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[JustDaniel]

Fear of eggs and sausages
makes it difficult to be a breakfast cook
but his problem assuages
when he starts to write his book
and rediscovers what he nearly forsook.

[Larry]

Rediscover what’s forsook
by stepping back to realize what it’s worth
and taking a second look
to see if there is a birth
of something wonderful and new on this earth.

[JustDaniel]

Something wonderful and new
has disappeared among the daily mundane;
or have I become a shrew
who no longer can abstain
from things that are esoteric and arcane?

[Larry]

Esoteric and arcane
might be how most people think of this web site
and the few who still remain
are aware of the great plight
of finally disappearing in the night.

[JustDaniel]

Disappearing in the night
has become what I am doing every day;
it seems I'm losing my Light
and wonder if I can stay
like this, but I keep doing it anyway.

[Larry]

purr severe

Keep doing it anyway
even if there is no one around to see
that you are having your say;
whether prose or poetry,
‘till someone locks the door and loses the key.

[Larry]

all keyed up

Locks door and loses the key
is no longer a problem to the public
for anywhere they might be
they open it with one click
on a downloaded IPhone app that’s real slick

[JustDaniel]

parentally engendered?

I'm not slick with an IPhone,
having plenty of trouble with my Android.
I know that I'm not alone
but it's still hard to avoid
being troubled inside like old Sigmund Freud.

[Larry]

Troubled inside like old Freud
does not mean that you may have become insane
but that you’re merely annoyed
for never using your brain
to write something of use which is not inane.



No Daniel, this is not about you or what you write.

[JustDaniel]

So glad that you don't want war
since I am having trouble finding things to write
that you and I won't deplore;
most of the time I'm just trite,
but occasionally something sparks the night.

[Larry]

short notice

If something sparks in the night
you better hope it’s not electricity
because you’ll have to take flight
as firemen answer your plea
to extinguish the toys and your Christmas tree.

[JustDaniel]

Toying with Christmas?

If they extinguish my toys
I won't have any left for distribution
to neighborhood girls and boys;
I'll need my constitution
to get more and prevent a revolution.

[Larry]

plat-etudes

To prevent revolution
the government has many diplomats who
come up with a solution
for what most people might do
when tired of politicians turning the screw.

[Larry]

gene gnome

Turn a tired politician
into someone whom I might consider great
might require a magician
to remove and expiate
their greed and sloth which must be a common trait.

[Larry]

un-friended

A common trait is their greed
because nothing matters but the bottom line
and their reason to succeed
is all they need to feel fine
which means they will never be a friend of mine.

[JustDaniel]

Drinking and Mining Don't Mix

Never a friend in the mine
is a fellow-worker who can't find his way
because he had too much wine;
no one is willing to pay
with their life for his time in the cabaret.

[Larry]

spent lives

In the cabaret, lifetimes
and fortunes have been wasted without a thought
of consequences or crimes
and diseases which are wrought
by drunken people, even if they’re not caught.

[JustDaniel]

Snot to Spare

A drunken man on his cot
is far better off than sleeping on the street
where he could have had the snot
beaten out of him, a sheet
draped over him with blood left as a receipt.

[Larry]

believe

With Him draped over, blood left
His body but asked His Father to forgive
them and the man killed for theft
be brought to Heaven to live
for he had been saved by the Fisherman’s sieve.

[Larry]

reel-ism

Saved in the fisherman’s creel
was a record-breaking Pacific salmon
which had given him a thrill
but was much more than just fun
because it would feed his family when done.