A Loser’s Lament

Dame Fortune seems to know no math,

nor how to treat an acolyte.

She must be some damned sociopath...

or she just isn't erudite.

 

I call her name as wheel spins,

as cards are dealt, or dice are thrown...

and every time another wins...

and my recourse is curse and moan.

 

It matters not she bends the odds

to help some novice become rich,

but after all these wayward nods...

I best from Lady Luck now switch.

 

 

 

Life’s Race

It's time that you now stop to face

all efforts lost within Life's race.

For tomorrow, and each morrow,

best try to win, or show, or place.

 

Happy Thanksgiving

For what can I be thankful

when I peruse the news?

Our world is filled with suffering

and terrorism brews.

 

I’m thankful I’m American

where freedoms are assured.

I’m thankful for my kith and kin

whose love o’er time endured.

 

I thank God when I wake,

regardless how I ache.

And, hopefully, at dawn

papers say our problems are gone.

 

                                                      Thanksgiving

                                          Thanksgiving was proclaimed

in seventeen and eighty-nine.

George Washington declared we thank

He who is divine.

The Pilgrims had joined together

that they could celebrate

to thank their God for the harvest

that would their hunger slake.

 

Know we also should be thankful

what God provides each day…

sustainable and spiritual

manna along our way.

 

 

Don’t Forget the Vets

My countrymen we should abhor

pols who will send our youth to war.

Then wounded vets when they return

pols heap on praise...but must do more.

 

Trump Rerun

The Don decided to run again;

though he has lost some lackey men!

Trump still states Dems have cheated him;

just babble from a too-long whim!

The Don’s still using his MAGA chant;

which in the past he did not grant!

Trump turned on his allies;

which we all know was not wise!

See one rally, you’ve seen them all;

and his lies are filled with gall!

You may think that I don’t like the guy;

I’d rather I could yell him ”Bye ”!

 

 

{Zen-The Way}

Fear of Failure

If you fear to fail

consider your problem well...

riposte may then quell.

 

Next Term

It’s obvious politicos

want first to keep their post.

We only ask they strive to fill

the basics we need most.

 

But oft they ask

a lobbyistshow to perform their task,

when any fool with year of school

will not the biased ask.

 

If you would keep your job next term

don’t pay for ads with hype…

impress us with good action

and forego any tripe.

 

Red Pols  Rage Rouse

Where does The Don come by such men...

too many perps in his bullpen.

Most of them think our income tax

is fare for kleptomaniacs.

 

Veterans

They had joined the army

to be of aid to our country.

They were taught to use needed skills

and asked to practice with strong wills.

They did their jobs and that is key.

They’re heroes and they’ve kept us free.

 

 

Fidelity

Before you make a solemn vow

ensure you can commit.

If you  have pledged to steer the prow,

you must press on with grit.

Some tasks may seem not viable,

yet, need but firm resolve.

If  you remain reliable,

all problems can dissolve.

 

February 2016

I've lived in Tucson eighteen years.

For all that time there was a drought.

The population has doubled,

but still there's water in my spout.

 

Each year pols ask I cut my use

or else the wells run dry.

Each year pols grant more houses built,

and pols dumb logic is awry.

{From my CD, Return To The Past}

 

April 2013 {From my CD, Return To The Past.}

Immigration {Not Always Bad}

The Immigrants here now

legally proved to all their worth.

They passed the tests agreed upon

and proved to us they earned a berth.

 

Campaign  Commercials 

Heroes! Villains! You best explore

the words declared from some press corps.

Same pol whose tongue is filled with lies

may also be truth’s carnivore.

 

The Way  {Zen}

When you have free time

learn to use your bod or mind...

they resist downtime.

 

Con Men

They are the worst of human beasts.

They scam the old with stealth.

Let‘s pray they choke upon those feasts

they buy with ill gained wealth.

From my book, All That Rhymes.

 

Congress

How oft I‘ve watched them try to cure

our country’s ills with money thrown

and see all that which has been sewn

    has helped much less than cow‘s manure.