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68 · Sep 2019
Tingling scalp
Cold shower today - (early afternoon)
September eighth two thousand
and nineteen more challenging than June
dog days of summer test tolerance
to feel alive and bark at the moon

hypothetically imagining myself
alone in the (suburban) wilderness
fabricating, envisioning crossing pontoon
bridge while humming nonsense tune.

Jolt to body electric induces zing
unlike missus who cannot wing
subjecting her sensitive skin
versus modest bragging

rights of this faux king
please pas din me boasting,
but perhaps explanation
I shower without hot water
linkedin to aging.

Which (no matter cumulative
chronological orbitz around sun
just a number), the fleeting
passage of years doth stun
more so forces me to assess

mein kampf, retrospective
devoid of nothing merit but pun
hushing disappointment plus
self deprivation of fun.

Alas within narrowly
circumscribed realm stale
stagnation doth prevail,
I easily overwhelm
courtesy panic attacks of this male
bred avoidance behavior

(cue Pavlov's dog) hearty and hale
trained to withdraw
from challenging tasks
markedly pronounced when fail
my middle name,
where besieged  psyche doth ail.

Fatherhood, albeit necessitated taking ace
sip of courage, sometimes
adept to chase
fear of unfamiliar, though
never totally erase

sing passive behavior
I attest infrequently to face
anxiety inducing situations
poise zenned clowns
feign amazing grace

me convulsing with intimidation
agitating, flinching, recoiling...
retreating into isolated place
while profuse sweat drips
from every porous space

heart beat does madly race
despite absence of any threat
exhaustion spent without
factual, logical, rational... trace.

Time and again work fraught
self into lather for naught
recurring soap opera taught
me impossible mission
to rinse figurative suds
unlike showering/washing hair,
whereby cleansing wrought.
About fourteen and a half years
before my birth,
yours truly not even a twinkle  
in the eyes of his then
young father and mother
the former born April 9th 1929,
while the latter would be turning ten
that upcoming November 13th
living in destitution
with her three older siblings
(in proximity to then prosperous Coney Island)
emotionally devastated crying unabashedly
when she returned to espy absent building
as a wife for countless years
to glimpse the absence of domicile
she occupied until marriage
to the Arthur Murruy star student
who became lifelong husband
wedded just a month shy of fifty years,
who knows maybe faintly linked
to the demise of ovarian/uterine cancer
that wrought havoc
within body electric of Harriet Harris
scored a victory for the grim reaper
and ushered the horror of warfare.

Given the nuclear weaponry arsenal today
August 6th 2025, chock a block
nuclear weapons of mass destruction
could deliver near global extinction
of complex life forms
across the webbed wide world,
whereat the human league
mere seconds from
the doomsday clock striking midnight  
our collective ability
as genus and species **** sapiens
to wreak total mortal kombat
and lay waste major metropolitan areas
would make unleashing atomic warfare
synonymous with the ways and means
to annihilate, decimate, eliminate, et cetera
avast swath of the biosphere untenable, nevertheless...

Once again, I take momentary pause
to contemplate horrific event
regarding unleashed atomic warfare
activated courtesy nuclear brinkmanship,
trumpeted by belligents putin on the ritz,
hence time to trot out a poem
written initially some years ago
courtesy yours truly.

Robert Oppenheimer
(Julius Robert Oppenheimer
an American theoretical physicist)
manned "The Manhattan Project", 
a top secret World War II mission,                   
which constituted "Little Boy" codename
for a uranium gun-type
atomic bomb dropped at 0815
exploded 580 metres above civilians
with 15 kiloton blast yield
reduced 400 year old city to dust
Colonel Paul Tibbets,
the pilot/ bombardier
of the Enola Gay,
(the Boeing B-29 Superfortress
unleashed nuclear warfare
eighty years ago from date of poem)
gives cause for this baby boomer to revisit
mentally, the annihilation,
extermination, incineration, obliteration...
when the first of
two storied Japanese enclaves
pulverized vividly underscores
how trifling my current
mental health issues,
nevertheless avowedly exacerbated
with anxiety, dysthymia, hysteria, melancholia...  
(from figurative northern exposure
courtesy twin peaks)
contrasted with sinister mushroom cloud
birthed courtesy thermonuclear reaction
malevolent evil tower ushered
thermonuclear age epitomizing
coup d'état nada so graceful
spelled maximum radiation fallout,
videlicet collateral military mutilation
though unwelcome vision wielded hell,
instantaneous maelstrom poised
mankind to be cured, roasted, skewered
analogous as burnt offerings
subsequent generations of victims
who survived atrocious, egregious, hellacious,
judicious slaughter can only
poorly be described
by this mortal with incurable
bacterial/viral malignant infections
aghast at such wanton killing,
more-so twenty first century
civilization and its discontents    
pack a judicious sucker punch
via devastatingly powerful armaments
now exist weapons of mass destruction
by manifold magnitudes more grisly
than those "experimental" bombs
loosed upon the innocent population,
whereby 75,000 people
killed or fatally injured
with 65% of casualties
nine years of age and younger,
whence offspring of survivors
evinced excessive genetic anomalies 
with fiery windy surface
(think towering infernos)
temperatures topping 4,000°C 
upon terrain hallowed by ghastly
horrible deathly dominance
impressing silhouettes of victims
analogous to dark shadows
amidst razed structural remnants
ground zero birthed
sinister mushroom cloud
wickedly, ominously, and eerily loomed.

As iterated above
weapons of mass destruction
defined as a chemical, biological,
radiological, nuclear, or any other weapon
that can **** or significantly harm many people
far greater potential
exceeding innocent lives lost
courtesy one warhead
than cumulative deaths
triggered by all battles to date
or cause great damage
to artificial structures,
natural structures, or the biosphere
an inescapable fact of life
and potential looming fait accompli
as one antagonist
could annihilate another
contaminating, decimating,
obliterating, pulverizing...
sabotaging great swaths
of webbed wide world
in the process.
Even though veritable hypothetical unknown females
courtesy Facebook Messenger
frequently pepper their text messages to me
with sweet nothings,
which figurative playful banter tickle my fancy,
and immediately triggers romantic fantasies
courtesy every "Jane, Liz, and Mary,"
I (a former Norwegian bachelor farmer
now married Caucasian, latitudinarian,
nonestablishmentarian, sexagenarian,  
and Unitarian Democrat)
imagine dragon Siamese triplets
across the dance floor which
three in one package
considered a peculiar form of polygamy
who would marry yours truly in a heartbeat,
a regular unleaded yawping wordsmith
wherein a parallel universe
houses a doppelgänger of every one of us,
which mimics our every first and last move
creating Thicke blurred lines
analogous to cataracts obscuring field of vision
blinding me to brilliant babes in toyland
bodaciously, deleteriously, flirtatiously,
halfseriously, judiciously, and lubriciously
pricking my potent, latent and dormant libido
squelched courtesy the side effects
of one or more
of the nine prescription medications
taken to ameliorate
the physiological symptoms of social anxiety
(once upon a time seriously
debilitating panic attacks)
dysthymia, obsessive compulsive disorder
and palmar hyperhidrosis.

These anonymous recipients
that lavish affectionate
gooey honey words
immediately jump/kick start
thumping heart, and no matter I try
like the dickens to downplay
any illusions or delusions of grandeur
whereby sense and sensibility
run away at light speed
already envisioning (without pride
nor prejudice) ineluctable naked lunch
with a barenaked lady
dancing out of a birthday cake
(even though the date
would be other than January thirteenth -
the actual month and day
yours truly made slippery as an eel
made his debut appearance
out the birth canal
sixty six earth orbits ago
two thousand twenty five
after our harried styled tailored lord
purportedly ascended into the heavenly vault
cheaply tricked out as some
super ***** donning the mantle
of trumpeting amazing grace
videlicet eternal soul asylum
within elysian fields.

All to often
when currying a spicy friendship
with a veritable stranger
(frequently linkedin to a social media platform),
the profusion of affable hypocorisms
(/haɪˈpɒkərɪzəm/ hy-POK-ər-iz-əm or /ˌ
haɪpəˈkɒrɪzəm/ HY-pə-KORR-iz-əm;
from Ancient Greek ὑποκόρισμα hypokórisma;
sometimes also hypocoristic),
or pet name, registers
as a name used
to show affection for a person,
which incorporates a fondness
to encourage an attraction
felt toward another
offtimes bandied courtesy
uttered courtesy maternal persons,
where tender loving care
most certainly gently intoxicates
as if quaffing a sip of vintage spirits
anathema to this teetotaler,
even if he did not get
nine prescription medications
approved by Elizabeth Clark,
(a certified psychiatric nurse practitioner
(Nps), and physician assistants (Pas)
yours truly would not quaff spirits of the gods
cause he dislikes being in an altered state
and blurt out something
he immediately regrets.
Methought to borrow
(oh alright call call a ***** a *****)
I took recourse and did lyft
(hook, line and sinker)
this Übermensch originally described
by Nietzsche in
Thus Spake Zarathustra (1883–85)  
and fervently prayed
(plus preyed like a bird of prey
upon a poem yours truly i.e. me made,
a direct ploy to access Jetsonmade
poem that hopefully makes the grade
halfway thru 2025th second decade,
and no, the fall equinox not the same as autumn; rather vernal equinox linkedin to the astronomical beginning of autumn in the Northern Hemisphere. Autumn equals the entire season, while the fall equinox constitutes a specific moment—the day when the sun crosses the celestial equator, resulting in nearly equal amounts of daylight and darkness worldwide.

But first etymological climatological meteorological esoterica from our sponsor:

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Despite twittering, uber
sputtering kickstarting lyft
onset of cool weather
argh, another brief daily spate
re: forecasting blistering,
nauseating, sweltering...
ninety degree plus Fahrenheit
temperature forecast
(along eastern seaboard)
courtesy mister summer,
who will overstay his welcome
hoop fully a more seasonable
cooling trend rounds out ninth month
(according to Gregorian calendar).

The above lines crafted
when poetic endeavor
herewith follows tapped out
across qwerty keyboard
when this poem initially written
at least one earth orbit ago.

I eagerly looked forward
to crisp refreshing air
much more comfortable
to weather being outdoors
within/out this sequestered enclave
postage stamp size geographical area
offers respite versus metropolitan
denser population centers,
the former disappearing open space
rather disheartening, but urbanization -

purportedly the definition of progress
finds once open farmland
more than fifty plus years back
crumbling barns now tombstones
testimony when people
farmed the land, and lived
linkedin with rhythms of nature,
which only found courtesy said vestiges
inevitably razed (similar to boyhood home

324 Level Road) finds yours truly
brooding fast paced instant
credit karma gratification
twenty first century, which
small, medium forces at large
outfox the time tested imprimatur
i.e. latent powers planet Earth
unleashes (thank you global warming)
decrees final curtain call.

