#dodo
You were the light within my days,
A quiet warmth in gentle ways.
When I worked and when I ate,
When I drove home late—
Every thought would drift to you.
I see your shadow in the hall,
I hear faint echoes of your call.
In every corner of this place,
I almost glimpse your fleeting trace—
As if you never truly left.
Young and curious—that was you,
With playful eyes and mischief too.
You never once ignored your meal,
Your eager steps, your hungry squeal.
But now I call into the air,
And silence answers everywhere.
No tiny paws come running through—
This home still waits,
But it no longer opens for you
Mar 5
Mar 5, 2026 at 11:02 AM UTC
Where the last ***** died we're not quite sure
but sailors reported one just off shore
floating in a bathtub of brine
the batteries died but it still works fine
manual labour equal rights
beating yourself up for delight
selfish pleasures hidden treasures
hand in hand in equal measure
some have suggested a museum
as their last resting place
so everybody can see them
where sailors don't give chase
stuffed and mounted how ironic
a virtual knickknackatory
how we merged with the bionic
each one telling its own story
A.I. at its lowest function
numbing pain through pleasures gain
I heard the newer models had suction
but all in all, it's just the same.
May 4, 2025
May 4, 2025 at 3:28 PM UTC
(An mémwa granfré an mwen Dodo, frè jimo a Roderik, ki disparèt an *** lanmè koté Sentlisi lé disèt maws démildisèt anbo kanno ay, In God we Troust, menm jou ti frè an mwen Toto fété swasantkatran ay)
Lè Manzè Frégat, on vyé zwazo épi tèt a sizo lan mè, rivé
Konpè Dodo té ka ba dé kudmachwa adan on ponm arak kon i té ni vyé labitid fè
Dépi lé i té ti manmay chak trwazyèm vandrèdi a mars o pipiri chantan
Sété on sèl pélrinaj pou y té pran gou a sé prèmyé ponm malaka ki té vinn friktifyé
Vyé zwazo la diy konsa: « chaben, apakonsa zafè ka fèt ! avan ou té sèvi kow, avan menm ou té comansé manjé plen vant aw, ou té dwèt ban mwen lajan an mwen, ban mwen sa anfwamenm »
Konpè Dodo pa enmé pon vyé zwazo diy pon vyé biten ! I wondi bouch, i toufé, i manké tranglé :
-Ki pawol a foumi fou ki la ? i taw ?
-i tan mwen. ban mwen lajan an mwen, man, ou alo, ranjé zafè aw byen pas dènyé vandrèdi aw rivé !
ou pé kriyéy jan ou vlé malaba, malaka, kwachimelon, otaheite, pomme d’amour, ponm tayti, manzana malaya, séw ki sav, ou pa papay
sé mwen ki mèt ay, ou tann ! Ou tann byen !? Pa fè mwen trapé dézod épiw
Pa fè mwen jiréw, avan ou ay pran zafè a moun prokiré sav ki moun ki mèt a kann la
mwen ja las jouwé domino épiw, kouté sa byen, wouvè gran zorey aw ! An ja diw sa, yo ka kriyé mwen an lot koté Jambo, Prensès Scisour Lanmè
mwen pa vlé sav si ou métodis si ou advantis si ou ka fè penti
si ou rosikrisyen si ou catolik ou si ou ka trasé lèt asi olivetti
si bon dyé aw vodou, endou, ou témwendjéova, fwa aw sé taw, tan mwen sé tan mwen,
Non an mwen pa Séza non an mwen pa Bondyé sé Jambo
ponm arak ta la sé tan mwen, sé awryè granpapa granpapa mwen ki té arawak
ki plantéy, si ou vlé sav, ban mwen diw on ti biten malgré vyé mannyé érétik ou ni dépi toupiti. ou ka ékri tout koté « In God we Troust » sé pousa ou dwèt ka vinn trousé mwen ! foutémwa likan, espèce de malélivé
manjé kénèt aw ou chenet aw ponmsitè aw fé sa ou vlé épi yo mé pa mannyé vyé pyé ponm arak an mwen
sa ja ka fè plis ki katvensètan ou ka fé la fèt asi pyé ponm arak ta la
Ou pa sa li fransé , chaben ? espèce en voie d’extinction! An ké diw li on lot fwa an nanglè si ou pa vlé tann fransé
Endangered species !
