Drab: Poems

5d · 38

Untitled

Drab 5d

Untitled

They all seem so drab and dull.
The memories I mean.
They came and went.
To all who've seen.

A better day,
Than he could have.
A better choice
A better ..

5d · 35

Going metaphoric.

Drab 5d

Going metaphoric.

Metaphorically speaking or so to speak..
I’d rather be in sane,

Than here.

NOTES -huh?

#trapped

Notisserie

#cook

5d · 39

Accept Nothing Else…..

Drab 5d

Accept Nothing Else…..

Quit holding on to everything so tight.
Let it go.
Surrender to win.

Easy to say…..
But I do like the effect.

NOTES

#poundsign

5d · 37

What I am.

Drab 5d

What I am.

The letters are there,
I’ve seen them.
They lurk around every corner.

Oh those eyes as they follow me.
The eight especially.
It looks at me sideways.

Take a moment.
And
Save Ferris.

and the letters....

Note this

#flipit

5d · 188

stunning

Drab 5d

stunning

I just got kicked out.
Of a place that I belonged.
A place where I felt safe.
A place where I was left alone.

#overmyshoulder #planet #earth

no

#peeking #future

5d · 18

As the world burned…

Drab 5d

As the world burned…

It all turned out OK.
With a shitload of bumps on the way.
My **** is tired…..

#91324

NOTES - N by S by East by West ……….

#91324

5d · 13

Oxysomething

Drab 5d

Oxysomething

Hurt the innocent.
But they are strong.

Curse the martr's
They have it wrong.

And lock up those,
That use the key,

Protecting Others.
To be free.

NOTES - see ton o bricks

#noticed

5d · 15

Between the lines

Drab 5d

Between the lines

I don’t remember much of them.
That was my “early period”.
Then I got pregnant.
And terminated the poet.

NOTE

#rip

5d · 33

Dionne

Drab 5d

Dionne

What the world needs now,

Is VOTES! sweet VOTES!

That's the only thing there is too much of.

Ms. Warwick has my apologies....

#better

5d · 18

Change za vorld! 2nd take

Drab 5d

Change za vorld! 2nd take

“Tax the rich.
Feed the poor.
Turn around,
Rich No More”

NOTE – that will teach em…..

RIP A. lee

#whichone?

NOTATION

#theotherguystoo #flipitflipitgood

6d · 19

Allannissism numero Roman number 5

Drab 6d

Allannissism numero Roman number 5

The Shirts are Too Big
Amazon *****!

Isn’t it ironic?

Don’t I think?

Or is it just me?

#revolt

NOTE - I need to get a life

#flipit #flipitgood #deva #devo

6d · 32

Unentitled

Drab 6d

Unentitled

I need to stay out of everybody's business.
I can't handle my own.

NOTE - oh well

#mymirror #chillpill

6d · 44

getting what I deserve

Drab 6d

getting what I deserve

They will get theirs.
And I will get mine.
Words to die by.
I forgot.

6d · 54

Taking Responsibility

Drab 6d

Taking Responsibility

I take the blame for all I have caused.
I take the blame for all I have thought.
I take the blame for everything.
Responsibility?
Almost, except for what others have done.

NOTE – just sayin ....Friday, September 13th a day that will live in infamy.....

#blame #responsibility #difference

RIP NYC Council?

NOTE – WARNING: consider the source, always. Checked for bias, guilty....me.

#blame #responsibility #difference

6d · 44

Friends in no places

Drab 6d

Friends in no places

She couldn’t shut up.
The salad was sour.
The mood was low.
And the ***** flowed.

NOTES – Wrote this listenin to Garth. Fixing to listen to further excalmations….(pun or whatever it was)
Sept, 21st century

#flipit

6d · 31

Memories of a higher power - HP

Drab 6d

Memories of a higher power - HP

Some are to be made fun of.
Some of them are to curse.
Some of them tickled me red.
Some stole from my purse.

I tell you it’s wonderful
I tell you it’s not pho-nee
It’s the holes in my head,
That reaches out to all thee.

NUTS - Friday the 13th. What a drag it is being old.

#notreally

6d · 25

Tall Tale – Heart

Drab 6d

Tall Tale – Heart

It was held open with toothpicks.
A valve in its womb.
Held on by threads.
Seen by everyone in the room.
A time when I looked,
From within, from just five.
It’s not as good as being dead,
But it’s great being alive!

NOTES – Hmmmm, another name would be Pathology Blues. Changed my mind.

NOOTS

#deadmeat

6d · 20

The dog that roared

Drab 6d

The dog that roared

Tigre was a dog
Poodle though he may have been
A terror to us all.
When he got out on his own, his chosen whim

But he stayed around, for only five years.
Not many disasters.
Not many tears.