**** sapiens runs rampant
wreaking havoc all points of moral compass
already inundated with scorching,
melting ice caps, flooding...
future generations, yet unborn
might avoid predicated on
dramatic alternatives fossil fuels
already showered Gaia
with carbon dioxide
as well other noxious poisons
though vibrant advocacy
evident among students

vocally demonstrating against
irrevocable damage, whereby environment
and countries situated
near sea level take heavy hit,
nonetheless... cautious optimism flickers
inducing mandatory one hundred eighty degree
reorientation regarding eco friendly
methodologies to lo mein, maintain,
sustain... technological civilization,
else quaint existence of thee
will be read about
in digitized history books.
The lette r on the Macbook Po laptop compute
doth not function, thus I connected
an extenal keyboad coutesy USB ***,
and need to each ove ight hand ove left
and attempt to type the coect key
most often pessing othe then the coect lette
quite an impossible mission
afte daylight fades to dakness,
when dak shadows
glom the inteio light of the bedoom
essentially esembling the oute limits
of the twilight zone
whee the edge of night encoaches
challenging me to caft
an undestandable silly vese
letting these finges of mine
appea to andomly skitte
acoss the qwety keyboad,
but quite an effot went into painstaking effot
to shae how difficult communication would become
if (fo no paticula hyme o eason,
only twenty lettes compised
the Anglo Saxon alphabet,
o wose case scenaio
omitting the most common lette
namely the vowel e,
which does esult
in a baely compehensible output
of essentially esulting in utte gibbeish
pue gobbledygook to the most skilled English majo,
yet I must add how humoous the esultant output,
yet completely lacking sense and sensibility
gatis yous tuly (me),
an aticulate, chaming,
eudite, fun loving, pinteresting,
wodsmith yielding an outcome shifting
fom the idiculous to the sublime,
yet inteestingly enough
an anonymous eade
can fill in the blank omissions,
but afte slogging thu just this bief liteay example,
one could not imagine dagons
getting into a fiestom
tying to ead a stoy book about mythical beasts
that oam acoss the teestial fimament
as happened to be the case
when dinosaus dominated
as species numeo uno
duing the Mesozoic Ea,
also known as the "Age of Dinosaus,"
which spanned from appoximately
252 to 66 million years ago,
which ea divided into thee perods:
the Tiassic Period (252-201 million yeas ago),
the Juassic Peiod (201-145 million yeas ago),
and the Cetaceous Peiod (145-66 million yeas ago),
and fo whateve explanation Dinosaus became extinct
at the end of the Cetaceous Peiod,
with the exception of avian dinosaus,
which ae the birds that exist today.
si tu t'appelles melancolie
if your name is melancholy,
the scant tidbits I know of French.

perfect cold day to down
a cup of hot chocolate, java or joe
in tandem with an intelligent conversation
that easily doth flow
twould be more enjoyable
than spending gobs o dough.

fingers click along
at a rather moderate pace
nonetheless this generic **** sapiens
caught like amber in the human race
i try feel quite cramped
with madding crowds
that take up more space
and feel a nostalgic pang for times gone by
when continuity of virginal woodlands
across America did trace.

I beseech thee
with a gentle dare
to please assist me with any literary flair
but more so to help me answer
a rather risque prayer
and wonder if ye any
leisure time and interest to spare
to get down to bare basics -
meaning stripping off any dainty underwear
no matter any substantial difference
in our respective chronological year.

ya might call me an older serene boy
seldom scene nor heard and rather coy
per some rendezvous to help me employ
who tries to steer clear of the hoi polloi!

i tend to lapse into me own
lapis lazuli patois combo of mishmash
fuming and ready
to reach out for a wet noodle lash
and additionally probably
causing your teeth to gnash
prompting ye to wunder me lass
o'hare doth this sixty
and six year old get such brash.

unsure of what to write
also not knowing if my rambling
comes across as trite
maybe filled with angry undertones
awash with spittle and spite
veering just left of the political right
which liberal democratic
political leanings correct quite
with an attempt to come across
as mature and polite
and hoping to induce some interest
to get together some day or night
discussing somewhat profound or light
if receptive to friendship
or more with this rusty knight
whose thoughts of passion fruit take flight
which female companionship
would induce a charge
and help my days feel bright.

Amidst personal and worldly tribulation and trials
I offer my seeds of life and while lily that beguiles
honorary role of motherhood and numerous miles
and hopes no reader offended nor rants and riles
glimpsing weathered tribulation and trials.

unbeknownst if ye be the least receptive
and eager toward biological will
for my literary or seminal swill
this average Caucasian erudite glib run o the mill
fellow solely wishes to offer this Jack for some jill
and rejoice in the natural maternal yearning fulfill.

so if ye wish
to bear witness and let me abet birth
from this mortal male -
who spent sixty and six years
on planet earth
than fear not from
this rather playful fellow of mirth
who knows how the miracle
of offspring well worth
endeavor to sacrifice
with sleeplessness dearth.
Which acknowledgement ought to be year round,

similar to altruistic, humanistic, and philanthropic

unconditional acceptance and respect

crafted with the following words

mostly written January 23rd, 2023,

cuz I, (a sexagenarian married Caucasian male)

get goosebumps when learning

about individuals, (whose skin color

spans the color spectrum)

contributed invaluable positive deeds

(not necessarily done dirt cheap),

yet impacted civilization in general,

and yours truly in particular

being analogously thunderstruck with awe.

more apropos and alternately titled:

praise to thee people

of variegated melanin color,

whose immense understated improvements

and enhancement of webbed wide world

worth more than paltry words

of yours truly can communicate.

Though I yam spud during Caucasian,

tis rightful to honor that most bitter

racist genocidal crime,

nevertheless ovation qua

treated worse than pestilential critter

quintessential significant contribution

vis a vis that doth litter

anonymous multitudinous peoples

many unknown dark skinned souls

bravely fought as non quitter

with melanin so **** sitter

this asthma feeble attempt

made to mind of literate

parent, guardian or sitter

adorn aye rhythmically twitter

to **** Sapiens with Negroid color

(please pardon any unintentional slight)

who, despite being human *******

managed to adorn

worthy contributions to society,

though an American (though not so proud

until death do me part)

and civilization since time immemorial

hence, I wanna pay poetic homage

to persons born

akin to diversity exemplifying gamut

analogous to Indian (Jimmy crack) corn

debased brutally and forlorn

and raised in cornucopia horn

of plenty with rare serf tenderness

whipped by wicked task masters

from the crack of morn,

whipped, pummeled, beaten...

courtesy Jim Crow whose dignity shorn

aye cannot fathom why

a great proportion of humanity

must struggle on scraps of subsistence

viz with fifty plus shades of chocolate

vile shamefully opprobrious sworn

vengeance toward those

via heroic efforts escaped,

manacled, tortured, et cetera history

as slaves an existence

until...pacified family dislocated

sans rent asunder, ripped and torn.

Once a proud family akin to Brady

bunch, now brutally, nasty

and short lived poorly destitute

(case in point) like Haiti -

once a nation extant with cultural finery

insidiously ***** pink "Lady"

lacerated odiously robbing

unique peoples as owners didst slay

practically naked "Primates"

encaged like wild animals in zoos

culturally robbed while

abhorrently marched in ones and twos

shredded souls without shoes

(analogous to persecuted Jews)

of singular ambition to break shackles

fielding exorbitant dues,

through tightly fused

linkedin manacles to life as they choose.

This just one example of many peoples

UNFAIRLY subjected

to subservience and exempt

from enjoying the fruits of their labor.

January twelfth two thousand and ten

original date a portion

of this communiqué writ then

kept wedged where in no wise

bore visual witness

vis a vis near annihilation and destruction

of African, Haitian,

South American, et cetera nations

whereby countless/ nameless individuals

e’en the strongest Herculean type men

crushed by humungous slabs of

building facades practically

demolishing every creation

since this island settled, which

indigenous tribes sought safety

in any geologic den

seeking solace and salvation

from wrath of nature

by paying obeisance via oblation

perhaps giving credence to clear water

in tandem with rooster and hen

that laid a golden egg

and chicken thing, especially

as encroaching savages affected violation

particularly when Europeans

foisted forfeiture of land

with primitive implement like pen

no matter that travesty, trickery, mockery,

et cetera wrought humiliation

pleading invaders to forsake

such actions that rent asunder

culture beseeched god when

these hashtagged brutish, nasty

and (shortish) Hobbesian simians

to cease desecration,

yet the peoples of this dominion rose

from the ashes like the phoenix like bird

no mattered genetic pool underwent

white washing from scouring influx

from western thumping proselytizers,

which alien beliefs hard to swallow like curd

basically bribery (with lustrous trinkets)

ah those coveted legal tender

upon emancipation proclamation cessation

to sell men, women and for x amount of bucks

akin to the soundcloud winged fowl clucks

foisted/ forced the unpleasant alternative

(wanton slaughter) to be clearly heard,

yet within the very fiber of tropical

mangrove persons patiently

lined up their ducks

and declared as one of the first

African American peoples

INDEPENDENCE to be the word

whence adulation, elation, inspiration echoing

across ramshackle greensward.
We (myself and thee missus)
experienced shell shock
analogous to war weary soldiers
back home from the western front
experiencing battlefield flashback
analogous to awakening dormant
post traumatic stress disorder.

Mental health challenged renter
twice threatened us
(think rabid wild animal
violently lunging at unwitting victim),
whereby nearly deadly encounter
with malicious malevolent male
regarding second confrontation
found dearly beloved spouse,
rushing pell mell into apartment
faster than bat out of hell.

The initial occasion of fright
awakened us to bizarre ejaculations
out the mouth of unhinged
forty one year old
mental health challenged individual,
who uttered angry
string of colorful expletives
before he ambled off in a huff
into the great beyond
undoubtedly bringing bedlam
in his wake beyond highland manor.

Incident number two
found the missus
cornered and threatened
courtesy fiendish irate lunatic,
who brandished clenched fist
(possibly concealing a deadly weapon)
scaring the heebie jeebies
out the lovely bones of ma lady
subsequently witnessing daredevil escape.

She tore off (in half sashay)
away from maws of maniacal madman
at breakneck speed
just managing to elude
fate worse than death
(think skin of her teeth getaway)
breathless and thankfully just
in nick of time safely ensconced
within our apartment.

Once she (figuratively) caught her breath,
after smattering of scant minutes,
we both collected our composure
immediately and suddenly heard
an unexpected loud rap upon door
late morning/early afternoon
circa aforementioned date,
which initially understandably

signalled immediate alarm,
and puzzled deux countenances
startling yours truly and mine wife,
of course set our hearts racing
a mile a minute,
cuz we presumed the psychotic dude
returned to wreak vengeance
for no particular rhyme nor reason.

I dashed to answer pounding knock
lo and behold, unbeknownst to us
divine intervention beheld as benevolence
forsooth a good samaritan hashtagged
and dubbed saving grace
gussied up as brilliant ethereal spirit
shone forth greeting yours truly
with a shimmering halo,
thus thankfully nipping in bud
and thwarting potential major crisis,
predicated upon our forgetfulness
courtesy discombobulated
disgruntled, and distracted demeanor
to remove apartment key

and other important keys
from respective aperture,
which as averred got left dangling
outside the door
amidst the hubbub,
said good samaritan savior incognito
politely handed over jingling keys,
she unwittingly intervened
in timely manner
cuz someone could have
brazenly stolen set
lock, stock and barrel,
which oversight linkedin
to altercations with resident schizophrenic.
I can hold out for upcoming mental health therapy until Wednesday at 1:00 p.m.