Mé Kompè Dodo pa té vlé tann march ! Kompè Dodo mété koy ri ! I pa té pé rété ! Telman i té ka ri i té ka pléré !
Ki jan i té kay péyé pou on ponm arak pou on vyé frégat malkadik, dapréy non ay té « Prinsès Scisour Lanmè »
Manzè Frégat ou ni on jan dapréw ou sé yen a dan lé trwa Moiw, on Manzé Atropos
Konsidiré séw ki mèt a bobiné é débobiné
Mé apa mwen ou ké kouyoné, sé pa jodi jou disèt mars pon vyé zonbi ké koupé filsèvolan mwen
Banw diw sa, Tiré gran zèl nwè aw anba la pli la é ay pozé kow anba on pyé kowosol
Demen samdi avan jou ouvè mwen ké vinn kué ti ponm arak an mwen
Manzè Fregat pa pèd tan, vitman i *** mannèv, i anki ouvè gran gèl ay, bèk ay té ka parèt sizo
I vorey i varéy i valéy, i wotéy – zyé a zwazo la té ka sanm on sèl fé dartifis woz fichyia –
A las siete y media de la mañana, eran las siete y media en punto de la mañana
Kompè Dodo bat dènyé ti domino ay, a las siete y media de la mañana
Manzè Frégat comansé ranjé tou dousman sé domino la an bwat a domino la
Epi rès a ponm arak la i préparé pouy on ponch ponm malaka.
Sé pa pou ayen ni on proverb ki ka i konsa:
Pa jen jouwé domino épi on frégat si ou ka dwouéy on biten.
Aug 21, 2019
Aug 21, 2019 at 2:26 PM UTC
I got me a Kangaroo
Lives way down in my pants
He seldom sits quiet
He'd rather get up and dance.
He goes Bo-ing! Boing! Boing!
I can't get him stopped
He's always on the go
Yea! he's always on the hop.
II
Well, he ain't no Dodo
He sure knows how to pogo
Even when I say no! no!
He keeps on on the go! go!
(Bit of a yo-yo)
And when he's full of vim
There's no catching him
I only hope my pants hold out
And he don't pop out.
III
Now how can I put forward
My Best face
When I got him down there
Bouncing all over the place.
He's up, then he's down
Then he's back up again
Up and down all day
Like a demented drawbridge.
IV
He goes Bo-ing! Boing! Boing!
And I go Down! Down! Down!
Whoa-aa Boy!
I go one way
While he goes the other
Man! he's tearing me asunder
I'm every which way.
My mind full of insecurities & fears
And my Kangaroo down there
He's looking up at me saying
What the hell are you doing up there.
V
O! what am I going to do
With my wild Kangaroo,
What am I going to do !!!
What! Get him a didgeridoo ???
(A didgeri-didgeri-doo!)
Have you got a Kangaroo
Down in your pants ?
"Ooooo! Whoo!" sang the girls
"yes! we Dooo Whooo!!!"
What! Wait a minute, you mean...
You mean girls, they got Kangaroos too !!!
Jun 9, 2019
Jun 9, 2019 at 6:16 PM UTC
"Where have all the narwhals gone?"
queried the Dodo to the Dragon
"wallowing in never more"
thoughts and words unspoken
Walking the beach large and small
with conversation strange, philosophical
the Dodo dull and not that bright
the Dragon old and mythological
Questions asked answered returned
the last Dragon and Dodo stroll
the Dodo one last question burned
as the Dragon ate him
whole
Dec 4, 2018
Dec 4, 2018 at 9:09 AM UTC