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vegetarians
don't eat meat of any kind
tofu for you
this easter sunday
our family brunch together
pay with dad's blue card
my pet dog emma
ten city blocks is not too far
the rain is not cold
Chicago is a cold and dangerous place
So I was told by another
and as a citizen of the Second City
I looked back to my life here
seeking terrors
unfolding my layers of memories
to find oppression, fierce tumult
attacks on my person, mayhem and madness
and found nothing.
Chicago is a cold and dangerous place
I was told
and to give them credence
I sought again in my memories
looking for hordes of evil ones
said to live here forcing good men and true
to lie quiet and not live in the sun.
Try as I might
I relived no terrors
no threat to me and mine
but rather in my neighborhood
a whole wide range of men and women
and those not sure
of all colors and creeds and language
all in their cohesive whole
making my city a place of the new and of joy.
Chicago is a cold and dangerous place
I was told
thinking back on this makes me think
that there are some who far from their natal place
withdraw and fear even their shadows
and see life as a cage where they survive
fearful all their days
I have time to invoke my god to give them strength
to live in the light and not be fearful
New York City New York is the First City in the USA
Chicago is the Second City
Men are men
and women are women
and never the two will tweet
Absolutely not be be taken seriously and to be listed as the Daily Poem*

* Well maybe and perhaps on  April First
Adam and Eve lived here
before she went vegan
and chomped the wrong apple
dropping them both into deep schtuck
with a difficult learning curve
before they got up to speed
as our progenitors
and began begetting.

With only two to start with
there had to have been a lot of ******
with begats here and begats there
and still, the gene pool stayed clean
without fits and starts
so there must have been a Divine Profiler
in the sky keeping the books straight
with our future at stake.

But there is a question?
In the beginning there were only two
so was Adam the midwife
and if so
where did he learn the skills
the whole midwifery bit
the gentle initial slap
to get the first wail ever on this earth

Interesting theological
and philosophical thoughts
not even thinking
about baby clothes
and the like
I suppose breastfeeding
was a must before Baby Formula

Deep thoughts for Easter
My computer is having a hard time getting on line today, That is why there were two Number One Paradise on line. The other one is deleted now so if you liked it the Like has gone with the poem
Life in my kitchen
I cooked lima beans today
No taste of anything
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