#retired
I strayed off
No weeds over here
Time rushes by
on a busy track
Full trains without me!
Replaced by someone else
so I hope for my colleagues
Don't worry
we'll be fine
you do look very good
you are free!
Wagons of words!
I am alone here!
On raked paths
Sep 13, 2025
Sep 13, 2025 at 3:42 AM UTC
May we presume… our duties
- stop reading at any point
- no blame- no claim
- this got some past Pearl Harbor
- laughing,
- at prodigal riches Jus Bellum ******
Quest of the day,
by chance taken,
you feel our shared wish
to know why
the old orders form doctrines dividing
soul and spirit,
ambiguous,
at worst same
which is worse or better
memorializable realizations,
ambivalent, at best… valorous guts
faithful core, sound mind
love enemies, death,
before dishonor.
-girdle of truth, guts.
Gaseous we form, steep, indeed.
Pressure adjust
with a yawn.
Deep Silicate ooze
from some directions.
Every player makes a telling.
Best life on Earth as prayed.
The common story, the court
of public opinion, live
from a mindform retired,
asking -already asked
by whose authority
may we ask,
must we retell it?
-- I love to tell this story,
of a liar who loved wisdoms
dust motes dancing
in sunbeams
Thou shalt not bear false witness
against thy neighbour.
Close as we found to:
thou shalt not lie… bear witness
-bear, weigh down on…
take a bead, flat out
lie about a neighbor
on the whole true planet,
that is a wonder
to have being in.
No other's witness, diminutive
visions stretched
to contain paid
attention,
miracle
signum, prodigium, and virtus
see wonderfilled
by leaving
the legend written
on heart discs,
in the cloud…
little white pebbles
to follow, meandering, mean
mental deep significtioncy team
-Hansel's second walk
into these woods, used pebbles
because breadcrumbs get eaten.
Believe me.
We know.
Grimm Ache
to b'com'abit
of worth within
the story re-deveil-ed
uses religious reasoning,
smile, slightly,
at thinking rational
share, taken breath
of life, equal share.
Without money, without price
take and eat, discern the seed,
sow it grow it, eat it your self.
This next part gets steep;
This was not bad so far, same muse
used, but it runs on air, fair excuse.
On Earth, as it is
we live and breathe
and have our being.
Mortal, non eternal being,
brief
seed self soul spirit will
to may perhaps
being sown, so far
so good, living on
past the bone tied to bone,
dry bones, can these bones live,
so will
to prosper manifests
will so
we may imagine we
can, indeed, we can
find just cause
for making peace,
where no peace has yet been,
becoming final mortal form
artful being naturally chaotic
at the bleeding edge, close up.
Zoom out, use your movie eyes, see
from any POV, we are living witnesses,
stirring
up the ashes
of our oughtabins.
experienced
ex + peritus "experienced, tested,"
from PIE *per-yo-, ed form
of root *per- "to try, risk."
Per, 3 of 5, haps we used.
Past tune, tense time tied
experience, re-allied in Truth,
fairly daring my fully armoured soul
to face my informed shapeless spirit.
Laugh, inside, feel the weight, breathe,
and think life all one initialized algorithm,
an I'll go rhythm,
per 1, forward,
per 2, lead on,
per 3, risk trying
per 4, strikes impression,
per 5, deserves familiarity
"to traffic in, to sell,"
via the per notion
of "to hand over" or "distribute."
steep or deep, as above, so below, yada.
'gotta license per usual ritual yada per
It is the hypothetical source of/
evidence
for its existence is provided by:
Sanskrit aprata
"without recompense,
gratuitously;" -- no charge, freebie, giveaway
Greek
porne **********
originally "bought, purchased,"
per-nanai "to sell;"
as per usual ritual business trafficked in
Latin
pretium
"reward, prize, value, worth;"
Lithuanian
perku
"I buy."
<per-#etymonline_v_52726>
It forms all or part of:
appraise;
appreciate;
depreciate;
interpret;
praise;
precious;
price;
***********
Moving, characters,
minds we give POV
A personal best, today… I'd say,
if I were another
in my mind.
Reproving experiences.
Legends realized
At temptation
to test person
hood worth
to the whole weform
informing our swirl
in mind,
in spirit, and in truth,
discernible poetically,
as slight smile feelings thought.
