Loglimerhyme, Larry Jennings' variant of Logarhyme w/ 332332 pulse meter Options

[JustDaniel]

If your head has bedighted a fence
I suspect that it's at your expense
since your body ain't there.
Did they cut it off, or did the bull
stomp your body so hard that your skull
lost most all of its hair?

[Larry]

If you’ve lost all your hair; at least most
and it closely resembles a coast
of grey sand on the beach
don’t go spend all you cash on a car
that’s real fast, you are going to far
for your youth’s out of reach

[JustDaniel]

Oh, my youth's out of reach -- that's for sure;
even mem'ry of it is obscure
and I cannot recall
almost anything that I had done
when my life must have been mostly fun
back when I would crawl.

[Larry]

When I learned how to crawl it was back
in an old 45 Pontiac;
there was plenty of room.
Then I crawled on the big roomy seat
and pulled up to the windows to meet
a new world that went zoom.

[JustDaniel]

suddenly all the world had zoomed past
and 69 had been run up the mast;
now it's coming back down
and that 70's dread will be there
freely flapping in sun or moon's air
will I soon be facedown?

[Larry]

I will face down my fear very soon
like an old western gun fight at noon
but no shots will be fired.
Just a few minor thoughts to be changed
and hope Word will not have rearranged
what my muse has inspired.

[JustDaniel]

If my muse had inspired me to write
my productions would be far less trite
if I wrote anything.
but alas all that flows is this fluff
while she keeps shouting out, That's enough!
so she goes on the wing.

[Larry]

On a wing and a prayer, off she goes
to help someone else write modern prose
with no rhythm or craft;
just a hodgepodge of disjointed thought
crammed together in hopes that it’s bought
by some minds that are daft.

[JustDaniel]

Yes, some buyers of prose may be daft
but the form of my poems is draft
and it may so remain;
who would buy anything that I write?
'haps it's best that it stay out of sight
of book-store domain.

[Larry]

Of a book store’s domain, their intent
is to keep room for things yet to print
say some very rich guys
who control everything that we read
so in order for you to succeed
grease some palms and arise
to the fame you so richly deserve.
Feed the kitty and then you’ll observe
books that everyone buys.

[JustDaniel]

books that everyone buys will be read
by and by unless readers are dead
to the words in the books;
if they sit on the library shelves
they may stay all alone by themselves
in the corners or nooks

[Larry]

Nooks and corners are filled with old books
and in places where nobody looks
except for their I-pad
but when batteries die, the screen’s blank
and they’re wanting to read, they will thank
me for books and be glad.

[JustDaniel]

My four books are for making you glad
but they're not written yet, and it's sad
'cause they're all in my head
but I cannot remember a word
and I know that sounds very absurd
but it's true what I've said.

[Larry]

If it’s true what you said about books
and your mind holds them all, then it looks
like they’ll go to your grave
but as memories fade I would say
write as much as you can anyway
go ahead and be brave.

[JustDaniel]

If I'm brave I could die bein' shot
by the guy try'n ta get what I've got
an' I tell 'im, "Hell no!"
I think I should just give 'im my bucks,
walk away while I'm sayin', "Aw shucks!"
an' still have life ta show!

[Larry]

If a still life’s what you have to show
and you’ve really no places to go
just set down on your swing
in the morning with your favorite cup;
“you’ll be there for a while, fill it up”
listen to the birds sing.

[JustDaniel]

While you're listening to the birds sing
you can dream about having a fling
with your wife ere you die;
you could cruise to Caribbean isles
and carouse walking beaches for miles
or just sit there and sigh.

[Larry]

I’ll just sit here and sigh with my wife,
maybe whittle a bit with my knife
as she frowns at the mess.
For we live in seclusion with trees
growing back to a height that will please
and no one to bring stress.

[JustDaniel]

So you've no one to stress you? Invite
me to visit a week; that is quite
all you'd need to erupt
into panic and throw me on out
of your house; there is simply no doubt
I'd begin to corrupt.

[Larry]

If corruption begins while you’re here
we’ll just send you around to the rear
of the house with great speed
where we keep a large polled Herford bull
that will teach you when push comes to pull
with a leash, you can lead.