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754 · Sep 2
Head scratcher...
Drab Sep 2
"no sugar tonight in my coffee, no sugar tonight in my tea"

Guess Who?
Do,  re,  me.....

B. Cummings I love you!!!!!
Drab Oct 14
The edge.

Not the ledge.
The edge.
Something so sought after,
Yet elusive.

It boggles…..
The mind.
Toggles…..
The senses.

If you fall over.
It breaks
Into little pieces.
Of happiness.
And slumber
Note - I need a short break.

Are you afraid of heights?
Drab Oct 9
I’m done.
Time to quit.
No more lessons.
No more books.
No more people.
With ***** looks.

I’m out, forever.

Let Him Sort Them Out Later

NOTE – Hey Alice!

#cooper
HOLLOWEEN
Drab Sep 4
Think of TIME.
As a line.
Going from left to right……
Arrows on the tips,
Never reaching the end, it flips..

And I’m a line
Going up and down through time.
An arrow at the bottom of that line.
Now you know where I’m headed if I don’t turn around.
09/04/24 – POV – a circle actually. Can lines curve?….or turn around? I need a drink……
476 · Oct 7
Epithaknees x seven
Drab Oct 7
The secret of getting along with everybody.

1. Don’t let them get to know you.
1.1.  Wait a minute. I thought of number 9.
2. Two
3. See the last digit of PI.
4. Study them.
5. Stay away.
* Run away
6. * Don’t touch "them/they" (some exceptions may apply).
7. * Repeat whatever didn’t work.

* Don't
notation - the act of notating....
475 · Aug 28
Vern’s Best Friend
Drab Aug 28
Been thinking a lot about Jim today.
Miss him bad, he slipped away.
Cerritos autos had it when all is said and done.
He is my hero, but not the only one.

Know what I mean?
RIP J. Varney
401 · Sep 8
Oceans 13 revisted.
Drab Sep 8
The tide has turned.
So did I.
I missed it.
9824 or somewhere around there. Just pick a number....
379 · Sep 5
How?
Drab Sep 5
"to ride a painted pony wild"

And to be a native of YOUR country.
Note enough - Cheers to B. Taupin and the other guy..
342 · Sep 13
Taking Responsibility
Drab Sep 13
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.
330 · Sep 23
Not Abusive
Drab Sep 23
I love being dopamized.
I love being endorphinized too.
But I simply adore, feeling good.
Note = laughing now
Drab Oct 3
What are the rules?
I want them to be less conspicuous.
You know.
Out of direct sight?
Anonymously?
Perhaps a bit ambiguous,
Or behind a green door.
But Marilyn didn’t care.
In the end.
NOTES - memories

"The more you read it, the dumber it sounds"......another version of a 60's commercial..

Did this ever happen to you?
287 · Aug 16
The Wrong One
Drab Aug 16
A caterpillar inched up a smooth hairy stem
A spray of insecticide wasn’t meant for him
He writhed and he squealed as some caterpillars do
When given a poison that’s not meant for you.
Thursday, April 3, 2008
284 · Oct 25
"Adult" Poem?
Drab Oct 25
OK.
Shhhhhh.
I’m going to tell you.
It’s about…………..

Suh..
Suh..
***.

Donut’s do it!
Call me immediately!
Jim!!!
It’s your life, guardian ******…..
Notes - think a, round,  object, a dot and your toilet. If you are above the
eauate - or, or, the sensation, will change to the opposite direction.
275 · Sep 5
Sell Fish or Selfish?
Drab Sep 5
I just do what I want to do.
To someone else’s chagrin.
Wish they would just frigging leave me alone.
So I can be with Him.
Notes – just sayin.................the date...9524 hike!

