My Uncle
He was about to leave,
but found time to advise:
'Diplomacy will do you good, ' he said
'Don't be like people who hit below the belt.
Me, I only go as far as the belt itself.'
Patting his six-shooter
tucked in it.
He saddled to his horse....
err, his bike, somewhat
to go to city haunts.
He loves the scene
the sins.
Long detained in farmer's life
he wanted out, sometimes.
Or in.
Places like Follies 69.
Not a good place
where to get farm help though.
The last one
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A Doctor To His Love
If love is malady, then I am sick
To be now chronic and somewhat acute
Feel my neck, phone another doctor quick
Your touch could make my aches to joy transmute
Press now upon my breast your stethoscope
You'll know how so irregular I breathe
It is not due to some Asthma, I hope
That when you're near I hyperventilate
And oftentimes, I'd steal from you, kisses
So sweet, and addictive, I am afraid
Much sugar, can lead to diabetes
But I feared most: my fault, you might upbraid
Now feel my quickened pulse; is there a cure?
Aside from pills and that magnetic band?
It's symptomatic of my love so pure
'Adrenalin rush' when you held my hand
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Shyrene
Once upon my nocturne sorrow,
As I delineate the morrow,
Of a dream, flourishing in might,
To fizzle in the morning light,
Such when the waves swept me ocean,
Of glum, beneath skies, cerulean,
As my memory holds serene,
The fairest woodland nymph, Shyrene;
As queer apparition, wandered,
Seems my sanity, it squandered,
When gayly danced on my window,
A pallid dew and a rainbow,
Through the night, and half my bottle,
All my memories they scuttle,
Except one that I held serene,
That of my woodland nymph, Shyrene;
Here's that last dropp of oblivion,
In this outpouring of passion,
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The Love Not Chosen
Northward I gazed where shine the blazing lights
While far behind me lie the fields and huts
I scanned my mind now filled with fancy flights
One world goes open as another shuts
Leave one or take the other, and no buts
The road down south leads to a maiden fair
Of sun-filled days, inherent homely thrills
The trail up north now beckons with a flare
Far too tempting, bedecked with so much frills
That dreams and fantasies it sooner fills
But bliss and glory fades with novelty
Lights can dim and passion do fade out
Things familiar damp geniality
When joys and tears would cross each other out
And Panacea may not come about
Now, after many years, trek I southward
Along the milestones that I once did pass
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An Astronomer To His Love
You're my star, shining brighter than the rest
Like Arcturus, you beacon to my eyes
As shine the Quarks and Mouns that line the crest
Of Quantum nanoseconds till it dies
My love expands with Time and Space
Unbounded as the Open Universe
Though meteorites would fall, it won't deface
And just like Orbits' Flow, cannot reverse.
As comets we'll traverse, the Cosmic Space
Yet to return, as due our Cyclic rate
Let our hearts, with each other, beat in pace
In constancy that is without abate
Should fate decree we'd be light years apart
A Wormhole I'll conjure, towards your side
Should we crumble to Cosmic Dust, and part,
Like Blackholes I'll become, wanting inside
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I'm Back My Love
Your calls I hear, muted by stifled tears,
Whispered as soft as rain, that leaves retain,
And now that Fate favors, our luck appears,
Shall I stay, and bring happy days again?
If once, you’ve moaned by firesides all alone,
Might I show this time, not a heart of stone?
Many a moonlit night have seen your plight,
No loving arms to hold as dreams unfold,
It served me right, in having trained my sight,
On bronze of world, when here with you is gold,
I’m back today, with all our dignity,
To claim our share of love’s eternity;
I’ll gaze into your eyes for yonder skies,
And scale Heaven’s bliss, warmed by your sweet kiss,
If not, I’ll glide with smiles, the way bird flies,
To fetch happiness, all our hearts can wish;
Our song can’t stop, as guitar chords I pluck,
Now that love, I’m back to resume our luck.
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The Girl With The Dog
One cool afternoon, as some light winds blow
'Twas after the rains, so the leaves were clean
Grey clouds hid the sun which now seem to glow
Came this girl and dog walking by so slow
Soon, passing by the lamp post where I lean
And what a charmer she appeared to be
With a skin that's fair and angelic face
Of beauty, she is the epitome
She bewitched...err, rather, be-angeled me
My concept of charm, she came to replace
She's in red short skirt with a rose design
And the dog in leash walks by at her side
She could be, whom Fate will to me assign
To a life with her, I'll gladly resign
So, me and my dog caught up with their stride
Boy-meets-girl, you could guess the love story
So, we'll fast/forward the scenes, one year hence
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The Girl With The Gun
With this piece in hand, she's heard, they should
Even men obey when she barks around
Their respects she got, and it all so showed
For oft she goes her way though cops abound
She's careful though, to warn before she fires
Reminds people, better not to cross the line
But one thing she is, that many admires
She's strict but fair, among her traits combine
Men and guns, history have so detailed
Conspired to sow terror on heart and mind
Power, then arrogance that they entailed
Are all it takes, for prudence to unwind
A gun kills, though at times it also saves
In farms, it wards off bandits and fierce game
Borne by soldiers, to triumph or to graves
A witless aide for glory or for shame
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Pastoral Malaise
In time, though snow would fall, barn will be warm,
As chores for Summer had been done complete
The sleepy spell that soon befalls the farm
Could not, by slightest bit its mirth deplete
The cows have all the hay on which to feed
With grains that with the fodder would enmesh
If hay is brown, I guess what cows would need
For each a green eyeglass, so things look fresh
The barn sparrows found crevices for nests
Though naught are seen by cat's eyes that explore
One way to find if flock thereat still rests
Is by droppings that scatter on the floor
Insects abide, in sizes big and small
And crawl among the bales, to chirp or play
Crickets and kin, that since the end of Fall
Have lodged as ground tenants without delay
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The Stripper
She showed up in a faded dress of beige
Quite decent, till the time when she sat down
And then again, after crossing her legs
This time though, she didn't charge for what she'd shown
'The clothing shortage did affect your dress? '
'Oh, this short skirt? That's to announce my job.'
'But what you've worn has seen much better days.'
'I have to save for all the folks I love.'
'Relax, ' I said, ' you're not to work but paid
You need not strip, just tell me what I'll ask
Because I'll write your story now instead
And will that be, to you, a harder task? '
She was among those nameless refugees
Fleeing from tyranny and poverty
Whose skills by hand and mouth might have been less
But in body and face she's got plenty
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