I was once
followed by
a moon-shadow,
and while
I eventually
got away,
it was not before
it
took my mouth.
Once I ate a
Wendy’s old fashioned
hamburger
and then
I drank a
Dad’s old fashioned
root beer,
but
I didn’t suddenly
start feeling
old fashioned.
***
Though I did
feel bloated.
***
But I don’t know the
old fashioned word
for that
I was at the park
and
enjoying my Sun-day
afternoon,
when a ladybug suddenly
landed on my hand.
***
So I said to it
***
“Ladybug, ladybug,
fly away home,
your house is on fire
and your children
are gone.”
***
Then I
blew on the ladybug,
and off it sailed.
***
But then
I began to wonder
if I hadn’t
needlessly
worried it.
***
“I’m sure your kids are fine!” I yelled after it.
I wear a big
red button,
on my lapel,
that says
“I got this button for free.
Ask me how!”
***
And if you
should notice
the button
& inquire about it,
I will tell you all
about
that fateful day
when I found it in
the trash.
In the days before
the internet
if you wanted to hook-up
with a demon
you had to use a
ouija dating board.
Questions to ask a ouija dating board
– Are there ghosts present?
– Evil or friendly?
– Single?
– Of which faith do you belong?
– Carrying chains?
– Doomed to one location?
– Willing to bi-locate?
Q.
Where do you
bury
a ship’s captain
who was
addicted
to chocolate?
A.
At See’s
As far as I can estimate,
There were no notable
Civil War battles in California.
***
That does not leave my
Civil War re-enactment group
with a lot to re-enact.
***
So, mostly
we just sit around
wearing old-timey clothes,
drink lemonade,
& say things like,
“What’s the news
from Washington?”
They say
that you’re supposed to
talk to your plants every day to
keep them healthy,
but some-times,
in the middle of the night,
I’ll suddenly remember
that I forgot.
So I’ll get out of bed,
go downstairs
creep into the kitchen,
and say,
“You up?”
*
“With a smile and barong”
* photo courtesy of Fernando De Manila Tailoring in L.A.
All those
hours of
piano lessons
have finally paid off,
because now
I am a piano
I woke this morning
to the rooster’s crow.
So, I got up and
let the rooster out of my room.
But a moment later,
the rooster’s crow, again.
Now it wanted to come back in.
Make up
your mind
rooster!
Found a peanut,
though I knew better
than to eat it,
thanks to that song.
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