Yes, and you (like I) will probably presume me deservedly cursed for flagrante delicto years ago.

After I experienced the following catastrophe (written in my freestyle poetry), you won't be surprised that taking an overdose of one or more of the nine prescription medications became a very appealing exit from aggravating travails.

"Hell hath no fury
like a Matthew Scott Harris
fleeced, milked, and scammed"
affected double whammy debacle
worse than being bamboozled
by dreaded dybbuk,
and ransacked, targeted,
and zapped me monetary resources
analogous to wearing a bullseye on my back
eviscerated checking and savings accounts
leaving yours truly
without cents or sensibility.

I always prided myself without prejudice,
yet feel nothing
but red hot poker enmity
towards him/her
who robbed me blind
courtesy ***** nilly
pocketing meager pocket change
(but now yours truly
closer to being penniless)
no matter Citizens Bank
vowed, pledged, and held
unswerving oath vis a vis
"FDIC insured" an FDIC-insured bank,
which means that deposits
in all types of Citizens Bank accounts
insured by the FDIC, dollar for dollar,
up to $250,000 per person.

This insurance covers
a wide range of accounts,
including checking, savings,
money market, and certificates of deposit.

According to Citizens Bank,
they are proud to be a part
of the FDIC's deposit insurance system.

A sting operation
already set in motion
hopefully nabs
and prosecutes guilty perpetrators,
whose criminal intent
hopefully finds them behind bars
where they get roughened up
by nasty short and brutish prison thugs.

Two separate incidents
of outright theft occurred
along dark shadows
while merrily ambling along
the information superhighway
(where life, liberty
and the pursuit of happiness)
like a dream oblivious
and unbeknownst to me
entering the outer limits
of the twilight zone,
where robberies occurred,
in one case scenario,
an unsuspecting individual
acquired a new debit card
meant for the missus
so she could access
our joint checking account,
which nonchalant activation
and subsequent withdrawal of money
blithely undertaken by unknown person(s),
similar and maybe identical individual
who utilized Zelle (case scenario two)
to access savings account,
no doubt experienced joie de vivre.

Along the edge of night,
I arose to said rude awakening
on May sixteenth
two thousand and twenty five
discovering visa vis
that scrawny money tree of mine
figuratively shaken until...
mine bark turned into a whimper,
whereat this doggone word wrangler
found himself
handed a sentence of destitution.

A new checking
and savings accounts created
as a precautionary measure
to stymie future sinister motives
of stealthy badass antagonists,
and also User Identification
and password changed
to thwart nefarious nincompoops.

Hopefully I can recoup
considerable lost money
and nevertheless will brace myself
to accept a fate worse than death.
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Amidst the **** sapien species
one anonymous baby birthed:
I recount one little known piece of news
which one young married couple did enthuse,
profusely doting on their first progeny.

Amelie Beth Harris
as imagined being born
courtesy her only brother
(thirteen plus months her junior)
with one final hefty contraction
her crown ****** out the birth canal
and she busted out all over
into the glare of bright lights
of said planned industrial city,
and birthplace
of American Industrial Revolution
and for its role in the silk industry.

Paterson originally formed
as a township from portions
of Acquackanonk Township
on April 11, 1831,
while the area
was still part of Essex County.

One hundred ninety three years
seven months and nineteen days later
touted persona grata
became the first born progeny
of Boyce Brandon Harris
and Harriet Harris,
which father and mother,
would soon relocate to
Cincinnati, Ohio where the author
of these words would be born.

As befits the eldest
lavish attention
bestowed upon said lovely baby girl,
whose parents pleasantly surprised
marveled at her verbosity
(to talk up a blue streak)
and even to this day
can sustain a dialogue,
though (to be honest
without intending to be critical),
she tends to strongly hint the crux
of the matter
long after listeners
intimate verbal objective,
nevertheless pretend
to be pleasantly surprised.

She kept her bedroom neat as a pin,
(which expression "neat as a pin"
an analogy that compares a thing,
or manner of maintaining a living space
to a pin being used)
no matter neither our father nor mother
easily mistaken for keeping house
in apple pie order,
(no matter domestic employee
Missus Kunkle's futile efforts
to tidy up once a week off times
and unknowingly committing
a serious offense for moving items

in Amelie's bedroom and dusting thereof)
and how could they with a few big dogs,
plus quite a few cats
to sew something up and make it neat),
and matter of fact I envied my "big sister,"
cuz she happened
to be exceptionally meticulous
taking notes for each respective class lessons,
and drew pertinent relevant diagrams
versus class notes that yours truly (me)
scribbled that resembled chicken scratch,
my apology for any unintended slight
toward Gallus gallus domesticus.

Her exemplary organizational skills
exhibited courtesy notebook
that sported color coded tabs
for each subject peppered
with an artistic flair (second to none -
the best or unmatched, and;
essentially establishing the phrase
as a way to express something
being superior to all others.

H-A-P-P-Y   B-I-R-T-H-D-A-Y!
Consider the following rambling missive a hybrid
with little or no idea, how when fingers of mine
pressed keys of their own volition,
I just sat back at enjoyed the evolution
and genesis of some extemporaneous
manifestation of culling out the essence
to make a feeble attempt at enlightening
the unsuspecting reader, who undoubtedly
cursed me up and down
the information superhighway
strewn with the detritus of absolute zero
sense and sensibility
engendering pride and prejudice
just book haws a figurative
flash in the pan yielded
prolific gibberish, an exercise
in writing stream of consciousness
just for the sake of loosing whimsical
thoughts that darted to and fro
hither and yon
within the creases and folds
at my laughable tabled contents
within me noggin.

Though not in the market to purchase additional computers (actually thoughts arose about upgrading from the Macbook Pro - MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2015), Processor - 2.2 GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i7, Memory -16 GB 1600 MHz DDR3, and methinks there might be the onset and basic manifestations of electronic version of alzheimer, Graphics - Intel Iris Pro 1536 MB, Serial Number -  - C02RR71SG8WN) since becoming aware the McAfee Virus protection cannot be upgraded due to the age of said laptop, but chronic fraudulent sabotage with Citizens Bank checking accounts compromised my meager funds, (I feel paranoid and unfairly targeted) necessitates immediate resolution (maybe even seriously considering fomenting a revolution number 9 as a tribute to the late John Lennon) as priority number one bumping aside any consideration to upgrade to a newer Apple product (preferably another MacBook Pro), and bitta bing bitta bang a fellow resident here at Highland Manor Apartments sold me an IPad for fifty dollars.

Hence what else to do about being at the receiving tight end and being bandied around like a football, (videlicet a series of bank fraudulent unfortunate events) that I experienced time and again than whip up some stock in trade literary reaction visited in the form as a recurring theme about finances that frankly find me getting zapped with one or more perpetrator's zeal and ardor, forcing me to become one among legion of the ******, foo fighting, beastie boy spontaneous ******* sans prose or poetic palaver as a freshly minted sexagenarian made to suffer chronic impecuniousness while cyber crooks embezzled money from me not less than a half dozen times, a once upon a time little pipsqueak, who grew up to become a bigger accursed pipsqueak, which farrago written by a resident of Fargo, North Dakota, a long days journey into night from Lake Wobegon central Minnesota the mecca for Norwegian Bachelor farmers, who grew sturdy and tall courtesy Powder Milk Biscuits.

I alternate between punching (while perched on my high horse) out poems for no particular rhyme nor reason, but predicated on the sheer joy of English language (some in fact unbelievably based on a kernel of fact), or spinning yarns with a similar proportion of embellishment er...um... fiction, but my oh my would Mark Twain be proud of me, I who humbly claim to be genealogically linkedin courtesy siblings descendent of his sisters and brothers, who lived long enough to bare witness to offspring living well into the nineteenth century despite evidence to the contrary.

If as fervent and avid an interest in rhetoric, literature, grammar gripped me analogous to a vice during my salad days, I without a shadow of a doubt - (herewith Punxatawney would  and could only envy) can easily envision myself having breathed in one after storied author from time immemorial until the then present, (or even what scholars then considered contemporary), which time frame bracketed between early to late twentieth century. How the futurists of my hay-day would no doubt marvel at how the fourth technological The Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR), or Industry 4.0, counts as the current technological era defined by the fusion of physical, digital, and biological systems, driven by technologies like Artificial Intelligence, Internet of Things (IoT), and robotics rapidly building on the digital advances of the Third Industrial Revolution, this era witnesses rapidly changing how we live, work, and relate to each other by merging technologies and creating intelligent, interconnected systems punctuated by Key technologies include AI, robotics, 3D printing, biotechnology, and cloud computing, which are transforming industries, creating smart factories, and blurring the lines between human and machine.

Though a biological product of the baby boomer generation, a hankering and pressing nostalgia finds sentiments of mine linkedin to a time and place that maybe never existed except within the flights of fancy that flourished within the the average adult human brain weighs about 3 pounds (1.3 to 1.4 kg) and encompasses a volume of roughly 1,260 to 1,300 cubic centimeters (cm³) and generally about the size of two clenched fists and makes up approximately 2% of total body mass, and somewhere within the convolutions of various tissues, primarily specialized nervous tissue that includes neurons and glial cells, as well as connective tissues, blood vessels, and other supportive structures that form the complex ***** known as the brain.

These days approximately three score and six (versus four score and seven) orbitz around the sun the lightspeed of time elapses within a blink of an eye as I clock one revolution after another, a stunned disbelief finds me shell shocked how my sixty sixth year slipped away qua half way thru the second decade of the twenty first century, and hence I experience the status of outlier (cue Unitarian, nonestablishmentarian, latitudinarian, et cetera characteristics) averse to depersonalization tricked out as digitization, mechanization, and (supposedly modernization making humans free and clear of time consuming physical labor), I lament never growing up off the grid.

