MAMA

I awoke this mornin’
calling for Mama,
then I started to cry

I try to be strong
to face tomorrow’s
sorrows that are get-
ing hard to consume

No one can hurt you
in that place out-there,
If only I can make
it soon

To annihilate life’s
ever-present gloom

My troubles be
another bad dream
& my depression all
but consumed

— Ray Laccetti

BERNADETTE
I pray a lot. Always did.
Began that as a kid.
I often speak with Saint
Bernadette, who keeps
me strong & intercedes.
But most of all to Jesus.
Whom I hope has forgiven
me, within his reason.
Worry little, above all,
be strong. Resolve not to
do wrong. To have the
faith of a grain of mustard
seed & nothing will be
impossible for you.
I ask Jesus nightly to take
me, for I sense my time
is at hand. Not afraid at all.
That’s for the faint of heart.
Be brave friends, for there
will be a new start with
no end.
— Ray Laccetti

NEFARIOUS
We are in dire-straits
St. Peter’s at our gate
We’ll soon be ‘empty-plates’
Count on a few fingers
For those that really lingered
Won’t folks ever realize
People don’t really sympathize
They’re never on the square
So love ‘em if you dare
Pray for the best
Expect the worst — Get
Ready for the next hearse
& another nefarious-curse
— Ray Laccetti

Saint Jerome
is quoted as saying,
one day after he was
out praying:

“Jesus was born on a
dungheap because
that’s where he knew
he’d find us.”

It is profound.
Might even astound
or be taken with
a frown.

Wisdom is always
out there to help,
please or confound
us.

Consequences vary,
often run contrary to
human-vanity & our
fear of a cemetery.

— Ray Laccetti

HERACLITUS

Heraclitus said
& I quote:
"Corpses are more
fit to be thrown-out
than is Dung.”

Truer words were
never spoken!

I get 'his drift.'
Do you?
Because if you
don't get it, might
as well forget it!

A pox on you
for being the
ultimate armpit!

— Ray Laccetti

The Very Last Day


I re-read the Psalms, most of
Matthew, Mark, Luke & John.
The internet helps me around.
The story of Jesus’ life and
teachings, fulfillment abound!
Although some will say ‘Not
so! Fake-o.’ But what do they
know? For I was blind, but now
I see. But then, what I see is
so much more misery, that
should-not-be. In my old-world
there were morals and ethics.
“Someone once told me the
definition of Hell: it’s the last
day you have on earth and
the person you BECAME will
meet the person you could
have BECOME!” — Ray Laccetti

RUB-A-DUB-DUB

Three belle-gals in a shower.
They shake, rattle, wiggle & cower.
Something some of us like to see.

I prefer to view three beau-guys
in a tub. Doing their stuff, in-salvo.
The stuff guys want & like to do.

‘Dropping the soap’ in the military
was common. I experienced that
proposition day-one of BMT. Cherry.

Rub-a-dub-dub three men in a tub,
what a site to see. “Hey, one of
them is me!”— Ray Laccetti