Verse
Poems on topics both serious and not-so-serious
Poems on topics both serious and not-so-serious
O what a luxury it be
What pleasure O what perfect bliss
So ordinary and yet chic
To pee to piss to take a leak
Billy the Kid
Didn’t do half of what they said he did
He rustled cattle, I guess that’s true,
But nobody knew who they belonged to.
Sitting on the shore beside the warm Pacific,
I watch the women dancing in the foam
Overhead the palm trees whisper calm and soporific
O say why should I be
Full of guilt and misery?
The story of English is a story of success.
A thousand years ago, who woulda guessed
This obscure unpronounceable Germanic tongue
Would someday become No. 1.
O let us all sing of the Powdermilk Band,
Or at least let us hum, if a tune we can’t carry,
To honor these four who before us do stand
(From your left to right), Bob, Adam, Dick, Mary.
When we got home, it was almost dark.
Our neighbor waited on the walk.
“I’m sorry, I have bad news,” he said.
“Your cat, the grey-black one, is dead.
