The Poet--Fare Thee Well, Voyager!

Fare Thee Well, Voyager!

So long ago we prayed, “God speed,”

as you left the launching tower.

And you were quite fast, indeed,

o’er thirty-six thousand miles per hour.

We said, “Goodbye” and not, “adieu,”

for we knew you would not return.

We could not know from your milieu

the heavenly facts that we would learn.

You now confront our System’s rim...

and soon may know what lies beyond,

but, Gates of Hell...or Cherubim...

we yearn to learn what you respond.

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The Poet: December 7, 1941

December 7, 1941

Though young I still remember,

how on that fateful day,

the look of shock in mother’s eyes

said our world had turned gray.

Then came the deprivation...

rationing for our army’s needs.

The radio and the cinema

swelled our hearts with their brave deeds.

Resolve and toil helped win that war,

o’er seventy years our land stands free,

but those who bore that world war

know we must watch foes constantly. 

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Dear President

Dear President,

You said all must cooperate

to save us from the cliff,

but when I hear you on TV

on most things you stay stiff.

The Red is black and Blue is white...

that’s what I hear you say.

But, if you want to solve our plight,

best turn your thoughts toward gray.

                                      The Poet

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The Cliff

The Cliff

The Red and Blue seek CYA

but fail to seek a cure.

Let history decide who’s wrong

but now just help our land endure.

The cliff is our real threat...

not how we reached the precipice.

If the Congress has no answer,

it’s time we should you all dismiss.

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Petitions to leave the Union

Petitions to Leave the Union

People who petition 

to sever White House ties

in fact are really saying

their peers can’t bare the lies.

The red and blue have voted

in each and every state.

And something I have noted,

their ballots rarely fluctuate.

They vote the same fools in

who made our home a mess,

which only tells me that

peers do not think...just guess.

The process to pick candidates

to vie for public seats

must change and be more rigorous

ere anyone competes.

Age and birth a sorry gauge...

each post requires a special skill.

Test to prove that their head

is not full of chlorophyll .

...voters, too!

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Lebanon's Hesbollah

Lebanon’s Hezbollah

With a semblance of peace

in the Middle East,

we find some bums

now beat their drums,

and din increased by rampant beasts.

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Israel and Hamas

Israel and Hamas

Again, the brazen media

must give the news a twist...

after some good people died

and foes pledged to desist.

It deigned to pick the winner...

though both still aim a gun,

and only non-combatants

are those who now have won.

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