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Saturday, February 19, 2022

Sunday Muse # 199


 makes a living out of playing wrong notes

said the sneering music critic

the piano aint got no wrong notes

said the man with the piano eyes

we all know who Thelonius Monk is

no one has heard of the music critic

or knows where he ended up

Tuesday, February 15, 2022

Wordle # 275 _ MLMM

 
 
 

 
 stalemate playboy helium valentine's day cinch thorns roses slender fumble wrists 
woebegone nylon
 
pleasing this  playboy bunny
on valentine's day
would be no cinch
 
how about 
red roses without thorns
wrapped in black nylon stockings
gold helium balloons painted with hearts
diamond encrusted bracelets
for her slender wrists
 
woebegone woe betide
if he fumbles or gets any of  it wrong
a stalemate has more than one meaning





 Open Link Weekend # 106
 

Saturday, February 12, 2022

Sunday Muse # 198 + Earthweal OLW #105


 


 

swimming

means getting wet

an umbrella

offers a little protection

against drenched ringlets

but not against sharks 

 

 



they didn't want to know simple simon  

so he got two owls instead

turned out well

 

 


 

one of the girls

a fancy pants

decided to play at

witchcraft

 

 



it worked

 but no beginners luck here

she wrecked the wrong house

they are both now homeless

 

surprise surprise

they are seeing simple simon in a new light

endless possibilities

they cannot imagine how they overlooked

his attractiveness and in particular his  generosity




Monday, February 7, 2022

Wordle # 274 ...MLMM


perish the thought 

no off the cuff stuff 

on stage

ad._libbing results

often in a garbled read

sounds like middle english

best to have all the material

at ones fingertips 

 

diana and the golden apples

 jason and the golden fleece 

are greek myths not true stories


if your phone conks out

press and jiggle

it still probably wont work


 WORDS

perish press jiggle fingertips middle true fleece apples cuff garbled ad-lib read

Saturday, February 5, 2022

Sunday Muse # 197 ,,,Earthweal Open Link Weekend # 104


 thoughts of you

dear madame defarge

tricoteuse tragic knitting away

as the heads were displayed

the crowds cheered hooray

the streets ran like rivers of blood 

the drums beat to the continual thud

people moved out because of the smell

an aristocrat's life became sheer hell 

things had changed since the time of plenty

now their houses ransacked were all but empty

let them eat cake

she shouldn't have said 

being a smart arse sadly

can cost you your head




 

 

 


Friday, February 4, 2022

Earth, Wind & Fire - September (Official HD Video)

 

 

carefree times

dancing the night away

young and free

dancing

the shortcut to

happiness