With summer almost
upon us, any advice
for kids and parents?
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Find the time to break
away from work and go play
together sometime each day.
With summer almost
upon us, any advice
for kids and parents?
~
Find the time to break
away from work and go play
together sometime each day.
Oh, the aroma
of peach and hickory smoke
rising slowly from the grill.
~
A time of year filled
with enticing smells making
mouths water and stomachs growl.
Who do you think will
ultimately win this late
spring tug of war, sun or rain?
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Although wind and rain
may seem to carry the day,
in the end, the sunshine wins.
Any brief reprieve
from welcome summer swelter
may bring unwelcome relief.
~
Masochists welcome
summer swelter and bewail
relief even if it’s brief.
When an attack on
the press becomes physical,
brutality trumps reason.
~
In Big Sky Country,
brutality is common
frequently without reason.
Must we educate
our children to fear and hate
instead of to love and care?
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Fear and hate stifle
curiosity, deaden
the souls of teachers and taught.
Maybe it’s better
to lay off when my mondo
partner is laid low.
~
Wasting breath on verse
even to one’s dying gasp
is a mark of high regard.
When the crud’s creeping,
smothering each breath beneath
wheezing, what is one to do?
~
One rests, takes prescribed
medication, types their post,
struggles with crudulity.
How many guns do
we have to sell in order
to buy hearts and minds?
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Hearts and minds are bought
by offering open hearts
and holding our minds open.
It’s easier to call
all the shots from your arm chair.
Have you found this true, Donald?
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He doesn’t sit still,
they say. He shoots from the hip
as he slithers, tweets, and twitters.