Once again, another version of Hai-coo. It's an 5-7-7-10-5 (includes title).
269 · Sep 27
Untitled
Drab Sep 27
“In the year, 2525”.
If “IT” is still alive.
How would I have survived?
I think I just would have become part of the giant blob…
That is currently called “something I don’t get”…….
NOTE - the dark years, full speed ahead captain......2024......
260 · Aug 22
Oxyoptimist
Drab Aug 22
"Life is an endless series of obstacles
designed to crush"
author - LIFE
Drab Oct 6
I don’t have much.
A little abode in a field of vegetables.
Like life.
A (very) small pension called Social Security?
It is a humble end.
To a life forgotten by many.
But I use this to my advantage.
As I wait for the end.
Patiently.
NOTES - YUP
242 · Sep 13
stunning
Drab Sep 13
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
231 · Sep 27
The Guardian Circle
Drab Sep 27
It stops all who try to pass.
It passes everybody by taking the "good" gateway.
I can't see my poems.
I can't see our poems.
But we persevere to the end.
And I just got here????

What in the darnation is that?
NOTE - Really need some sunshine here....it's gloomy....
225 · Aug 25
Salt of the Earth
Drab Aug 25
Here lies what is left.
There lies what will be.
I lie down and hope I don’t croak.
Saturday, August 24th, 2024
Drab Aug 31
It comes around mostly at nite.
My fear goes up, it's flight or fight.
I am too small, so give up the fists.
I am too big, to cry the mist.
For whenever it, is, it will find me soon.
I need to leave, or destroy the moon.
08/31/24 - Muuuuuuuhaaaaahaaaaahaaaaa.....Happy early Holloween!!!@! HINT - didn't want to get too graphic...;o/
204 · Sep 25
Bad Behavior - times two
Drab Sep 25
When, I stop doing bad behavior,
I become honest.
When I stop beating around the bush,
I become direct.
People don’t like me either way.
So, I just mind my own business.
Except for now……
when I write this stuff......

NOTE – NOTE

#self
NOTE - NOTE
Drab Oct 22
At first, it was for information.

Then, it was for nothing.

Then, it was for the most sinister, cunning, baffling, dare I say, powerful?

Influencer?

My GOD.

What’s next?

The lord said, sadly, in shame, hanging his head
………….it’s entertainment.

The people, all of them.

Followed.
194 · Sep 17
boom
Drab Sep 17
The day was cold.

It wasn’t “just right”.

Suddenly a flash.

We had been warned.
It’s a thermo-nuclear-coupler, that tripped.
They are all gone now…
NOTE – just put the TNC in there, to see if people even pay attention….

You Awake?
178 · Nov 12
Untitled
Drab Nov 12
Inside the mind.


                                        Of every living thing.  
                                              

is


what?
173 · Oct 18
Decision
Drab Oct 18
I see people as they appear on the surface.
I see people as they appear in my mind.
It’s not accurate, ever.
Neither one.
Better to give the benefit of the doubt….
Unless you are wrong.
168 · Sep 8
Justice Personified
Drab Sep 8
Forgiveness,
Faith.
Kindness.
Empathy.
Hate
Revenge.

I'd like the jury to disregard the witnesses' previous testimony.
It did not happen!
NOTES - Yes it did....
168 · Sep 25
The Cyclops' revenge...
Drab Sep 25
'-) - cyclops winking.

What is the world coming to?
What is the world going to do?
The one-eyed monster,\
Is coming for you...
NOTES - HOLLOWEEN approaches from the south, build a wall!!!!!!
164 · Sep 11
the shadow
Drab Sep 11
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
Drab Sep 29
I love the way the wooden people talk.
They carve themselves into intellectual corners…
That are un-sanded.
Rough.
And many times,
Useless.

Yet they are experts at everything that involves my business?

Strange Days….
Strange Days, #snakeeyes #2024
158 · Sep 9
It’s Not……Really
Drab Sep 9
It’s not really empathy if you have to do it.
It’s not really humble if you have to think about it.
It’s not really wise to not do these things.
Keep thinking about it
NOTES – 9924 - I knew Philosophy 102 would eventually come to the rescue...
157 · 7d
Wants
Drab 7d
I do not want to be…
The person…
You do not want me…..
To be.

But I do not want,
Another one,
To think the same thing.
More than once?
im having trouble with this one. not sure whether it is prophetic, pathetic or just plain stupid.

