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Mike Hauser Sep 2024
This isn't what I thought it was
We took a left and then got lost
Rumble, tumble, twisted, tossed
In this Modern World

Dorthy, there's no place like home
Take me back to sticks and stones
Please just leave me alone
In this Modern World

They said that we'd be flying cars
Vacationing on the Planet Mars
In the future near and far
In this Modern World

We've lost our thoughts in how to think
I mostly miss the sanity
Before this game of hide and seek
In this Modern World

Supposedly we'd all relax
As our robots did their best
Now we serve them at their bequest
In this Modern World

We find that time is running thin
Working more at worrying
Out of control in constant spin
In this Modern World
Mike Hauser Sep 2024
Cannibals love
To make dinner with friends
Until there are
None of their friends left
Although to them
It doesn't much matter
They'll even have
Dinner with strangers
And take-home doggy bags
To enjoy them later
From medium to rare
Well done to raw
Their Savoir-faire
Is they'll eat them all
Although there's one thing
Cannibals seldom eat
And that's vegetables
It leaves green in their teeth
Cannibals wash
It all down with Pepsi
They think Coke is a joke
Those backwoods Pygmy's
With so much going on
In todays does and don'ts
Everyone knows
Friends go better with Coke
Mike Hauser Sep 2024
i said what i said
believe it or not
ideas swirl round my head
long before they are caught

one might slip in its dip
making little sense
before you know, there you go
another follows it

flying through fiery hoops
skedaddle de do
this is as old as it is new
may the farce be with you

take it with a grain of salt
before you pepper it
with the thing you ought not
adding to the mix

are you ahead of the times
or do you tend to lag
be the string that holds the kite
to the tail that steady's it

jumping through fiery hoops
skedaddle de do
i think a ***** is coming loose
may the farce be with you
Mike Hauser Sep 2024
Like the time before this
And the time before that
Will we do it again
Don't make me laugh

Double or nothing
On the nothing we have
Want to hear something
Here we go again

You can lean to the left
Or rumba to the right
Doesn't much matter
In how you choose sides

You can dip your toe in
The slightest tidbit
If truth be known
Here we go again

There's nothing new
Still without a clue
Of what we have done
And are soon to do

We'll buy the whole farm
From beginning to end
Sound the alarm
Here we go again
Mike Hauser Sep 2024
There's a failure to acknowledge failure
In this prideful world of today
To admit you were wrong, change it up then move on
And not be stuck in that single mind state

Not a soul here has their act together
If you must know the truth
Some just fake it better than others
Something I have yet learned how to do

But I do acknowledge when I've done something wrong
And try my best to learn from it
Every time that I fall, get up dust myself off
Then try not to do it again

Have we not seen throughout history
That failure can be a learning curve
When you see what went wrong, make a U-turn
Leaving it far behind in the dirt

Instead of having it on steady repeat
To do it over and over again
What do they say about insanity
Expecting it to work out in the end

I'm not saying to embrace the failure
Just acknowledge that it's there
When you slip from the trip quickly get over it
In this game we play of truth or dare
Failure is everywhere
Got this idea from my favorite Pod caster, Andrew Klavan (the man's a genius)
Mike Hauser Aug 2024
Be who you want to be
Whoever you are
Say what you feel you need
Whoever you are
Follow along happily
Or gladly take the lead
Free to be free
Whoever you are

Be a part of society
Whatever you think
Voice your opinion out loudly
Whatever you think
But in fairness to the game
Allow others to do the same
At times show a little refrain
Whatever you think

Be a shining light
Wherever you are
A sign of the times
Wherever you are
Be someone who
Someone out there can turn to
Be the authentic you
Wherever you are

Try and get along
Whenever you can
Do your best to right the wrongs
Whenever you can
Hold compassion in your hand
Then shake as many hands as you can
Calling everyone your friend
Whenever you can
Mike Hauser Aug 2024
Father, Son, and Holy Ghost
These are the three
I need the most
With them at the helm
I am able to cope
A smidgen of faith
A handful of hope
Throughout the day
I am never alone
With the three
I need the most
Father, Son, and Holy Ghost
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