- hum of life around me
The glory of any wine is joy,
our strength is the joy
of eloheem, the host
of heaven as is e
ai, indeed the very spirit
in the idea
first peaceable
indeed mere thought
bought, using patience, pure,
without hesitance,
principle thing
to get the win weform
this wisdom, which is packaged
with understanding,
post experience
we all have access,
in the whole truth package we swore
to tell…
we define our terms assisted, 't's
bein' how we come
to have these screens,
seen free as far as
we can see,
from many points
of view, seeming fractured
ancient attention spans
creased old folds, sacred
scripture… salted old roles,
form old faded preverbs preserved,
parchments, lacunae, and palimpsests
Spirits from letters let be preserved,
a host of those abide with me,
accounting for sweet hours
in prayer, for sweet hours
in after words, smiling,
We once stood toe to toe
with iniquity himself, and took the bet,
went all in, thinking, I already know.
My side won the ball game,
it is my own head
on the line.
Plural I, laugh inside,
a we aware peace cheats,
from war's POV, asks us:
-wombed or un, any man kind,
attempting preverbial believing.
As man hold true at core… die for
true, no lie, tried, and died, deep
Peace, past understanding, hold on,
this goes all night, sometimes.
Who is a wise man and endued
with knowledge among you
let him shew out
of a good conversation his works
with meekness
of wisdom.
---
But if ye have bitter envying and strife
in your hearts, glory not, and lie not
against the truth.
Such wisdom descended not
from above, but [is dark chthonic]
earthly, sensual, devilish.
---- what if devilish meant mm-use-d?
For where envying and strife is ,
there is confusion
as when peace happens
in a mind
on guard
against two things, confusion
and every evil work.
{Feel free to assume all ritual formulae}
Good luck.
No war chants, no bad spirits here.
distant shout
TOWBRA'
eeha abba embodiable I know
beauty and truth, ra' Eber memory
know how
to hold a people
in mind, a we form,
ceremonial memorial muse arousal,
Those we knew,
who steered us once,
we find them
in our peaceful rest, long
moody blues calm, lingering
to laugh inside, we knew
the same truth's we made the same peace
when eating fresh fish, beware bones
But Wisdom that is
from above is first pure,
then peaceable,
gentle,
easy
to be intreated, full
of mercy and good fruits,
without partiality, and
without hypocrisy.
Hypocrisy is the art
of affecting qualities
for the purpose
of pretending
to an undeserved virtue.
Because individuals and institutions and societies most often
live down
to the suspicions
about them,
hypocrisy
and its accompanying equivocations
underpin the conduct
of life …on Earth, in orbit
{ed said carry on bear witness}
Imagine how frightful truth
unvarnished
would be.
[Benjamin F. Martin, "France in 1938," 2005]
And the fruit
of right-use-ness is sown
in peace of them that make peace.
James 3:13-18
Used, right, still good. Usable still.
Dec 7, 2024
Dec 7, 2024 at 9:43 PM UTC
Peering through a old stone gate,
its face well carved, in prayers attired,
I saw a golden wall of late
before which stood cracked streetlamps retired,
their warming light now long gone
yet they still glow stubbornly on
Oct 8, 2024
Oct 8, 2024 at 1:34 PM UTC
Busily being done,
done with drama less of charm.
Done with the hustle, past the fail of the sun.
Busily working, out chasing relaxing soothing fun.
As I come, to the rescue
I wanna sooth whats been hunting.
and causing a loss of won.
Are you busily being done.
Done with the things, with the things
that keep you from having fun.
I come to do my best to..
help you enjoy the days.
as you busily be free.
busily flow with laughter and glee.
delivered and wholesomely set free.
Sep 29, 2024
Sep 29, 2024 at 10:42 AM UTC
fell to earth a day ago
bounced back up on purpose
no job is to bad
i am retired
Nov 20, 2020
Nov 20, 2020 at 5:34 PM UTC
Sore knees resting
On the round table's top
Imagine suggestions
No worries about a crop
An empty glass without a rim
Staring at me
Pushed aside with a grin
Energy levels rise
After playing quite a many
Old rock videos
They are in my guts
Make me want to go
On that bike trip
Wind in my eye
Bug just missed
(c)near_lane7
Nov 14, 2020
Nov 14, 2020 at 6:36 PM UTC
I look back to when I retired
most of life till then perspired
put foot to rear and not get fired
incurred recurring tasks till tired.
Work every day, enduring each
for sixty five years to reach
a one in two chance beseech
one dozen left to enjoy the beach.
Though now there are long naps to take
avoiding chance lest body break
choke down pills and limit cake
extending time for old times' sake.
So retire thoughts that make you wait
make the leap, don't delay fate
take anew each day, each date
moment to savor, cherish, create!
Dec 11, 2018
Dec 11, 2018 at 11:56 AM UTC
The calm after the storm
The waters have stilled
Time for reflection
Time to be filled
Too much time for some
Weighing heavily on their hands
A novel thing but unwelcome
As they wish they had more plans
Time together
Dramatic and fraught
Sped by, yes,
But them it overwrought
Yet they yearn for this time
As separated they are bereft
Unable to live apart
Unable thus to rest
The solution elusive
The outcome unknown
What to do for the best?