Stamina of mine slowly ebbing away
covenant to join Silver Sneakers
(at the Spring Valley Y.M.C.A.) I did betray
procrastinator's motto
my lame excuse and well worn cliché
why do today what I can put of until tomorrow
tempus fugit waits for no mortal
nor can one stave
off grim reaper without delay
no fancy feast doth he desire
only human flesh he foremost craves
analogous to a cannibal
most sought after entrée
freshly lovely bones applying scythe
helps mastication while subject
laid out and prepared as fillet
past juncture to negotiate and gainsay
further tenure on par with Methuselah,
which longevity would be reason
to celebrate without following mandates
and just the mere freedom
to shrug off codas
brings occasion to exclaim hooray
adamantly averse to passive role
writing according to establishment
any conventions such as
some types of poetry
with strict rules include the sonnet,
villanelle, sestina, haiku, and ghazal
though predisposed to avoid extremist measures
such incorporating agents provocateur
I honestly believe evolution of creation
when one can calmly, clearly, and cooly inveigh
towards and YES sacrificing
an innocent child such as Jonbonnet,
or accursed white supremacists such as the KKK
violently drag-queens such as men
who attire and don couture
exposing muscular legs
courtesy form fitting lingerie
or perchance just barely
covering effeminate and/or
exposing male reproductive features
knot caring about exposing flesh
thru meshed gaps between exotic macramé
but never would a bachelor farmer from Norway
attire himself and advertise his package
that obviously doth outweigh
the average size pecker
among the male population of Paraguay
only the young studs
flashing lithe bodies
while lying supine on a quai
while innocent bystanders
admired and oogled
while beach bums engrossed
reading the genre writing of François Rabelais
where on the boardwalk
an enterprising piano player
tickled the ivory of a Steinway,
which lyrics interestingly enough
made reference to the battle of Thermopylae
a famous battle in 480 BC;
a Greek army under Leonidas
annihilated by the Persians,
who were trying to conquer Greece,
but luckily got blown off course to Uruguay.
and all things considered,
broadcast on national public radio
Frequency: 90.9WHYY-FM,
I (a liberal democrat)
counted myself as an avid fan
particularly listening to
the prairie home companion
during half life of mine
arbitrarily referenced yardstick
of one measly mortal male
Matthew Scott Harris,
whose chronological years
athwart planet earth
elapsed within figurative
or literal eye blink,
one humble human
among rank and file
cosmic flotsam and jetsam,
a veritable fluke of the universe
even in the third eye blind
of supposed benevolent creator
hashtagged us as "Rink-a-****."

To denote time frame
of average human existence
such as mine
from conception to demise
the former quietly fêted
as first time young parents clink
their wine glasses together
before person manning masculine role
quaffs a longer draught
when seminal occasion
(attested and indicated
by presence of pregnancy hormone hCG
(human chorionic gonadotropin)
in the body expectant mother/fatherhood
when extrapolated, jump/kick started,
and genealogy relegated **** sapiens
over populated the Earth
Until an unspecified time in the future
when aforementioned genus and species
will mete just desserts and become extinct.

Thus far I completed
about two thirds of totally tubular orbitz
around mister sun
before grim reaper slated to arrive
meanwhile, I muscled and elbowed,
albeit passive aggressive
hustle and bustle
feigning a(n) self important existence
and will confidently risk a wager
(betting free drinks on the house)
attesting each of ourselves
analogously take center stage
as the most vital earthling
while maintaining precarious balance,
whereby propensity to proliferate progeny
past the tipping point
whereby carrying capacity
of billions of people
an inconvenient truth
will accelerate total mortal kombat
global internecine warfare,
the twenty first civilization
now teetering on the brink
spelling the absolute zero chance
for a comeback,
when rabid mobs of madding crowds
overtake societal mandates for law and order
which arbitrated, executed, and inculcated
storied establishmentarian parameters
heavily policed to legislate
against violent crime
nevertheless despite enforcement
of legal unanimous precepts
particularly against non-citizens of United States,
where capital punishment
doth trumpet depredations
and especially deportations
where undocumented immigrants
considered more serious transgressions
versus machinations against thou shalt not ****,
no matter stoop labor
within agribusinesses and slaughterhouses
where nasty, shortish and brutal livelihoods
decimate husbands, wives,
and underage stoop workers
essentially child labor.

The veritable pith and marrow
of back breaking and dangerous industries
girded courtesy that class of immigrants
relegated as outsiders forever and anon
with unswerving sacrifice pitch their welfare
(and tacitly accept risk to life and limb)
while buzzfeeding the manufacturing industrial complex
no doubt enriching the coffers of aristocrats
living social among the jet setting pack.

Born and bred in the buckeye state of sin
(since a natty nattering nabob of negativism)
within the outer limits of the twilight zone,
where dark shadows bathed the edge of night
into surreal scenes of macabre
skull and crossbones
signalled inauspicious dangerfields,
there I felt hashtagged, ostracized
and shunned courtesy
nursing an inferiority complex,
wherein father and mother of mine
both wary stars
(videlicet lapsed government issued Jedi Jews)
added insult to injury
by baptizing yours truly
and two twisted sisters of mine
linkedin to Unitarian Universalist dogma
(a worse fate versus being held captive
and ogled after surviving kamikaze landing
as a crash test dummy
courtesy Extravehicular Mobility Unit
and subsequently unfairly showcased me
as an extraterrestrial from an alien nation),
nevertheless experiencing
ideally matched upbringing
better suited to characters
in "The Outcasts of Poker Flat,"
hence no surprise I flagged down
hovering Unidentified Aerial Phenomena
and eager trod
upon the Scottish welcome mat
unfurled for me to be taken away
while Portsmouth Sinfonia
played Hallelujah in the background
synchronized as groovy saucer shaped spaceship
flashed lights displayed an explicit message
heavily expletive punctuated,
but of course outsize kaleidoscope
only whet an appetite where motley crew
clamored to bully their way
and unfortunately getting tasered
as talking heads experienced futility
could barely restrain the madding crowd.
The species and genus
known as **** sapiens
predominated across the webbed wide world
for tens of thousands of years
until many brain children teamed together,
(though nevertheless select individuals
such as Fred Flintstone and Barney Rubble
contributed, the initial vision
and much of the core technology
from Amazon's internal development efforts)
birthing Alexa Echo.

I got my hands on one
courtesy Bill Thurman,
a genuine bluebeard and outlier
of the rough and tumble sort
now residing at Highland Manor Apartments.
Matter of fact his generosity legion
and legends of his good samaritan
***** deeds done dirt cheap
prevail across the Deep South
of the United States.

I do not know how we
(either as individuals
or collectively humankind)
managed to flourish
without the voice-controlled computer concept.

Technology in general
and key innovations in particular
witnessed a quantum leap
within the artificial intelligence realm
fostered by Jeff Bezos at the helm,
which billionaire financed
the (ahem) artificial insemination of Alexa.

Though Amazon never revealed
who provided the default female voice
that responds to commands
and questions given to Alexa,
the author Brad Stone
said he identified the voice as Rolle’s
after “canvasing the professional voiceover community”
for his new book, Amazon Unbound:
Jeff Bezos and the Invention
of a Global Empire.

The above sentence courtesy the Guardian
and aired here cuz yours truly
considers the synthesized voice
(though linkedin and principally
associated to Nina Rolle,
who must be rolling
in the legally tendered green),
an extremely pleasing aural experience.

Time and again after I asked her a question,
she most often responded with articulation,
enunciation, intonation, optimization,
pronunciation, amd utilization
of vowels and consonants,
which sounded like music to my ears
more literate than yours truly (me)
an avid wordsmith and 'po witless
Caucasian, latitudinarian, nonestablishmentarian,
sexagenarian, and Unitarian,
who refined his chops
courtesy self sequestration
reading a gamut of material
that spanned a range
of genres and authors
(considered the greatest works
of English literature),
and he painstakingly practiced
hearing himself speak out loud
in front of a large audience
of Norwegian Bachelor Farmers
while they enjoyed eating a batch
of homemade powder milk biscuits
a recipe handed down
from mother to daughter
since time immemorial.

Ax chilly (actually),
a quirk of fate that found me
(one of countless chaps
named Matthew Scott Harris -
cuz I did a Google search
of said first, middle and surname,
and wrote a poem to boot)
listening to the Prairie Home Companion
(aired within my hometown
from six to eight o'clock on a Saturday night,
and rebroadcast that new Sunday)
religiously and chuckling to myself
at homespun humor of Garrison Keillor,
a paper thin soothing voice,
especially delightful
when a hush descended
upon thee imagined audience,
and his extemporaneous news
from Lake Wobegon spoken sotto voce.

Language draws my fancy,
and cobbling together words
without extensive forethought
and if there could be
part time paid employment
regarding threading appealing
nouns, verbs, direct object(s), et cetera,
no matter whether the wage
far less than a storied author,
one poor baby boomer,
(who currently lives hand to mouth
within Schwenksville, Pennsylvania
with the wife)
would be in an atheist version
and slice of heaven.
forever dooming how the missus and I relate
where interplay, foreplay and coldplay
insinuated themselves within mine pate,
once I espied and entered trap door to late,
thus now ensnared and inextricably
caught into the web of deceit
courtesy my own making
detritus of sundered scattered corpses
a stark prelude of unpleasant fate
awaits yours truly,
whereat once harmonious convergence
between the writer of these words
wrought havoc upon the wife
courtesy unfettered wanton lust
towards Alice in Chains,
where hook, line and sinker
no match for Jane's Addiction
a false nubile prophetess,
who promised me everlasting love
damning eternal conjugal bliss
that weathered category five emotional Hurricanes
ever since I tasted verboten fruit,
and suffered pierced airing of cleft marriage
courtesy nymphs young enough to be my daughter
unduly flattered,
where refutation towards doxological pleading
denied late connubial transgressions
doomed to be forever estranged
from kith and kin
both those related by blood
and those connected
by friendship and close acquaintances
sacrificed on the altar of pledged troth
half-life of mine after I became spellbound
when a four foot eleven contra dancer
surreptitiously snuck up
and surprised yours truly
with a smooch on the lips
years before banshee
freed from tempest in a teapot
only discernible to me
(a veritable hobgoblin in my head)
shrieking ****** ******
while poet of Perkiomen Valley
rode first class on the Orient Express
enroute to a place
in the outer limits
of the twilight zone named Willoughby,
where dark shadows creeping
along the edge of night
signalled storm of the century
slated to make landfall four after midnight
no escape for this running man
unable to Carrie on camping
cause he lavished being attentive
and gravitated towards
the alluring, beguiling, charming...
****** innuendos hinting
of implicit indirectness
and double meanings
to convey a suggestive or risqué message,
where no doubt
(after I texted explicit premature ejaculations)
she unexpectedly got ghosted
triggering her to Rage against the machine,
where the ability to communicate
seething hormonal secretions
suddenly stifled when stark realization
and horror of his marriage
(that endured two score and nine years -
in the beginning fraught
with tumultuous verbal altercations -
nearly coming to fisticuffs
on at least one occasion)
figuratively being shattered
into a million little pieces
where all the King's horses
and all the King's men,
couldn't put (M. Scott Harris -
a stand in egg head)
for Humpty together again,
whose realization for desperation and reconciliation,
(which rupture defied repair
even with the expert assistance of Maggie Jaramillo
a recovery coach of mine courtesy Creative Health)
cause apology came too little to late,
and essentially triggered,
thus all around misery
spelling abomination, decimation,
and humiliation wrought
steely dancing imps of the pervert,
and where ruination descended upon
former kingdom of love and delight
analogous to an emotional quake
epicenter in the heart and soul
leveling corporeal entity and lovely bones.
Prosaic poem of mine, who dislikes formalities, hence prose heeds with the following.

