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There was once a mutinous,
Horridly delinquent bird,
I’m told (or so I have heard),
So named, quite briefly, Woody.
And when Woody did not
Like whate’er his mama did
Or said too much a lot—
Or if she tied, instead of
A square, a granny knot,
Or gave him a merited swat—
Woody would not deck her,
But Woody Woodpecker.
I’ve no idea how much
all the paper weighs
that lies so heavily upon
my cluttered desk.
please tell me,
my dear friend, sir,
why you persist in asking
for my paper weight.
Gable, Clark,
left his mark,
a critical factor
for an American actor.
chance favors
the well-prepared mime
who makes the fewer mistakes
in his unversed outtakes
and can open up his heart
to a higher form of art
and thus more
kinetically rhyme.
raging cruelty
bellows deep within
the skin that
wraps you up
inflicting pain
is your reward
for giving birth
now I know why
my middle name is hurt
(c)2007/14/07 Lenny Gazbowski
my mind
is an
incomprehensible
and fragile arena
your constant
attacks
upon my psyche
have left me cowering
under my dead mothers skirt
and my father
cannot help himself
as he adds his scorn upon
my ever fragile landscape
I hear his hatred filled words
as he repeats those dread filled words
mummys boy, mummys boy
I always knew, I always knew
(c)2007/14/07 Lenny Gazbowski
White roses fade
under summer’s sun.
Soft petals speak
of heart’s desire shunned.
Passion’s bloom once sweet
lie fragile
fallen in wilted retreat.
Love’s fragrance blown
withered beauty dies
alone.
Copyright JVS 2007
TREES FLAME
AMID PRIMAL ECHOING
BEARING WITNESS TO EARTH’S
PLAGUES AND CANCERS
AS THE RAUCOUS WORLD
BURNS
Copyright JVS 2007
I love it when you tell your lies
Because you know I can see right through your eyes
You say you like the wine, but I know your taste
You pretend to smell the flowers, only to hide your face
But I know you, and I don’t want you back
I still feel you; your hearts weight breaks my neck
You were more than alive-
Just realize it this time…
I love it how you play every hand
To bluff, you just don’t understand
That when your love is on the line
There’s no net to catch your fall this time
Taking control of the soul you break away
Becoming one in myself I am inclined to say
I have a heart worth loving but you cant be the same
What is this life that I live worth if I cant have fame
I have nothing to present myself with and no one to fall on
I had the world around my fingers but that’s the last thing I want to hold on to
You pull the love from my heart
And refuse to help it restart
This world is filled with cowards and lovers
Its only the innocent screams, I fear
That let these heart seams tear