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 Jul 2014
Ocho the Owl
Singing! Singing!

Without a care in the world....

All the leaves and turning
and ready for burning...

A fine balance that now comes into being

Being....is......beguiling

All at once.....the flow comes and goes
Going......going.....gone
 Jul 2014
Ocho the Owl
There's a dead bird that sits upon a bush

I wonder if he felt anything at the
time of his passing...

I wonder why he died...

I wonder if it had a chance
to produce offspring...

What if it had lived one more day?

I hope his passing was...necessary
 Jul 2014
Ocho the Owl
The drum that exists within me
is ALIVE

Alive & well....be on the lookout
 Jul 2014
Ocho the Owl
Wyatt Earp felt the cold sweat
As fear creeped and sneaked up his spine

His fate was sealed, for certain
The grim reaper knew
that he was next in line

As the minutes went on
And the scalpings continued
Oh lord....Earp cried out in concern

Just then a Sioux brave
chopped his head from his body
And threw his carcass in the flames
and watched it burn
 Jul 2014
Ocho the Owl
Let me sleep for a plethora of ages
if only you would be mine

Let me wander the deserts forsaken by the lack of your figure divine

Let me be buried beneath all the hills with their cavernous caves and high peaks

I pray you, fair goddess, come take my hand
So that both you and I can be complete
 Jul 2014
Ocho the Owl
"Pesky Humans..."
She thought to herself

After a few minutes of wondering what to do
she leaned over and asked mars

He wasn't very helpful

She cried out to her neighbor Venus,

but she was much too far to be able to hear her

So she just sighed
took a deep breath
shrugged her shoulders
and kept on smiling and being beautiful
 Jul 2014
Ocho the Owl
"Absurd...this life makes no sense"

He sipped his cafe latte as he continued thinking

"I wish I could make sense of all this..."
"How I wish this all made sense..."

Suddenly he looked up and there she was....

They locked eyes...

Then she was gone...

*Again...
 Jul 2014
Ocho the Owl
He grins and bears it
I don't know the reason

Day in and day out
season after season

Will this winter approaching
be the last for you, friend?
I hope you find strength
to push through to the end
 Jul 2014
Ocho the Owl
Breath = Heavy

Life = Uphill

Boulder = Atlas

Grunting = Gravity

Exhaustion = Surrender

*Freedom
 Jul 2014
Ocho the Owl
He couldn't read or write

but he was sharp
like a tack

This was quite common in his village

the lack of schools
the lack of running water

the absence of basic necessities here was appalling

one night he thought he heard something moving
over by the door where the shoes and sandals were kept

in the morning, he went over to area where he heard
the sound the night before

he scanned around for a few minutes
until he saw it

a black mamba coiled up
sleeping inside one of
his little sisters shoes

Always...
ALWAYS...
*Always make sure...
 Jul 2014
Ocho the Owl
ATTN: galactic/universal management team

I strongly fear
that I might not be able to continue
the remainder of this next chapter
of my journey on willpower alone

It not enough

I need a committed partner ship

You know I do*

Without it my value system,
code of ethics, morals
and overall sanity
flies out the window

I'm at my breaking point here

I know you could make it happen
if you really wanted to

Please

I urge you to consider my plea
and act accordingly

Thank you for your time
 Jul 2014
Ocho the Owl
Brief brief!
The clock is a thief
it takes and it takes
all your days, minutes, weeks!

Last I remember
I was still just a boy
playing on swings
and screaming for joy

Now work and bill paying
fills my day, noon & night
grey hairs and back aches
fill my mind up with fright

So....

PLEASE

don't be wasteful
heed this message, dear friends
enjoy life to the fullest
from beginning to end

Brief brief!
The clock is a thief
so don't live with regrets
....
let them go...
...
See?
...
Relief ;-)
 Jul 2014
Ocho the Owl
Grinch grinch
You are my to command!
You're the foulest creature in all of the land

From far east to west
you scurry about
looking to quench
that insatiable drought

Yet this drought is not real
I'm afraid to report
this invisible scarcity
only serves to distort

Oh Grinch, fair Grinch
you are bound to your ends
I do hope that perhaps one day
you and me can be friends
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