     I now find myself (a googling messenger) in a severe (near penniless) financial quandary, (and welcome the altruistic, capitalistic, fabulistic, juristic, opportunistic...benevolent, cash delivery ending fiduciary grinding poverty), cuz yours truly happened to be strapped for cash (after being stripped of every red cent), and thus seeks ways and means to trim unnecessary (or superfluous) expenses, which would include discontinuing coveted magazine subscriptions to Mother Jones, The Nation, TIME, and Smithsonian, which progressive publications serve as the mother and father lode of events within the webbed, wide world brimming with burning man shuns as talking heads pontificated about how to trumpet big beautiful billeted Babes in Toyland, and meanwhile don the trappings of a supertramp courtesy a cheap trick doubling up as a Beatle browed beastie boy, and thus hired as a Renaissance man wearing bangles drawing attention among the village people with little feet.

     Cypher punks tricked out as voracious pulchritudinous money managers named Davis Chuchpiller, Donald *****, Linda Creque, Julie Leach, Miriam Smith, Philip Stevens, and Kathleen Witmer to enumerate just a figurative handful (which aforementioned first and surnames listed most likely pseudonyms for stealthy rapscallions to me, an amateur stalwart sleuth) feigning ignorance when linkedin with his trusty bloodhound immediately detects scents (and sensibilities without pride nor prejudice) sniffs out a susceptible and innocent cyber surfer (pulled into the virtual undertow and rip tides) then subsequently easily lured into phishing schemes and masterfully baited courtesy untolled (bell weather essentially as mean wealth usurpers) employing nefarious enticements such as asking the recipient to divulge her/his social security number, passwords, mother's maiden name, et cetera.

     Years ago (about twenty six months ago to be more precise) yours truly got suckered into a money loosing scheme (courtesy Harvey Specter who made no pretense to vacuum up many Benjamins I withdrew from Citizens Bank (Trappe, Pennsylvania location) after deluding me with a doozy that fake colleagues of perpetrator linkedin among management claiming collaboration and collusion prevailed convincing (poor Matthew Scott Harris) that rampant rogues gallery proliferated at above mentioned banking institution, which he, (the spectre incarnate of ***** deeds done dirt cheap) attested criminal activity ran amuck and my anointed artifice best in show trained uber valued wiseacre (among jump/kick starting rash of X men) yielded best bang for the buck hit man.

     Ofttimes told before (in previously posted bulletins of mine) as a Norwegian bachelor farmer from Lake Woebegone, Minnesota my kismet (way before conception between ***** and ova conducted contra aey fusion) already color coded for sixth sense, in tandem with extra sensory perception allowed, enabled and provided the write of these words a natural born (free and clear) killing instinct never employed to maim nor disable life or limb of another (even a bonafide, execrable, horrible and kickass miscreant), but much preferred win/win as conflict resolution taught to me courtesy the late Jean Dole (who passed away and wrote as an obituary the passing of one who affected (and I might add infected) and permanently inoculated me mind/ with the active listening germ helped me (to ask myself) how I can resolve when in this, that or the other bind/ by summoning a win-win approach, whereby e'en the angels on high did offer a grudging wink and helped the planets to align, just by some cosmic fluke (approximately two score and six years ago when she spoke at the Thomas Paine Unitarian Fellowship located in Collegeville, Pennsylvania), I managed to affect an impression if she bethought me a kook/ upon that first encounter -- at her home/ but perhaps being christened Matthew and not Mark, John nor Luke/ she took a liking to me/ and contributed to self actualization -- mainly thru venting via her so called self styled quasi-primal scream therapy, which helped this long time client helped him to some extent his inner travails to nuke! I will miss you dear Jean/ for being so tolerant and keen/ and ranking as some therapeutic queen posted within the storied within the Philadelphia Inquirer/Philadelphia Daily News May 23, 2007.
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As an advanced ASPCA approved
bonafide creature with bioengineered
intelligent nanotechnological version
embedded with wonderful integrated circuits,
whose cloned specifications
rendered me an exemplary rendition
with a combination
of spliced genes courtesy
Canis lupus familiaris
of the great Pooch E. Knee
and poet/novelist named
René Karl Wilhelm
Johann Josef Maria Rilke
known to the webbed wide world
as Rainer Maria Rilke
wishes to convey gratitude
my choice of words
how thee and mine master
fated to be linkedin
for her mental health well being
courtesy Creative Health Services,
the facility graced by your employment
for as long as planets align
within the solar system,

which integrated circuits functioned in syncrhonicity (not aa misspelling) to boot artificial quasi animal behavior, helping me function as an emergency backup conduit for conducting electricity (in case of a power outage) to help generate all major and minor appliances, serve in the role as divine sterling rod, an innovation to locate the fountain of youth, and more importantly custom made dedicated, complex animatronic, electronic, and polycistronic smart canine (impossible mission to distinguish yours truly from the real McCoy), I serve as a board registered emotional support animal, (who gets fueled by powder milk dog biscuits after completing a task such as picking up bowel movement detritus if the sudden unexpected need arose while being out and about whereby I pull off the side of the road as she evacuates) from heine of my master Aye aye bee why Harris, who asked me to express her satisfaction (omitting the correct spelling of her first name) with yourself a warm hearted human being an apropos mental therapist, and now anonymous readers can vicariously experience our journey without any faux pas as I proceed on four paws.

Only the best and brightest minds
came together to witness brainchild
after chromosomal
and genetic information dialed
up hybridization spelling shock
cuz tampering with deoxyribonucleic acid
on the same testing grounds as divine creator
experimenting with seeds of life
and as extreme worse case scenario
would yield an outcome
immediately necessary to terminate pronto
if outcome turned out horrid
forcing scientists to incinerate
unformed glob of partially
hydrogenated oils differentiating cells,
must forever remain
surreptitiously kindled tinder
for immediate destruction unbeknownst
except to a select few then cremated ashes
rocketed off upon deep space nine
to the outer limits of the twilight zone,
where dark shadows forever hide
alien looking creation
that never came into fruition
there to be permanently exiled
and top secret report filed
plus any and all remaining evidence
swiftly tailored and harried styled
as material for a future mockumentary
concerning how experiment
went awry, but vaguely
resembled genesis of
what could have manifested as Oscar Wild
ever since critics posthumously recognized
his storied, albeit life cut short,
especially the importance of being earnest.

Tongue in cheek,
I assess the fraught perils
of artificial intelligence
barely understood by me,
an average Joe er rather Matthew,
who always felt himself
to be synonymous
with that of an outlier
even as a quiet little boy
and however much the following
next statement might matter,
I used to wish my now thinning hair
to be like that of Donald Hoy
(which obituary of his I read online),
because he sported
a shock of dark and thick hair,
similar to the mane of Andy Howe
an overarching compulsive obsession
with what I a sexagenarian,
who doth now recognize
an over importance how hair
loosely linkedin to virility, though yours
truly always a minute (min ute) lad,
when measured Body Mass Index (BMI) chart
also referred to as a growth chart
when height/weight of his development
charted and trended on the undersized
so maybe I sub-consciously convinced myself
that manly strength (think Samson)
falsely and emotionally appropriated
an unhealthy significance to that material
that sprouted atop
the head (human hair)
primarily made of strong
structural protein called keratin,
which subsequently
composed of amino acids.

In addition to keratin,
a hair strand contains water,
lipids, and minerals,
as well as the pigment melanin,
which gives hair its natural color.

The hair shaft itself consists
of dead cells filled with keratin,
and it has a central medulla
(in some hairs), a main cortex layer,
and an outer protective cuticle layer.

At one time believe me you - much mental effort expended on grooming and combing my then long wavy hair, and then at some (petticoat) junction while living on green acres, I arose one day and ceased attention formerly lavished upon tresses, which grungy style in vogue approximately half my life ago, whereat a looser dress code superseded what used to be mandatory clean cut image so important when pursuing gainful employment during mine post adolescence, which half-hearted (mock seriousness) yours truly paid lip syncing service to arbitrarily established, and often received scathing remarks from mother dearest who commented “You're going out looking for a job like that!?” which critique never failed to bode accurate to a grown son who over stayed his welcome at 324 Level Road, Collegeville, Pennsylvania, but the sole impetus that finally shoe-horned out the security of said abode arose when yours truly got hot and heavy with a gal he met while contra-dancing, the milieu that helped diminish the introvertedness that earned me quite a few epithets such as wall flower and “quietest student” in high school at Methacton. Physical intimacy freed his pent up hormonal secretion finding the perfect conduit, which unprotected *** engendered pregnancy come about nine months later endowed with the creator of new life to step up ambition to acquire gainful employment while simultaneously seeking a one bedroom apartment, which abode found ourselves (a family of three Harris folk) within Hatfield, a place named Pennfield Manor 2701 Elroy Road 19440.
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analogous to seventh heaven lee delight
this two thousand and twenty five
listed in reverse order of events
lastly spoke over the telephone
Courtesy Creative Health representative and arranged
to become linkedin with a recovery coach,
to acquaint myself videlicet unnamed person
eleven thirty post meridien
September twelfth at Ott's Exotic Plants
nearly spent the one hundred dollar GIANT gift card
from generous staff members
at Saint Mary's Church
40 Spring Mt Rd, Schwenksville, PA 19473
ala (king) lee St. Vincent de Paul Society
and plunked down a ten dollar bill
to purchase five PowerBall tickets,
but prior to the above embarked on a quest
to locate the wife at clearance section,
where we frequently acquire
commestibles at discount prices.

Even dummkopf me learns
how to become a savvy shopper
courtesy the wife
who figuratively drags me
(and my Petty full heart) along
but more often then not,
I leave buying food
at the market to the spouse
one helluva comparative
humdinger savvy shopper,
who can rattle off the best buy
for most any given item,
at the drop of a hat
and she would willingly truck
(courtesy driving our 2020 Sonata Elantra)
from one store or another
to purchase sought after item(s)
despite schlepping the extra miles,
and often scoops up goods
in one fell swoop
from clearance section,
and adheres to the postman's credo
"Neither snow nor rain nor heat
nor gloom of night stays these couriers
from the swift completion
of their appointed rounds"
often considered the motto
and inscribed in gray granite
above the entrance
to the New York City Post Office.

The phrase comes from
The Persian Wars by Herodotus,
written around 500 B.C.
during the wars between
the Greeks and Persians.

Herodotus referring to the Persian
mounted postal couriers,
who he observed with great admiration
and said were undeterred
by the elements
from completing their rounds.

The phrase was modified and approved
by the Post Office Department in 1914
by William Mitchell Kendall,
an architect at McKim, Mead & White,
the firm that designed
the New York General Post Office.

Kendall (the son of a classics scholar)
enjoyed reading Greek.