Best leave them alone.
Aug 9, 2018
Aug 9, 2018 at 5:08 PM UTC
Dogs are extrovert.
Cats stay inside.
Roses seek attention.
Violets just hide.
I once wanted to change the world with intricate words.
But this small poem, gives me all I've dreamed on earth.
Dec 8, 2017
Dec 8, 2017 at 1:29 PM UTC
I quit my job today
it's like gaining a beautiful freedom,
Wouldn't you say?
To wake up, In a world free from the clock in, clock out
I didn't leave a note, I just walked out
Honestly, I'm smiling with no doubts, no regrets
Even more honest, it's been five minutes,
I haven't even gotten in my car yet.
And I haven't had a chance to dissect these decisions.
I got a wife and son at home, they don't even know,
I don't even know what I was thinking,
Sit down for a minute, I'm getting blurred vision.
I'm taking some time for myself today,
Those bills can stack like dominos,
They fall, I didn't plan to pay them anyway.
I'll play these video games and become a legend,
Sodas will pay me to represent them
I'd be a sellout in a second, that isn't even a question
Just as long as I don't need to get out of bed, then I'll be fine.
It's alright, keep telling myself, it's alright.
I retired from my job today,
I gave my title away
What will I do without this purpose?
What is there, now, for me to seek?
I'm trying not to freak out
Honestly, my nerves are shot, my brain feels so tired
Even more honest, I'm driving home to try to explain to my family
That really I just got fired.
Aug 14, 2017
Aug 14, 2017 at 2:04 AM UTC
Ease your way into the day.
Being Mindful is the way they say.
Focus on Now, we don’t have long.
Meditate or sing a song.
For ten long years it’s been pipe and slippers (without the pipe),
And Ages have passed since we were nippers.
Slowly we all fade away,
For time cannot be held at bay.
I wonder what it’s all about,
There has to be another way out.
We die like flowers according to science,
There is no alternative to our compliance.
We may or may not be ruled by God,
But so long as I live I don’t give a sod.
Easy days and a set routine.
Do my best to keep my house clean.
Nice pub lunches four days per week,
A peaceful living is all I seek.
You may say I’m set in my ways,
But I’m contented in my twilight days.
Paul Butters
Sep 24, 2016
Sep 24, 2016 at 5:01 PM UTC
When I see you
Memories are stirred
Breath is heavy with a flood
And it sort of looks like love
But I don’t trust this anymore
I’ve been here so many times before
You make me want to dive
Once again
Into that hedonistic heaven
Where we’re surrounded by
And drowning in our senses
A place where there’s no sound
Anywhere around
There is where I’d love to live
A little while with you
You seducing me
Me seducing you
And nothing else to do
Nowadays I’m older
The hair that’s left is grey
And I like to sleep a lot
Each and every day
I’m quiet
I’m retired
And I’m feeling free
But I have these memories
And now fantastic fantasies,
Too
All because of you
Breath is heavy
Heartbeat fast
While I wonder whether,
I may have left
The best ‘til last
Sean
Aug 22, 2016
Aug 22, 2016 at 5:05 AM UTC
Retirement and the remote control,
This sounds like a whinge in an ode,
Retired men and remote controls,
Includes, "Who gave old men phones?"
Is this what 'golden years' meant?
Defensible violence to retired men?
You'll be getting good manners for tea,
And not much more from me!
Don't you go T-Rex on me!
I want a turn on that remote control, please,
You've turned into a sook and a toad,
My 'golden years' whinge in an ode.
Nov 17, 2015
Nov 17, 2015 at 9:42 PM UTC
Well you twinged my nerves
as you may be swell
but your words sure taste
like the floors of hell
So how are you ?
You make me sick
with your chameleon schtick
You come on hard
and you leave too quick
So fine you say ?
You're a dull moon hanging
over a fetid swamp
You will o'wisp
as you begin to taunt
So good to here .
I is the first word
from your mouth
Aye I say ever
tis thee out
So kind of you .
Green grounds
out the sills
as you have to say
What's mine is will
No other way .
Here's the bag
of bones you save
the flesh ripped off
the barrel's been staved
So bye bye you .
There's a moment
I take to pause
to pass some more
of Murphy's laws
So I'll not be seeing you .
I'll not , I'll not , I'll not
be seeing you
Goodbye , Goodbye
to all and you
to all and you
ALL OF YOU !
May 21, 2015
May 21, 2015 at 10:40 AM UTC