AuntieBelle: Favorites

Dec 2014 AuntieBelle

r

you came in from the cold dressed bold
under a black flag like isis on the road
to baghdad in a red ferrari going all john
le carré defecting with the little drummer
girl laurie in a deadly affair expecting
the honourable school boy when i'm used
to being a most wanted man -

now i'm no naïve and sentimental lover, baby
i'm the perfect spy and this ain't a small town
in germany but ich bin ein berliner, fraulein -
you better make this your last call for the dead

- it was (y)our kind of game playing
tinkering tailoring soldiering spying -
doodling smiley's people on the side
acting like absolute friends with fred
the constant gardener at the russia house
and red the tailor of panama
like a ***** with a straw up your nose
in the looking glass war
but if you do it again -

let me tell you a secret, pilgrim
i'll drop you where you lie -
it'll be a ****** of quality, baby
and that's a delicate truth

- you were our kind of traitor
on the blue mesa.

r ~ 11/14/14

i like john le carré
:)

bm
http://hellopoetry.com/tag/bluemesa/

#bluemesa #johnlecarre

Dec 2014 AuntieBelle

her salt mine

Dec 2014 AuntieBelle

r

her salt mine

she said she fell
for the drunk me -

well, i liked me
that way-better, too

how very sad
- but true

i'd drink again
if i knew i could -
if it would do any good

- to lick her sweat
one drop at a time
all along the jawline

- making her salt mine
one more time.

r ~ 11/15/15

Dec 2014 AuntieBelle

songbird

Dec 2014 AuntieBelle

r

songbird

as fragile
as a songbird -

her hands

knotted and spotted
from many winters

november came one last time -
i held her hands in mine - gently

- gently, she flew away
to where songbirds go
when it's cold in the mountains.

r ~ 11/18/14

For my mother, Betty Taylor Richardson (8/9/1935 - 11/18/2013).

Dec 2014 AuntieBelle

wild turkey

Dec 2014 AuntieBelle

r

wild turkey

i've had wild turkey-
kinda gamey
but it'll do in a rush

i've had jim beam, too
along with a little kush

but- jack daniels kicked my ***
and knocked me on my ****

this thanksgiving
i'm going with plain old turkey
cuz i'm smarter and braver

if god will only grant me the serenity.

11/27/14

:) Happy Thanksgiving, y'all.

#thanksgiving

Dec 2014 AuntieBelle

Dogs know

Dec 2014 AuntieBelle

r

Dogs know

We take a shortcut
through the narrow walkways
of the old village

across the cobblestones
and by the white-washed tabby wall

to the waterside where slave ships
once plied their trade

My dog lingers nose down
as if each stone has a story to tell

and ***** an ear to the wall
where the auctions were held

She looks at people differently now.

r ~ 11/29/14

Dec 2014 AuntieBelle

19

Dec 2014 AuntieBelle

r

19

when my son was younger
he asked -

how old are the mountains
from where did the First People come
why does the sun sleep in the ocean
what is the color of rain

now that my son is older
stronger, wiser and bolder
he asks -

how old are the mountains...
...what is the color of rain

some things don't change.

r ~ 11/30/14

Hey, Son. :)

Dec 2014 AuntieBelle

breathing in America

Dec 2014 AuntieBelle

r

breathing in America

it isn't all black and white
the choke-hold of history

shades of red and brown
paint the scenery, too

the documented imagery
forgotten in the fray

a little big horn playing mournful
songs as the cavalry marches on
to the tune of galleons and guns

no passport required
when the port was young

émigré and immigrant
displacing native sons

who also once were pilgrims
breathing in the sun.

12/4/14
7/6/18: and again, the choke-hold of history, of misery, Democracy smoldering under a bright orange sky lit by a Trumpster Dumpster trash fire.

#icantbreathe #littlebighorn

Dec 2014 AuntieBelle

commando on the blue mesa

Dec 2014 AuntieBelle

r

commando on the blue mesa

i met her at the crow bar -
a mescalero from amarillo
- her name was lily
and she was in from the field

wearing tiger stripe camos
cut short like i like 'em
and she liked to hike them
- all commando

she had a tattered boony hat -
a kevlar vest and a tat
that said - the wild, wild west -

her shoulder holsters
were packed with two .40s

- lordy, lordy -

she said they bolstered her
fire power

we were commando stylin'
...on the blue mesa.

12/5/14
:)

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#bm #bluemesa

Dec 2014 AuntieBelle

Wonderful Moments

Dec 2014 AuntieBelle

Amitav Radiance

Wonderful Moments

The most wonderful moments
Are made up of simple things
A simple touch
A beautiful smile
A naughty wink
The playful arguments
Sharing the dessert
Or the cup of coffee
The kiss of assurance
Caressing each other’s life
Holding hands
Long walks
Enjoying the weather
Talking sweet nothings
Touching each other’s soul
To etch the memory forever
Simple moments we desire
And moments will be eternity
Not complicated
But takes love in heart
To enjoy these moments

#love #moments