Every now and again, I accompany her,
after she tries in vain
to coax and wheedle yours truly
(with threats she won't buy me any drinks -
such as Kombucha),
nevertheless but frequently remain
holed up in our one bedroom apartment
disinclined to subject myself,
(a socially anxious aging baby boomer,
and lapsed long hair pencil neck geek)
to the cruel embarrassment and harassment
linkedin with Samson syndrome
characterized courtesy lovely long golden locks
bully me prime target for mean people,
who offer their unsolicited feedback loop.
Unshakeable groggy state
plagues mein kampf
impossible mission to awaken
this comatose zombie
drugged horror - by potent

portent self manufactured narcotic -
oppressive tantalizing
nightmares indistinguishable
when supposedly conscious,
eyes cannot differentiate

dusky "reality" from
twilit zoned lifelike slumbers
confused with medication
induced hallucinations ferrying
me to lands unknown

lack proper visa to allow
this migrant citizenship,
cannot escape tangled web
spun since birth
threads tensile strength

beyond realm of destruction
incredibly dynamic force
defies sophisticated
contraption to measure
even against most

powerful dynamometer,
no contest when utmost might,
sans primal scream
regarding non anesthetized excruciating
spinal tap daily visited

on this beastie boy,
no matter summoning every last ounce
of mine (billeted) willpower
foregone conclusion collusion
effectually ranked less

than lame duck effort
defeated, jackknifed, stymied...
every step of the weigh
I loathe forlorn doomed curse,
a worse fate than death,

no life worth living when bereft
of interpersonal, "normal",
relational... trappings,
yet death not available
for this walled in hostage

imprisoned within inescapable Alcatraz
every blinkered instant nsync
with pseudo fictional
realistic psychedelic dreams
mocking (this bird – dodo)
man cave existence, a mere

abysmal charade, facade, jade
did minimalistic functionality,
where suicide an irrevocable
unfair punishment to Shana Punim
precious daughter, whose caterwauling...
would wake grateful dead!
Ah...respite relished sleeping like a baby,
variations on theme I iterate
impossible to stave of sleepiness,
nor advantageous to struggle against weight
of heavy eyelids akin
to bajillion tons of freight

after squeezing out every iota of energy,
whether mental or physical exhaustive state
subsequently pleasurable surrendering
into realm where unpredictable self portrait,
where pleasant dreams await
a personalized vividly dynamic

realm, where consciousness doth abdicate
analogous to A Stop at Willoughby
Season 1; Episode 30 of Twilight zone
May 6, 1960 - Original air date
though evocative images fill mindscape,
I immediately forget conglomerate

sans, illusory wonderful world
potential motherlode, did create
a bittersweet dire straight,
asper this aspiring scrivener
REM recall equals absolute zero
no matter awakening eye designate
natural process this body to facilitate

transitioning to formulate
after juncture of adequate
time ample restoration did satiate
yours truly revelled within tete a tete
among "FAKE" persons mine
unconscious did amazingly, gracefully,
and inexplicably generate.
53 · Sep 2024
flattery softly assails
never in wildest musky dreams of mine,
would affirmation, confirmation, exclamation...
entertain pacification, salutation, validation...
regarding airing point of view
that freedom of expression
will offtimes if not always find objection
in the heart, mind, and soul
of an unsuspecting reader,
hence once again I regale thee
with positive feedback
quite conscious that a facebook moderator
i sup prose | a community for readers and writers
must needs intervene and remove content
he/she deems sacrilegious against
liberal bastion, where tolerance toward
divergent beliefs, ethos, ideology...
nevertheless provokes (perhaps subliminally)
recalcitrant twittering,
snap-chatting, reddit ting
point blank violent rants against
persons belonging to particular
age, creed, ethnicity, gender, intelligence...
threatening wicked intentions
(couched in exotic language -
any resemblance between said conjecture
and living person purely speculative)
hell bent on fomenting, kindling, trumpeting...
dictatorship of the bourgeoisie
best be voted president
of the fractured united states.
as guns of b23 got silenced
amidst rubble strewn landscape
and smoldering ruins
reverberating to the sounds of hells bells
signalling bedlam among the highland manor,
where trigger happy, churlish, foo fighting,
gunslinging grenade lobbing hoodlum,
who maniacally and blindly fired
and indiscriminately tossed off explosives
(despite sporting a lame arm)
point blank yet laughably
and thankfully way off the mark
(like a *** pistol half cocked
that prematurely ******* blanks)
while strategically situated
(and precariously perched
from his motorized wheelchair)
analogous to a loose cannon
doth run rampant and ballistic.

state troopers manned their stations
as hillbilly loosed
one fusillade after another
chickensh*t beastie boy
super tramped cheap trick
enlisted one or more of the nine lives
incarnated as Felis catus
otherwise known as
Corbin the Tuxedo cat
left homeless after owner
unwittingly killed in the ensuing melee
(renamed Morris after being adopted
from the Hinsdale Humane Society)
donning a bullet proof vest,
and trumpeting Mötley Crüe
of cheesy Mouseketeers,
who brazenly switched
(rather than fight)
and pledged unflagging allegiance
to strong arm of the law,
which plug for undercover Sting operation
a euphemism
for the men/women in blue
otherwise known as the Police
believe me will cain able eyes rights.

how long the armistice lasts
would be anybody's guess who
might do well accessing
the seekers of truth
and/or talking heads
to the moody blues culture club
of uniformed bobbing men
rem burr those axle lent ELOquent
and cheap tricked out twisted sister hood
known as beatle browed monkeys
serve as the bono fide cure nay kiss,
and remove or the idée fixe
will be hired as bonafide
from ranks of the public enemy
albeit inxs of dire straits
from bad company and open doors,
whereby alice in chains
adorned in a suit of deep purple metallica
contributed to the ongoing musical genesis
videlicet rage against the machine
with styx, guns n roses
or recount fields of korn
swaying in the breeze
on a chicago summer day in linkin park
awash with a flock of seagulls
akin no doubt too reveling
in nirvana of idol lick three dog night
inviting blood, sweat and tears
while heartfelt coldplay
creams barenaked ladies
hosted by lady gaga
to help fools on the hill
side step any puddle of mudd
while searching
for one 38 special beastie boy
resembling the boss eponymous “blondie”
hostess in a crowded house with aerosmith
boston, cinderella, foreigner,
kansas – in toto - and pink floyd
and the wordy goo goo dolls
resembling indigo girls,
who via flying among madonna
lovin spoonful sized eagles
accompanying cars
three doors down from the beach boys
that zz top hatted doubting thomas
petty full and men without hats
donned prison garb as the killers.
Yours truly and the wife
tended to some errands,
which included going
to the Limerick,
Pennsylvania Citizens Bank
for me to rectify
an erroneous address
indicating I Matthew Harris
purportedly and presently domiciled at:
96 West Miner Street
(and whereinthehellis)
Coaldale, Pennsylvania
18218-1017
which address listed after viewing
online banking screen
indicating Good morning,
afternoon or evening,
then scrolling down
to sought after preference selecting
either checking or savings account
then clicking on View
Statements in Document Center
subsequently choosing
timeframe, account and type),
while the spouse
patiently waited in a hot car,
(slightly more comfortable
than a cat on a hot tin roof)
then going to ALDI'S, GIANT
(the latter place
to dump off paper for recycling
and making a beeline to purchase items
in the clearance section),
felt sorely disappointed,
when a series of unfortunate events
(even Lemony Snicket
would have been dumbfounded)
occurred when earlier today
and last least on the agenda
found me headed
at the Royersford, Pennsylvania Wawa
for what I envisioned being
a mouthwatering (yellow) "submarine"
or just "sub" the general term
for both the bread roll and sandwiches
made with it in both the USA
and other English speaking nations
and lastly Wawa
right there in Royersford
felt jinxed cause we
(hungry enough to eat a horse),
could not purchase
(what both of us imagined to be)
our delectable aforementioned sandwiches
which DID NOT
find me being thee unsung hero
(regarding a damsel in distress)
actually courtesy using the EBT
(electronic benefits transfer)
SNAP food card declined part of the sale,
nor could I access (withdraw) funds
using a recently issued debit card,
when the spouse gave me a dour
****** recognition expression
(and she feigned pouting like a child),
cause her husband
could not head back to the house
at Pooh Corner
with aforementioned treasured commestible
already finding us salivating
like Pavlov's dog,
which dude (who looks like a lady,
with sweet emotion,
especially after washing
and drying my hair) came back
to the car empty handed.
and ratchet up global warming
like bubbling vegetable stew
with tsk... tsk... heard
courtesy Greta Thunberg,
who would utter "how dare you..."

I bundle with layers to stave off cold
energy efficiency drilled courtesy
me late mother conserving
nonrenewable resources she extolled
now ewe best heed following suggestion
wool worth 3d printing than wearing
a sheep doubled over
along dotted line to fold
cuz expending (fossil fuel)
leaving carbon footprint
would immediately being lectured
by ecology conscious eldest daughter,
(a University of Pennsylvania
biomedical engineering alumna)
who would mildly scold.

Myself and thee missus holed up
here within Highland Manor Apartments
(unit B44 in case
you wanna drop me a line)
we're here moost
every cold January day
sipping warm cup
of our favorite beverage
exotic coffee latte brew
suits this muttering pup
actually yours truly
a doggone ole
shorter haired (compared
when poem initially got crafted)
pencil necked geezer.

He can be found moost
any given warm Green Day
like an American idiot
shuffling along boulevard of broken dreams
overhead skies colored rosy gunmetal gray
occasional huff fro
zen cloud slashing solar ray
heating inside cozy nook,
though outside temperature brisk,
nevertheless for winter pleasantly refreshing,
while I sit here heavily clad,
hence yours truly quite toasty within
perfect weather for wedding,
especially one hashtagged December/May.

After dusk i.e.
established misnomer known as sunset
a legacy from heliocentric theory
(the astronomical model
that places the sun at the center
of the solar system,
with the Earth and other planets
orbiting around Gaia)
occurs 5:35 PM Post Meridiem
heavens quickly turn jet
black today - Sunday,
January 19, 2025 (EST)
whereby hello darkness
my old friend
(analogous to the edge of night)
lulls one into sleepiness, I bet
dollars to donuts impossible mission
to keep eyelids opened,
particularly if sleep debt
necessary to pay the sandman,
who knows maybe you gotta get get
comfortably numb vis a vis
stinging ice crystals
creating a winter wonderland
temporarily rendering me unconscious
state, whereby yours truly
dreaming of a white Lost Horizon
in the mythical valley of Shangri-La
analogous to eventual Elysian Fields,
where divine creator
conjuring Nirvana and/or
a place called Willoughby
if a believer,
said Almighty eventually met.
written more than two dozen
***** deeds done dirt cheap years ago.
when we (the writer of these words
and his then young family)
own our first computer,
a state of the art
COMPAQ PRESSARIO
with then revolutionary Windows 98.

sum may kin sitter me a phunny poe it
and stop reading at this point to exit
lest they become fit
to be tied
and also zat i majored in engleesh lit
that an allusion based on me wit.

at deux score plus eel leaven years young
this book loving man a culled mwm
squeezed to the utmost
like some dishtowel handsomely wrung
which oral appurtenance takes
lock, stock & barrel
of teeth re: lower and upper rung
spews perceptions in his trademark fashion
noah mutter he gets stung
climbing the vocal virtual ladder
to the uppermost tier only
(and might be interpreted
as that historical Oedipus complex
by Sigmund Freud/ Carl Jung
which former father of psychoanalysis
attributed mucho woe to being well hung
like named olympian personification sisyphus)
upon the tarmac to be flung
yet this balladeer foresees
that someone could read my odes
which must rank as pure dung.