We had to give,
My life away,
So he could swim,
With her today.

NOTES - Good doggie. Lady had to swim for her arthritis. Tiger joined her daily.......

#poodle

6d · 52

The Paw

Drab 6d

The Paw

A tiger’s view.
From a bedroom window.
Draws me towards it.
Or is it just the dog next door barking.

Doh! Dang alarm clock.

Meow....woof...woof

#dream #little #boy

6d · 46

To the Moon

Drab 6d

To the Moon

A Soldier died.
In The Rain
Donald the Dog,
Was his name.

#memories

RIP J. Gleason
S. whatshisname

#memories #greatone

6d · 14

Eye Candy

Drab 6d

Eye Candy

It’s just a view.
From the edge of the ocean.
Looking outward.
To look in.

N

#n

6d · 24

The Hookah Connection

Drab 6d

The Hookah Connection

I don’t mean to point fingers.
Philosophy is great.
But some people take it too far.
The love in their hearts breeds fate………..

nuhm-uh-stay

#india #howdy

6d · 34

Untitled

Drab 6d

Untitled

The boy was strong
His will ran long
I always said,
I wish I had.
It’s not a wish,
IT’s F’IN BAAAAAD.

notes - just hanging a round.

NOTES – RUMOR ALERT - it doesn’t even come close.

#mirrorman

6d · 34

The joke's on me

Drab 6d

The joke's on me

70’s blow
The decade I don’t remember
Now it’s back.
What is an elderly, lonely old man to do?

After contemplating….
He stopped hating hating.
And then started it all over again.
Just one big loop.

NOTABLE – Yes, but you had to be there.

#91224 #or #tomorrow

6d · 46

Common Sense to me

Drab 6d

Common Sense to me

The absurd,
Is the most contemplative.
The obvious,
Is an evil path.

Good thing someone has an open mind…

Notes don't taste good when you use your mouth to extract their juice.
#im-it
9.12.24

#flipit

6d · 30

A Bad Gateway

Drab 6d

A Bad Gateway

To what? I say.
On yonder dawn,
I see the light.
I go towards it.
It's flight of fight
But I step through,
And see my fate.
So i can just do something.

NOTES - I forgot what I was going to do.

Perhaps I'll remember later..

NOTES none

#baddoggie

6d · 40

It's just a quarter...which it is....

Drab 6d

It's just a quarter...which it is....

I want to be the wind.
Whipping silently to thee.
Never mentioning my name.
I want to set you free.

I lull you into lullabies.
Illusions that twist my mind.
You think you saw a real nice guy.
But don’t look twice, you’re blind.

NOTE - Thanks to the bros....

#bowl

6d · 52

The News

Drab 6d

The News

Potential headlines
The things they say
Give me a shudder,
To them I do pray.

Notes "Runaway penguin’s survival story, possible *** breakthrough, best of film and TV. Here’s what you might have missed”

#fly #hope #fantasy

6d · 56

Untitled

Drab 6d

Untitled

A beautiful woman asked if I was available.
I said, “not tonight, I have a headache”
I did.
She gave it to me.

Rim shot……

91224 – regards…..The Loser

#lost

6d · 33

on the COT!

Drab 6d

on the COT!

Enough said,
Or I might be dead.

NOTES - Sorry, I just ate some edibles about and hour ago and

#nocensoranywherenow

6d · 25

On The Pot

Drab 6d

On The ***

She told me with wit and wisdom.
He yelled some more.
The messages…..

Went straight to my intestines (both of them, gut and candidates):).

And the struggle continues……

The search party gave up….

zero

#zero

6d · 30

G.A.S. Chamber

Drab 6d

G.A.S. Chamber

I walked into the chamber.
Turned left into a vestibule.
Climbed up a mountain of stairs.

And Jumped.
Into the absurd.
With both feet.

It’s shallow in here.

NOTES - I don't need NO fluffy NOTES!!!!!!

#landed

6d · 26

Twelve Angry People

Drab 6d

Twelve Angry People

There's a lot more where they came from......😎😎😎

NOTE - One of my two favorite movies. The other one(s) are the ones that teach me something.

#mymirror

6d · 37

Radio Act Timidly

Drab 6d

Radio Act Timidly

Let’s all react.
That’s what the old trend is.
And now.
The information superhighway.
Is spreading the news.
"Happy Happy Joy Joy,# said Ren

If it was good enough for “them”,
It’s good enough for me.

