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rac1 Oct 2023
Fire Eats the Water
Like Glass Upon a Hammer
Men find Love
In the Crystal Sea of Beauty
rac1 Aug 2016
Little Kings on the shores of Jamaica
calling to the Lovers
on the sunny side
Up in darkness
through the little
Lite house
Every Joker
in all the emotion
sees his life
through his tanned
lotion.
No where
No time
the Lovers stood still
hoping & dreaming
& thinking still
the Joker called out
to the kings of Emotion
stop all the tanning!
they left with devotion.
No one cares for Jamacian Runners
in the evening
or under the covers
Sally or John
in the morning
or fog
let me alone-
alone with my Dog!
she understood all
the emotions
painfully singing
the song of sun lotion.
Lying awake under
the stars
in Hollywood's Mars
slick, shiny
consumption-he leaves
with some gumption
under his thumb
under his thumb.
The crowd wails
in earnest
the stupid-the learnest
call to the Mexican
Barber and Florist
flowers and towers
and mild cornflakes
off of the skin
the peeling begins.
Talking to Trees,
"Please, Please!"
No answer received
from the wood
with the leaves.
My mind says a bind-
abide by the rules
that's why they established
little red schools.
But alas at last
forever and now
Everyone knows you
and the plow has
made fertile the soil
while science decides
on poison and med
and movies, movies
cars, bars, stores
laws, draws, tans
land and refills
pools, tools, chairs
and no-cares
clothing and posing
for flickers of light
to record a moment
of no real delight.
Power-power is on!
Thank goodness for
Power-thankfully
thanking the man
with the charm.
Cleaning the stool
on which he sat
The Mexican Dancer
with the little
stray cat!
rac1 Aug 2017
I fell for you
and scraped my knee
I don't know how
You do this to me
rac1 Feb 2018
I was planning on having Monk Fish for dinner tonight
But it didn't want to be disturbed
rac1 Feb 2017
Muhammad went to Vegas
and tried his luck on slots
He won a couple of dollars
and bought himself a scotch
He sat at the bar
talking with Becka
and thought to himself
this sure beats Mecca
rac1 Feb 2017
My best friend's Father
passed away late yesterday
there's nothing we can do now
but bow our heads and pray
He'll soon get back on his Sea Horse
and shoot birds over the Great South Bay
We will roast them in olive oil
with rice and broccoli
and give thanks to the brand new day
rac1 Sep 2016
My dog was thinking about the world the other day she said
the other morning she almost lost her  head
seems she saw a squirrel running across the floor
She leapt up to chase it
but ran into the door
I said, "yes, but what's the meaning, what's all this for?"
She said, "wait, listen-there's more."
So I put up my legs & listened to her story
I must say, things got pretty gory
She talked of birds & rabbits
blood and guts
mindless fury
animal stories
Vietnam, West Side Story
rac1 Dec 2016
Dust upon the dresser
Sweaters, shirts and leather-
Light sneaks by the door
Silence fills the silence
Like grass upon the green
Pillows, paints and paper
Now the time to dream
Dew drops on the sink
The toothpaste tube is pink
Like oranges in summer
Squeezed dry by the drummer
rac1 Oct 2016
Emily said Hope is the Thing with Feathers
But this bird has flown
I hate to disagree with her
for all she has known
for everything there is a season
and it's this bird's time to sing
and it don't have me
so it is free
from the perch within my soul
rac1 Oct 2016
Why have you abandoned me?
rac1 Sep 2016
I'm thinking of euthanAsia
or maybe Canada
it's closer to home
but then again
when in Rome
so maybe I'll book
a trip to Nepal
and climb that mountain
once and for all!
rac1 Apr 18
I'm thinking of euthanAsia
or maybe Canada
it's closer to home
but then again
when in Rome
so maybe I'll book
a trip to Nepal
and climb that mountain
once and for all!
rac1 Nov 14
President Donald Duck
The USA has run it's luck
He says he will bring us back
But all he'll do is quack & quack
rac1 Apr 2017
President Donald Duck
The USA has run it's luck
He says he will bring us back
But all he'll do is quack & quack
rac1 Nov 2016
President-Elect Mickey Mouse
may soon be in the White House
What's a cat like me to do
but hope I get a chance to chew?
rac1 Jan 2018
President Tweety Bird
Up all night tweeting words
They are all quite lame
Because he has a bird brain
rac1 Apr 2017
All my friends had dates last night
All I had was a fig
but it was very sweet
rac1 Sep 2018
I sent myself a letter, C.O.D.
I refused the Postman payment
So he sent it back to me
rac1 Apr 2017
I wanted to go to India
to drink some tea
My wife told me we have some
in the pantry
It seems more reasonable
So I cancelled the trip
Now I'm enjoying it
Sip by Sip
rac1 May 2019
I found six new colors
when I awoke in the morn
they were scattered about
among the shadows on the lawn
rac1 May 2017
I played with myself last night
and made a big mess
I had to refill my coffee
and open a new deck
rac1 Feb 2019
So Much Music
So Little Time
It Will Be Pipe *****
Until I'm Supine
rac1 May 2017
I went to Mexico and lost my head
Found a doctor needed needle and thread
Told me to stay still sewed up the harm
Don't go South of the Border
And it should stay on
rac1 Dec 2021
**** and Span
Stopped by last night
Boy, are they clean!
rac1 Nov 2019
Hermann Hesse be ******!