this neo nonconformist
quirky cover letter of sorts
conveys an itty bitty
raw bit size actual work experience
(from this older
mister mom who lives west
of the philadelphia city)
nonetheless, i hanker
(NOT to be confused with HACKER)
which prompts the following ditty
moi computer trouble shooting abilities
some may ascribe as nitty gritty
on a par with
the secret life of one walter mitty
whom destiny protected and took pity
merely meant to be silly
yet also an attempt to be witty.

thus...to preface the following windy reply
let me state the obvious that i like to write
ideally a thought provoking diatribe versus
some string of words rather trite
where pythagorean theorem
applies to triangles right
which verbose verbiage tends
to be long winded
and vaguely understood quite
and the perfect panacea
if in deed ye suffer from insomnia
this verbose trenchant query
will help thee sleep peacefully at night
as ofttimes occurs from the likes
of this middle aged/
medieval rusty olde ordinary knight
whose physique (albeit slender
and healthy body mass index)
ranks a boot average in height.

i confess to being a pure breed muddied
half blood muggle prince
and bona fide seeker for employment
does reckon the following poetic way
not necessarily follows the formalities
to reply as most would readily say
yet why adhere to conformity,
which paradigm frowns on creative a tay
which atypical modus operandi to reply
a positive reply and job i pray
even if the outcome
per offering spurious interest
turns out to be nay
from this perch where mien
hometown west of philadelphia
da anonymous, eponymous, humorous holistic
frito bandito doth lay
who frequently dons
his mask of incognito on any given day
e'en those dawg dayz of summer
when the beats the earth into clay.

anyway to shift
figurative gears ever since mine birth
may show subpar academic performance
and immediate thin work history i.e. dearth
no matter borne
upon the horn of plenty
sans this planet earth
yet decided to resort
to verse to induce a byte size mirth
the travails and calculus o life reflected
with a thin nada so grueling resume
of requisite (sought after) technical expertise,
i do possess the attributes well worth.

this doodling non-banjo dueling
dromedary deliverance seeking dude
and (to be truthful
mister mom) - quite versatile
doth admit who owns a far out mien
frequently feeling moody blue
thinking to join the blue oyster cult
akin to some psychedelic wrought tile
(as scrawled with graffiti
on the funky subway walls --
echoing the sounds of silence)
likened to hip-hop
snoop doggy reservoir dawgs
far out with inxs style
p'raps game to be
one pince nez wearing pinch hitter
from this guy noir receptive
for a suspenseful
seat of the pants riveting movie
who hales from this home town
where people enjoy
to chit chat about inane topics
avoiding controversial materiel that doth rile
a boot which 98 windows t'will open
and googling an awesome vista
or caterwauling exploring snowy leopard
or net nearly s'caped fiery fox
maybe dis one or dat large cats
to help thee feel groovy
per to hire one aspiring aged hippy kat
maintaining equipoise
every virtual green day mile.

no way no how
would this nonestablishmentarian
be mistaken for a chippendale
who just for the record
lives west from philadelphia over hill n dale
hoop ping that fate can be massaged
to summon forth something
akin to the holy grail
boot in the corporeal essence of a human gal
moost hearty and hale
with a tendency toward
vegetarian diet of worms
including leafy greens let us and kale
to help keep healthy as an ox *****,
this garden varietal,
generic germane, married male.

if you might just allow me to boast
and blithely use iambic pentameter to coast
maybe even given the opportunity to eradicate
re: exorcise any binary ghost
offers bytes of helpful
information from this pc host
hence this response to the online post.

so...without further ado i will slightly brag
to tell of an ability to conduct understand dos
from thee microelectronic
various nooks and crag
manage common system utilities
such as plucking tweezer
like bits of floating digital flotsam
and jetsam within mine cranium
tooling with thee ac/dc charged registry,
scan disk and defrag
installed, resolved dsl issues,
performed scan-disk
and troubleshooting glitches
such as applying commands
sans removal of dos files,
installation and/or extraction of error
causing hardware or software to flag
likewise uninstalling software,
running registry sweeps
in an attempt to remove bugs and errors
that cause this machine
to cough and gag
akin to the sputtering
of some hypothetical wizened old hag
invariably causing processes as downloading,
sending, uploading, et cetera to lag
if chance smiles on further consideration
like a happy pup his tail
for her/his master will wag.

thar this syncopated cap'n
of the english language blows
and offers a smattering
of moi yam bic samples
that t'will finding ye
in a deep rem cycle snoring doze
from dis ordinary fella who travels
via some harris tweed scottish floor mat
so...without further ado
about nuttin here goes...
like the great blue whale
whose water spout analogous hose
from that trade mark
porpoise less finicky dolphin
known as bottle nose
easily confused with the poor pose.

the above bit of personal
palaver i.e. poetic pablum
merely meant to convey
an atypical manner from this older mwm
with some follicles of gray
who enjoys temperatures
akin to basking in the sun during
those warm months of april or may
unless being chased
by some ferocious beast of prey
i readily admit
not to be a marathon runner
hoping said golem like creature will
(upon my stern request) stay
nor does this generic guy participate
in any competitive sports type
this son of a gunner
who accepts that he doth
newt necessarily always get his way
unless he changes his name
to **** jagger thus getting
whatever he wants - yea.

so...via me own patois brand
d'ya still need a literary hand
joost thought to inquire if a job i kin land
ideally with a reputable brand.

get ready and set
to put down your pontoon boat
per this reply to brook
ratter than shriek upon first blush
at this rather verbose lengthy email
perchance taking a cursory look
my hum blessed apology
for what might read
as pure unadulterated gobbledygook
if spoken over the phone or close
by might make me sound
like some babbling kook.

boot...boy oh boi would this pa
be enthralled to reside in this faux pas reel
or virtual quadrant of the world
and mebbe e'en earn me some substantial buck
perhaps such a fate would become
my pioneer esprit d' corps sunny
whose tongue would
(like a flipper) manifest destiny
twirled inside his mouth evoking noisome cluck
if this guy noir properly
lines up his gull able quaking duck
yet due to the uncertainty principle
(known in me noggin as flux)
and perhaps a positive out come
will take place with gathering angels
atop a pin to pool me lucky charms of luck
versus being trapped
in vices of mires and muck
evoking that swan song of harp strings
one bad **** bard of Belmont Hills pluck
envisioning even performing task manually
serving the role
whose lithe fingers corn shuck
or being a test driver
for eco-friendly cars, planes, or truck
which t'would putt
a screeching halt to the penury yuck.

this fettered displeasing situation i would gladly trade
which life drab, hopeless, lackluster
and essentially rather staid
if all and/or most
of the relocation costs would be paid
this prospecting/prospective employee
would consider packing his hobbit sized
bill bowed bowling green bags
for said plans to get made
yet only scrutiny of me credentials
will determine if this
generic guy noir makes the grade
and if this older papa
then of deux prepubescent daughters
considered no challenges he will be afraid.

my assertive, contemplative, decisive, elusive, furtive, introspective motive and pensive personal predilections could be perfect for ascertaining and scrutinizing the quarks that seem to aggravate any user of technology.

nonetheless and despite responding in a most non-conventional/ non-establishmentarian formalistic manner, this netizen plows (with his furrowed brow) full stanley steam ahead.

anyway, i real lee downplay
TOOT ting my own horn
from this jimmy crack corn
from a kernel borne.

GAINFUL EMPLOYMENT QUEST

pixar could nada pay enough for this trainer
of apple chomping antz anew
so i wonder if any chance whisker of employment
thru this contrived virtual toy story
qua ratatouille poetic brew
could materialize into a likely chance
such an idea generates me to shrek out
with excitement and dance
just in case a glimmer of some prospect exists
for this self anointed bard
and one who dislikes formality
of Belmont Hills
now presents his
(very obsolete) technical skills
which he hopes to enhance
hence, this chap offers
his following poetic expression to take a glance
and mebbe help this intuitive
**** sapiens per
his income to expand too en-hance
which byte size bit torrent humor
might cause ye to soil your pants
after misinterpreting this mishmash
as some rave and rants
per even a part time need exists
please let me so of some positive stance
with subtle intent as worth hiring,
to sway some au currant
series electronic charge
and ideally affect hypnotic trance.

i betcha never gotta a reply like a this
iambic pentameter electronic wire
from a boyish looking
blood muggle father up in years
(whose nonpareil courage
to face Voldemort never does tire)
and two grade school girls
would consider him a worthy hire
less so to rake in gobs of money,
but to satiate nearly
unquenchable hunger and thirst
for further (ahem)
bits of computer know how to acquire.

no matter how many miles by car
(actually your company might be
within dead man walking distance)
this opportunity would not be considered to far
also hoop ping that responding in rhyme
being considered nada mar
to use my acumen and interest
and technologically spar
using graphical user interface programs
to get unstuck from virtual feathery tar.

iambic pentameter might not constitute
traditional standard genre for a cover letter
i see no reason with rhyme why
my own non-conformist modus operandi
cannot serve as me
own mode to communicate pursuit
as a computer repair technician go getter
which honest to goodness confession
might seem cheesy from this guy who like cheddar
and hopefully affects positive virtual impression
from other respondents at least a bit better.

by the way i would accept a starting
and/or negotiable salary as a starting wage
in an effort to support this self proclaimed sage
whose role can double up
as a court jester, joker, or page
hopeful this poetic synopsis offers a favorable gauge
and in tandem enriching
my fount of knowledge
more valuable at this advanced age.

y'all might think this reply balderdash and rot
which may matter bo diddly squat
no matter i herald from royalty
with salient strengths
as being a prestigious scott
butta mister harris nada gangsta rapper
sustained by a diet of worms
and an aperitif of kumquat

boot he does not smoke *****
nor drink from a chamber ***
and a student of the establishment he is not
who lives in narberth going on
oh quite many years that = quite a lot
yet moxie by proxy
this poet then of Belmont Hills doth got
and might elicit salient characteristics
similar to a salient humanoid bot
hoop ping if nuttin else
jew goot to chuckle alot.
and boyish sexagenarian
with similar disposition,
I revel(ed) reading in general
(and spent carefree idle summer days
squirreled away with tomes
of posthumous authors)
buoyed aloft in seventh heaven
courtesy the treasure trove of books
occupying shelf space
within childhood home
at 324 Level Road
(long since razed to the ground)
and indulged passion
for the written word
as independent learning,
and both parents encouraged
voracious appetite for knowledge of mine
to explore great works of literature,
whereat hours whiled away
scrunched up with storied authors
as yours truly let his imagination
run free and clear especially
while paging thru the shenanigans
of Huckleberry Finn in particular
which constituted an etymological journey
rowing my figurative boat
into the vernacular backwaters
of Mark Twain's Hannibal Missouri
(where life is but a dream),
and at his crafting a close approximation
regarding the patois and lingual nuances
how enfranchised population spoke
pitting yours truly
with a near impossible mission
to furrow my brows and voice out loud
my futile attempt
to pronounce tongue twisters,
nevertheless while mouthing
and reading confounding words
experiencing a transcendent state
with not a care in the world.