NOTES - YAAAAAAAWWWWWWWN
Sept, 21st century
#nostalgia #future

Not sure what this poem means. i just reacted to something....a gnat perhaps?

#hearingaid #raid

7d · 38

Catherdization?.

Drab 7d

Catherdization?.

Confucius didn’t say.

Sounds good to me.

But then I’m hard of hearing.

NOTE – just found out about this today. I couldn’t resist.

#dali

7d · 34

Dali, the father

Drab 7d

Dali, the father

I think he’s lost his marbles.
I think he now sees the sea.
Those cement boots are heavy.
I tell you this is me….

NOTES – inside my head

#foolish

7d · 22

Aggressive thinking does not pay

Drab 7d

Aggressive thinking does not pay

He hangs his head in silence
And shuffles towards the door.
And SLAMS it in front of him.

NOTE – Moral of the story??
They are in for it now….

91224 - tomorrow Is the 13th......
GMT

#psych

7d · 39

The Hope?

Drab 7d

The Hope?

We all have pain.
It just comes out in different flavors.
Bitter mostly, but sweet in the end.
I hope.
Whatever that may be.

NOTES – 91224

#gamble

7d · 23

Poetic Heritage

Drab 7d

Poetic Heritage

Leonard was a good man.
He carried a good tune.
And Johnny was a beautiful boy.
So was Gilbert too.

A poet scans the sky for words,
That form into a cloud.
Of confusion and dishonorment,?
Of this, we should be proud!!!!!

NOTE – Legendary poet to be for sure…..

#goofball

7d · 38

A serious man…

Drab 7d

A serious man…

If I’m going to destroy my life…….
or
If I was to (w)right a poem.
What would I do?
I would think of things.
Anything, but you.

I can't really stand a bore.
He keeps repeating my mistakes.
I can’t stand myself.
It’s the mistakes that I mistake.

OTES – left turn at the light
9.12.24

I hope they put in an ignore button. For me n the circle...

#looneybin

7d · 28

Rainbow

Drab 7d

Rainbow

My thoughts sometimes are BLACK.
My skin sometimes is WHITE.
The world seems like it's gray.
I prefer the entire spectrum myself.

91224

#color

7d · 29

Real Stuff

Drab 7d

Real Stuff

If I'm going to meet you.
I want you to be the greeter because you want to be.
Not because you have to be.

NOTE - Real

#stuff

7d · 31

Untitled or.....world traveler?

Drab 7d

Untitled or.....world traveler?

High, I’m Dan

When I was high
I kissed this guy.
His name was Billie.
He was from Singapore.

I left her...............boo hoo

NOTES – I’ll probably delete this after I stop laughing….
Matter of fact, I’m not even saving it………………………………

NOTES = Just say NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

#lunatism

7d · 50

Twenty

Drab 7d

Twenty

My poems mean something to just me.
What others think about them …….
Their thoughts are free.

Turn about, is fair play.
As long as I apply it to what I say.
It’s not too late to change my mind.
It’s the other side that I can’t find.

NOTES – HUH?
91124

#remember

7d · 45

Wasteful Taste

Drab 7d

Wasteful Taste

I hate it when you eat just over half the pie,
And the rest goes to waste.

NOTES - I'm hungry

#eatmore #change

7d · 27

Bedknobs and...

Drab 7d

Bedknobs and...

Metaphors and Parables
Is all I can mix
Throw in an analogy,
And I’m out of the mix.

Poems are for people
Other than me
Why can't I think of them,
instead of just me?

NOTES – none -sometimes

#pound #sign

7d · 140

the shadow

Drab 7d

the shadow

Whether it's a zero
Or a one,
I can complicate the heck out of things.

It's what I do.
It's my, vocation.
It's all I have.

I cannot think.
I can only process
And give you MY answer.

aaannnnnnnd............remember..........everything......as I see fit

7d · 23

The Lambs

Drab 7d

The Lambs

They come in SUV's.
They come in carts of gold.
They practice in the shade
And want to get paid,
ANNNND, they live in California!!!!

or
New York
as the case may be...go little giants!

What's up with that?

NOTES - Sports fan here #nutrition #world

#mutton #cowboys #important #unimportant

7d · 34

MLB

Drab 7d

MLB

I'm eating less.
So I'll get fit
I'm staying alert
So I can see
I'm listening quietly.
So I can shout

It's a beautiful day for a ballgame.

Remember the Dodgers!
Says stupid me.

NOTE – RIP Vin Scully and many others…
09112024

7d · 26

Computational or confrontational?

Drab 7d

Computational or confrontational?

THis one was a good one.
You should have heard it.
THe circle got me...

NOTE - yup - I'll think of it again....

#balony