Hope where a nightmare left me sans avail
In fear, how sweet tis! Put the kettle\'s trail
To tea, and Barry\'s \'specially, on for sense,
Rememb\'ring lo, a week \'go now, and whence?
Come shall I ever know? Or which detail?
Dreams both in vaprous essence and sans bail
In truth, are merely dreams, nor but pretense.
Yet are nightmares truly thus? Is\'t puir
To feel its haunting ill hang oer me through
The hours, though I can\'t pin down as it were
Precisely what it was? Will I have to
Be off today? They call me in, though\'s poor,
For half a shift. LORD, save me! I need You.
14Apr25a
...I\'d be your friend?!
Well, If I Told You That
(sonnet #MMMMMMMMMCCXCIX)
Oh, leave it to yer fam\'ly to detail
The faults which others shan\'t explain, or thence
Refrain from mention, as few love fr\'intents
Like fam\'ly. True friends shall be honest, frail
As all the social lies and smiles we fail
Before yet still oblige as if pretense
Won\'t laugh right in yer face. Then hearken hence
Whenas yer loved ones tell you to avail.
But don\'t ask what exactly happened fer
Sich lines. I am too fat, and nothing\'d do.
Why are all seeming friends blase and poor?
They\'ll let you be a fool nor tell you through
The hours, like, what does \"friend\" mean, as it were?!
Oh LORD, restore my soul. I wait for You.
14Apr25b
Perhaps the real question is, WHY?
I Guess I Was Trying Not to Think
(sonnet #MMMMMMMMMCCC)
The Devil may wear Prada as Vogue thence
Can\'t seem to get is\'t my subscription\'s tale
Correct? Reps lack of English that detail
Which swears he\'s in the workings hence
If not the ghoulish trend of fashion\'s sense
And sheer rebellion flaunting in betrayl
The lacking fear of God, why\'d I avail
Me now in this regard, like I\'d defense?
Capricious notions lead me down a tour
Of folly in the highest realms. I knew
Twas not so wise. Was it quite late as t\'were
At night when I signed up? What did I do?
If I\'m appalled at what they joy in, poor
As buying now a subscription, LORD, where to?
14Apr25c
That should do.
Just Term It a VERY Long Weekend
(sonnet #MMMMMMMMMCCCI)
Ah, golden hours the sparrows trim t\'avail,
Green rolling leas and dale do not ask whence,
For they\'ve Thy promise, LORD, oh our defense.
Does our redemption draw nigh? Th\'all hail
Of songs do sing of Thee and to Thee; hale
Light on aught as is April\'s wont, skies hence
Fraught with such clouds they said it\'d rain fr\'intents,
Tis blue if we look up, the Scriptures bail.
Grate up a block of mozzerella fer
The Philly Cheesesteaks fin\'lly, \'nough for two
Or three, with prov\'lone for the rest as t\'were.
A hefty lunch, they call me in late, to
Pull half a shift, and midnight\'s rather poor
For bed, but can\'t do better. I wait You.
14Apr25d