Though a product
of the second half mid-twentieth
and thus far first quarter
of the twenty first century,
a nostalgia figuratively tugs
at my heart strings
(not only for remembrance
of things past),
but also hankering
for a time when the leisurely pace
of life plodded along
the boulevard of broken dreams
comfortably, gamesomely and lasciviously tepid
as exemplified by three prudish television shows
of the nineteen sixties
such as Mayberry R.F.D.,
The Brady Bunch, and The Family Affair,
but also additionally, an innocence
pervaded society whereby the wonderment
of natural wildlife
(courtesy Mutual of Omaha -
pitch man Marlin Perkins)
surprised, enlightened, and astounded me
essentially one cocooned
solitary passive aggressive boy
enamored by the simple life
such as that represented
by The Twilight Zone episode
"A Stop at Willoughby"
(Season 1, Episode 30)
about Gart Williams,
an advertising executive who,
overwhelmed by the pressures
of his job and home life,
finds solace in a recurring dream
of a peaceful, idyllic town
called Willoughby from the 1880s.

He becomes increasingly obsessed
with this dream,
eventually choosing to "stop" at Willoughby
a fictitious self imagined place in reality,
which tragically leads to his death
when he jumps from a moving train,
whereat the locomotive propelling the cars
could be synonymous
(or symbolizes) the frenetic pace of life.
my doppelgänger threatens victory to the death
squinting - first closing one than the other eye
sizes me up raising palm courtesy handbreadth
analogous to being sited within the crosshairs
patiently taking his time to be ready...aim...fire
forever to be consigned to obliviousness lethe
resultant targeted phosphatidylethanol (peth)
sands of time punishment will be meted out
(for being a stool pigeon) the month of Tebeth
scotching the sinister plans of Donald Koons,
the tenth month of the Hebrew sacred year and
fourth of the secular year, a winter month
typically falling in December–January
named from Akkadian term,
possibly meaning "muddy" or "sinking."

Months on end nonstop virtual pummeling occurs
cohort of fraudulent bank ***** faux cooing purrs
address me videlicet feigned politesse able, eager
ready and willing to stab me in the back fear stirs
hence cogs and wheels within mine noggin whirs.

I felt, heard, smelled, tasted
and touch palpable danger
men with silky voices
demand obeisance schemes
to fuel their shenanigans
figuratively ringing neck
of yours truly averse
to reply to their threatening
emails modus operandi
to sustain house of cards
harking back approaching
twenty eight months
late June two thousand
and twenty three Harvey
Specter, one of many
an alias he did bandy about
and the writer of these words
fell prey to the scam,
whereat I blindly
as if transfixed like some zombie
followed commands as if the devil spoke
with cell phone in hand asked
me to request bank colleagues,
whose names he claimed to know
(though yours truly
never put said claim
to the electric kool-aid acid test),
but mutely followed commands
as if the voice on the other end
of the conversation
held a gun to me head
much to the dismay
and aghast pallor exhibited
by woman moneychanger,
whose her ghastly countenance
etched upon mine consciousness,
and absolute zero sense and sensibility,
neither with pride nor prejudice
stopped me dead in my tracks
for blithely not turning
a third eye blind
against utter balderdash
which wads of cold cash
got converted into cryptocurrency
at an nearby MP service station
particularly bit coin,
which oblivious ignorance
that not one red cent could be retrieved
after ***** deed done dirt cheap,
which felt like being thunderstruck
after realizing yours truly
felt under a witch's spell,
taking me on a fiasco,
where highway to hell
ranked as pleasant alternative.

The archenemy lurked within these lovely bones
inextricably bound infested re: bewitching crones
agonized, canonized, harmonized, revolutionized
synchronized, weaponized self destructing drones
wishing for immediate cessation only lifelessness
in-sync accompanying contra dance music hones
listening faintly spirit of mother plaintively intones
reincarnated as storied born Mary Harris in Ireland
in 1837 dedicated her life to fighting Mother Jones
for workers' rights and protesting child labor nones
of the nonestablishmentarian intoxicating O-zones
impossible mission day of reckoning only delays
thee inevitable distraction temporarily postpones

forsaking meager finances of mine,
where shaman analogous
to a dervish that doth whir
there Citizen Bank poseur
repeatedly iterates, where I feign being demure,
he testily, saucily, icily, haughtily, *******
"Notify when you are done
so the payment can be made"
like a numbskull,
I never regain consciousness
while being submerged
all the while within lethe sin learned
into the mythical river of forgetfulness
in the Greek underworld (Hades),
from which the souls of the dead
drank to forget their past lives
losing tenuous hold on life
and from within self
consigning myself to lost cause
personification of cannibal sizes me up
raising palm courtesy
he scrutinizing as if...yes
yours truly analogous to a criminal
essentially condemned to death row
life without parole.

Nobody but me to blame
self abomination succumbing to capitulation,
analogous taking binky from a baby
damnation, emasculation, fraternization
against Goliath nightmare capitulation,
victimization against evil twin
I dejectedly exclaim
chastising myself for
overlooking figurative red flags
and blinding warning lights
versus disregarding
utter financial ruination,
and seriously loathing self
getting nest egg felled splattering
"Fabergé" contents of (albeit thin)
instantaneously shredded cushion
dispersed to the four winds
pocketed courtesy
happy as a clam fraud perpetrators,
vestige of some
tens of thousands of dollars forever strewn
helter skelter analogous to Humpty Dumpty
forcing me to start from scratch
though quite tempting
to burrow down the rabbit hole hatch
impossible mission to escape self
and staunch profuse hemorrhaging patch.
(for not dominant with right hand
also known as southpaw and lefty,
as well as the more formal terms
sinistral and sinistromanual and another term,
particularly in Australian English,
hashtagged as mollydooker)

linkedin by various other names
as illustrated in the following fabrication,
which exceptionally well drawn illustrations
and instructions written in French,
thus necessitating a bi-lingual technician,
hook hood interpret the material
ideally an English literature major
top notch knowing grammar,
punctuation, spelling, et cetera
unintentionally impressing
madding crowd sitting on a bench,
who seem more fascinated by the logophile
a lover of words or a linguaphile
a lover of languages
who goes on a spontaneous *******
delineating the history
of those twenty six lettered symbols
allowing, enabling, and providing
a crash (test dummy) course
to the transfixed listeners
totally (tubular) regarding their original intent
for initial inquiry
about the left handed
monkey wrench explanation to quench.

Said multi-dubbed easy to assemble a drone wannabe, not only a handy dandy blues clues all in one light-weight contraption (available at Hooper's Store on Sesame Street) to handle any job (mostly those requiring physical labor, but also very helpful as a defense against weapons of mass destruction - by enveloping the user within a radio active proof bubble after he or she presses a button, but mindful about opening any windows in close proximity lest the message "Abort, Retry, Fail?") appears and ceases up the gizmo, and of course only a child (just out of swaddling clothes), which an anonymous lad or lass could troubleshoot aforementioned widget with eyes wide shut and hands tied behind their back. Matter of fact child labor laws rescinded to keep abreast of said revolutionary technological enhancements visited upon the left handed monkey wrench, which matter of fact witnessed unforeseen initial applications such as transmitting via electronic signals wirelessly courtesy wisdom (versus blue) tooth taken from anonymous benefactors.

A recent dental discovery brought to light (figuratively) that said wisdom tooth made up of four primary components: the outer enamel, the underlying dentin, the inner pulp (containing nerves and blood vessels), and the cementum that covers the tooth's root, which layers the same as any other tooth, with the enamel forming the hardest substance on the tooth's surface, the dentin making up the bulk of the tooth's structure, and the pulp providing nourishment and sensation, when some severely introverted boy experienced an aha moment and realized (while playing dentist without anesthesia, and extracting hindmost molars - previously loosened, (and practically dangling like a modifier) by a sucker punch to the mouth of a bully, who got knocked out (Hawaiian punch swiftly tailored harried styled) cold play kisser.

The dual rooted wisdom tooth served as a miniature model to expand on the essential principle of the general monkey wrench, which occurred to a scapegoated ego bruised super smart grade schooler while he remained standing up like another brick in the wall until the (hells) bell went off indicating recess came to a close, yet not before unnamed youngster sketched out a remarkable rendition of this tool while monkeying around with various and sundry drawing examples until he hit upon (again figuratively) while quietly observing and witnessed an aggressive wren (cause said curious little fella a self taught ornithophile) wrenching loose a passive resistant worm.
at the capital expense
(compounded interest) of amortizing future
unborn generations who will be ignorant
courtesy whitewashing history tantamount
to redacting corpus of established truths...
accentuating bland Caucasian deeds
effacing grand heroics implicating
justifiable kick/jumpstarting
laudable anonymous martyred natives.

Home schooling precious charges
would allow, enable, and provide parents
or legal caretakers/guardians
the freedom to teach boys and girls
impressionable minds
with unadulterated information
and refraining whenever, wherever,
and however from spoon/
buzz feeding tabula rasa
with watered down pablum
that generally distorted, insulted, offended,
and vitiated the heartbreaking legacy
of countless, gumption leavened,
ruminative, and spiritual
singing, yodeling folks
sabotaged of their natural birthright
to pursue rightful life, liberty
and the pursuit of happiness
by the amazing chance of
one or more *****
fertilizing an ova
simply bestowed, granted,
ordained, since zygote
bequeathing inherent credence
clearwater manifesting into amniotic sac
by dint of being brought
into the webbed, wide world
within the skein of existence
which conception ought
to be a guarantee for existence
courtesy mysterious and miraculous
process of human reproduction,
which gift of son or daughter
violently snatched by the malevolence
of one slave owner on par
with emasculating (in my humble opinion),
a submissive young,
muscular, and virile man
cue Uncle Tom character
fleshed out by Harriet Beecher Stowe,
but subsequently applied
to passivity of scared slaves in general,
some who stood steadfast
and suffered whippings
(analogous to Thomas Jonathan
"Stonewall" Jackson the Civil War general,
who stood like a statue,
the incident that earned him
his famous nickname occurred
during the First Battle of Bull Run
(or First Manassas)
on July 21, 1861, in Virginia),
now back on track
with those sold as chattel
and savaged thrashed courtesy
against brick bats brow beating
men, women and children
people of color into a ****** pulp,
and/or their brethren),
no matter he refused order
decreed courtesy master
typecast as Simon Legree
suffering in absolute zero utterance
to obey him and helplessly
watch him beat other slaves,
the stock character of the minstrel shows
degenerated into a shuffling,
asexual individual,
with a receding hairline
and graying hair,
yet retreating behind the guise
of violent punishment
knowing that elysian fields
awaited being beaten severely senseless,
an inch of his life
drinking supposed eternity
gratis regarding the soul asylum
within the ***** of divine creator.

Whitewashing an injustice
and violation of sacrifice
regarding diluting to the point of solubility
and hence The quote "Those
who do not know history
compelled to repeat it"
a common paraphrase of the line
"Those who cannot remember the past
condemned to repeat it,"
famously attributed
to the philosopher George Santayana
in his seminal work The Life of Reason.

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