No need for smart asas comments please

Actually, please give it smart *** comments on further thought

my next poem is probably going to be called "needs"
152 · Oct 2
War is Hell
Drab Oct 2
Being near him.
Take cover from the collateral damage.
He didn’t mean to hurt you.
It’s just his aim was off…
NOTES - not this war....
152 · Oct 13
Untitled
Drab Oct 13
The reason I use it.
Is that’s what I  use it for.
149 · Sep 19
Change
Drab Sep 19
Old news doesn’t exist anymore.
Current news is temporary.
And future news…….

The outlook is not good.
I’m so worried about what might happen,
I forgot what was.
And have to look at from now on.
Drab Sep 25
History is just here say.
No translation.
No facts.
No evidence.
No time.
No common sense.
No chance of even thinking I know more than everyone.
Because I’m me.
Therefore, I am.
F Descartes…..
n
147 · Oct 27
Drill Team
Drab Oct 27
Drill Baby Drill.

Hey, I didn’t say it…….
the tool pusher did.
Drab Oct 23
I haven’t felt this healthy in years.
Perhaps ever (simultaneously).....

Physical.
Mental.
Spiritual
Emotional
And mostly….

The thought process has improved over  years of time and other peoples' labor.

Just before I croak.

Irony?
I think not!
Who says, God doesn’t have a sense of humor?
Let him/her cast the first stone.
146 · Sep 7
Uh.
Drab Sep 7
Uh.
My view is cathardic....
That's what they say.
I'm pushing real hard,
But it doesn't move that way.

I guess I will give up.
The heart is not well.
A view from my perch.
Is a view from your ........heck.
NOTES - Almost said it
Drab Sep 4
Some People write poetry to be famous.
Some People write poetry to be heard.
Some People write poetry to blend in.
Some People wrote poetry when they are empty, bored old human beings..

Guess which one you are?
NOTIFICATIONS - 09-03-24-666.3   stardate now. R. Stuart is a pretty good lad.
139 · Nov 10
Desperate Truth
Drab Nov 10
I’ve lost so much
That. I expect to lose everything.
all the time
Drab Oct 30
What is this madness?
Is it that which we generate on our own?
Is it being angry?
Is it being, “out of touch” with “reality”.
I’m not so sure, anymore.
If I ever was.
Every once in a while,
It comes out,
Luckily,
I’ve been able to “hide” it…
For the last seventy years….
Now I’m just a crotchety old man….
Counting the days…
Of getting even….
With myself.
Just a kind, thought of the day….
134 · 6d
Santa?
Drab 6d
We do not know.
The ships’ captains..
Were, not specific
Enough.
But we do know.
That it tends…
To live in
Damp
Dark
Places….
Way up north.
a paranoid child's view
Drab Nov 8
"feet firmly on the ground,
head...well.....not....so...
what was the question?"
133 · Sep 30
Personal Trainer
Drab Sep 30
Her rubs my shoulders.
Deep down my back.
His sinewy muscles flex…
Then he sends me out…..

To fight the good fight….
NOTE - Just thought of this one....
It's my dogs...jk
133 · Sep 14
Disappointments Abound
Drab Sep 14
I wanted to be magnanimous
I wanted to be altruistic
I wanted to be ............

humbler..........

I “wanted” a lot of things……………..
NOTES – I learned these words in 6th grade. Well, the first two anyway…😉

The fourth is what I am....
Drab Sep 9
You know,
I don’t mean to be a martyr
But I could use some sunshine here.

Just sayin…
NOTES – Can’t stop laughing………………………………………………………
924-8

Paid for by the fine folks at HP.
131 · Sep 8
Power Play Now!
Drab Sep 8
"What gives you the right hey you
To stand there and tell me what to do
Tell me who gave you the power
To stop me from livin' like I do"

To: Everone.....NOW
NOTES - J. Kay and Steppenwolf - prophetic.......different time sorta. Should be a new moral prophylactic.
130 · Sep 7
Duh
Drab Sep 7
Duh
"Movement, leaves marks...."
NOTES = Just saw this in a perspiration commercial, I pictured something else...lol. Google it. Really. Oh....this is not an ad. It's a relief among other things...
Drab Nov 7
"I don't know.
where i would want to live,
since ive lived everywhere.
It seems."



Sincerly,

Me
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