Will someone answer
that questioning owl so we
get a moment’s peace?
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Owls only ask
these existential questions
to those they know can answer.
mondo-sedoka
Natives and Imports
Dandelions dot
our path, brightly announcing
Spring has come at last.
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And flashes of white
fringe and highlight the woods
heralding hope with sorrow.
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Time of Discontent
In this currently
cold national climate, we
welcome sun’s display of warmth.
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The Sun’s or any
hint, or semblance, of warmth
would cheer this desolation.
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Aquatic Exercises
I can’t say we danced
in the rain, but I can say
we hopped all about.
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More likely swimming
through the hotel parking lot
is the order of the day.
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A Shaft of Love
Let’s demand those we
elected to open their
closed hearts this Valentine’s Day.
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Perhaps Cupid’s bow
will strike home unerringly,
opening hearts by arrow?
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Willie Sutton’s Pendelum
Inappropriate
appropriation? Knox tells
me it’s humanity’s norm.
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Societal norms,
perpetually in flux,
sometimes swing toward larceny.
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The Procrastinators’ Perch
Scampering squirrels
hurry to the porch before
the birdseed is gone.
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Surely those bums know
the early birds get the worms,
saving none for sleepy squirrels.
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Learning Curves
When the kids insist
“I’ve got this,” and they clearly
don’t, what do you do?
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Let them burn their ass,
make them sit on the blisters.
They will catch on soon enough.
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Oy Vey
Our super-duper,
stable genius president
touts super-duper missle.
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Mere words just can not
convey my total dismay
in any meaningful way.
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Before The Curtain Falls
History, Tragedy,
Comedy, and Drama all
have their place upon the stage…
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At this stage we need
less tragedy. We’ve had quite
enough and could use a break.
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Teleprompter Voodoo
It’s all perspective-
one person’s horrible flop,
another’s high water mark.
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Those teleprompters
work their magic, they say ,come
hell or high water.
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Dangerous Fiddle-faddle
HARK! That sound! Hear it?
Is that Nero fiddling
a fevered Saint Vitus’s Dance?
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It’s the erratic
twists and turns and tweets of our
resident Nero-in-chief.
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On The Cheap
Will they never learn
they can’t build themselves up by
tearing other people down?
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Learning and building
aren’t what the “they” of whom you
speak seek. They prefer what’s cheap.
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Summerlike Companionship
What’s the best response
to shallowness of thinking
and coldness of heart?
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Perhaps it’s better
to wade in deeper water
and stroll along warmer paths.
A Necessary Clarification
After sedation,
and the kids have gone to bed,
what should parents do?
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My son, to answer
this, I’d have to know who has
been sedated, them or you.
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Where Did The Years Go?
What I want to know
is where did the years go and
how can we find them?
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They pass, as always,
at the usual pace.
We must notice them passing.
Mondo Sedoka 