here. Who added The Triangle? Ancient alien theorists have their theories. But I have Proof!
Attention Triangle Abductees Anonymous. I suspect alien hybrid experimentation with the alien construct D.N.A., because there is an alleged twin school on the south side of Chicago called Bowen High School and …
Voilà!
No Triangle!
I rest my case.
flimsy fabric
Never let time’s flimsy
Measure take its toll
On our fleeting
Existence bowl
With towering
Prescient scroll
O’er life’s solid flow
Cut To The Chase
Proposal Letter Shuposal Letter.
“Ain’t nobody got time for dat”
Once upon a time, being a googly eyed romantic at heart, I might have drafted such an earnest and honest letter in cursive; while taking into account all the changes in societal norms and expectations. But now all it takes is a text,
“U up?”
(ironic punctuation added as a nod to past formalities, but by no means current common practice amongst today’s texters )
Direct and to the point.
Surprisingly successful as well.
Avon Calling
So many things to brush
Teeth
Hair
Pets
Beard
Clothes
Toilet
Pro Tip: Best use a unique brush for each.
Right tool. Right job.
Then the things to brush off
Creeps
Ignorance
Misinformation
Gossip
Nastiness
Lies
Stinking thinking
Trolls
So many things to brush off. So little time.
Right tool. But don’t be a tool
For expediency I painted this post with a broad; you know what.
But one thing you should really brush up …
Bloomers
a lush pink orchid
blooms on Tasha’s porcelain
fashion plate palette
Elvi
My daily delight;
Tai Chi with the Elvi out
on the grassy knoll
Enchantment
Next
Que
Cue
Queue?
I’ll refrain from sounding it out in ‘Merican
By shouting Quweyyy! As in Sooie!
So push your snout to the trough
Squeal away to the head of the queue
But get a clue
Whatever you do
Don’t miss your cue
Or you’ll have to sue
Pecking order sorted by brute force
Not a kinder or gentler course
Stampedes are the wurst
There I ago makin’ sausage agin
Divine right of kings
Royal schmoyal bling
Invisible caste system test
Visible caste system’s fest
Modern civilization delivers most
To the back of histories queue
A cue for the future queue
As sheep with out a clue
But no butting
As kids called line cutting
Now get in line and stop your whining
Because the uncivilized entitled
Need to gobble their fill
Of inhumanities fine dining
Time to take your organizing pill
Because queue courtesy is vital still
A Scroll Threw Life 