All women are not mine
rac1 Sep 2016
I'm Stuck Inside of Raleigh with the New York Blues again
I feel like Mr. Dylan did
way back when
He sang it with emotion
and wrote it with his pen
I'm hoping and I'm praying
I'll see New York again
rac1 Jan 2017
I went to California last night for coffee and cake
Was home in time to watch the Rangers skate
Even stopped in Vegas and placed a couple of bets
There's nothing like traveling around in a Super High-Speed Vest
rac1 Sep 2016
They've been telling me the story
all my life
about the money and the glory
and the wife
I smiled, laughed and snickered
thinking all the time
when Frosty moves to Hell
this will all be mine!
rac1 Sep 2021
Now that I am close to death

The Beauty of Woman

Has expanded it's breadth
rac1 Oct 2016
The birds are pecking holes
in the house
I've got bees in the chimney
and in the attic a mouse
cicadas are crashing into the door
this is not my idea of amour
rac1 Sep 2016
At night I put
all my troubles
in a box
so that I may sleep
and relax
this is good
advice for all
but lately the box
has become too small
rac1 Jan 2017
The Buffoon-in-Chief
May it be brief
The sooner he's gone
We may move on
rac1 Aug 2016
Suicide might be the key
but I can't commit suicide
I'm me
Let me sit down
Let me see
Smell the sea?
It's beautiful
It's fresh
It's clean
and it's free!
rac1 Nov 2016
When I think of the next four years
My eyes fill up with tears
I hate to be so crass
But can we have a man-
And not an ***?
rac1 Sep 2016
An elephant walked into the room
while I was working
I was like, what the heck-
can the floor even take it?
I tried to get back to work
but it kept looking at me
was it hungry-do I even
have any peanuts?
pretty much ruined my day
it's hard to concentrate
with an elephant in the room.
rac1 Apr 2017
He has fake hair
and fake secret plans
He speaks fake truth
nobody understands
He even does weird things with his hands
He won by accident
He is--The Fake President
rac1 Sep 2016
The flowers and the trees
have all grown up
some have gone and died
the wind and the breeze
rip down and up
trapped within the skies
the birds and the bees
have given up
it'll make you cry
the dog has the fleas
and the summer is up
yet people wonder why
rac1 May 2017
I have written the greatest Poem
the World has ever known
I put it in my back pocket
to no one it's been shown
One day I will share it
with the World anew
But until that time
this will have to do
rac1 Mar 6
The last dinner will be
Italian with Anji
not like the Stones
but the one by Davy
I will drink to the Times
that were never to Be
but that doesn't matter
anymore to Me
rac1 Sep 2016
The last time I saw Venus
I was walking on the moon
It was quiet like the evenings
back home in early June
I thought I might stay on a while
and see what I can do
but everyone keeps telling me
how much I mean to you
I guess it doesn't matter
that much to me no more
So I'll see you in the morning
when I walk in through the door
rac1 Sep 2017
I picked up the Pieces
of my Broken Dreams
and threw them to the Wind
It's time to let them go
and start a New Begin
rac1 Nov 2016
A pony expressed his emotions to me
he said how it feels to be a pony
he said he just feels like a little horse
I said there's a resemblance, of course
But not to worry all is well
A pony's a pony and that is swell!
rac1 Dec 2016
The Pope left for Memphis in the early dawn
He met Elvis and watched some ****
The King made them sandwiches
of peanut butter and banana
the Pope said this is even better
than my nights in Havana!
rac1 Sep 2016
Triscuits and hummus
with olives and wine
Miles and Coltrane
in four four time
salmon and salad
rosemary and thyme
Rohmer and Renoir
at Hollywood and Vine
Haruki Murakami
and Mark Twain
these are some of the  
favorite things of mine
rac1 Dec 2023
She must be sacrificed
Now the time has come
There's only so much one can take
For money or for Love
First it was for Mother
And for her sanity
Now it's for another
This Time it's for Me
rac1 Jul 2017
Tommy stopped by last night
Boy, is he hard to communicate with
Then I remembered the old Pinball Machine down in the basement
Thank God!
rac1 Mar 29
Tonight I Hit Nirvana
Twice
I'd Have to Say
That is Quite
Nice
rac1 Oct 2016
George said it best
back in 1969
how little did I know
that in good time
It would also be
All Too Much for me
rac1 Feb 2017
Trump went to China
Looking for Taiwan
The Chinese said you'd better
decide which side you're on
Trump said you Chinks
all look the same to me
the Chinese rolled their eyes
and pointed towards the sea
So Trump got on his horse
and headed for the shore
then turned around and said,
"and one thing more,
I will build a Greater Wall
then the one I saw today!"
The Chinese just shook their heads
as he headed for Taipei
rac1 Sep 2016
Read my obituary in the Times today
was a bit of a shock, I'd say
but it was there for all to see
that I had died Tuesday, August 23
Time was short and I had to go
but there is so much more to know
I never get to see Japan,
at least not the way I planned
I guess I was just a dreamer
about the lovely Caterina
But these are not the best of times
I tell you that, friends of mine
I won't miss the guns and shots    
the religious zealots
the people on the streets
the inane tweets
I imagine it will all pass
and we shall all be Free at Last!
but that's for another life to live
My time has come and I forgive
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