Habilitat Luau Fundraiser
Today
the day will roll out
like a red carpet
to a luau
of roasted pig
chicken long rice
crab
poi
coconut pudding
and shaved ice.
Today I will say hello
to friends
my hanai family of
poetry students
I will sign my name
bid at the silent auction
I may win
I will bid at the live auction
and wonder at the energy
the craze
of owning an impulse
and at what cost?
Today I will enjoy
the soothing entertainment
local talent
comedians
singers,
that will serenade me
beneath a trio of giant tents
in a school field.
The sun that will continue to beat down
blink its ever-changing code
and dance again with a rain shower
rain
sun
rain
sun
their steps co-mingling
dry and wet
sizzling puddles
tamping down parched fields
tamping down my fear
tamping down the Earth
Today I will remember
why I am here
my purpose
for continuing
the rough climb
up the treacherous slope
of despair
and I will
smile
and give back.
Chicken Averages
English: Foghorn Leghorn made from paper. Español: Gallo Claudio hecho de papel. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
The Law of Averages
for chickens on a scale from 1-10
is a six
that’s how many years they have
if left to live a normal life
roaming free on the range
but
if owned by a big corporation
chances are not only will their
goose get cooked
but their eggs will be
taken and sent to reform school
to fend for themselves
to become educated in the ways of the world
another irresponsible link in the food chain
So if you think
life has dealt you
a bad hand
consider the average chicken
A would be cackler
who comes from a broken home
because their mom split
she’s the extra crunchy breast at KFC
the hot wings at Hooters
the juicy thighs at Popeye’s
and she’s not coming back
EVER!
And she never did say
who your father was
For all you know
it’s that dude
who just got thrown out of
summer chicken stock
for ad-libbing badly on the To Be Or Not to Be soliloquy
and the only thing
the one thing
you have to hold on to
is a message
some crazy biker chick
who claims she’s your long-lost cousin Ginger
scratched in the dirt
when you were like three
and playing doctor
that scared the bejesus out of you
although you’re not exactly sure WHY
the message that still haunts you to this day
TODAY–on your 6th birthday
It said: “Pork is the other white meat?”
Cheese-less Situations
Cheese-less Situations
Cubes of Swiss cheese (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
could be construed
as set, fixed, rigid.
Cheese being the change
you wish to see in your life, job, relationships
but don’t
because you
won’t do anything different
YOU refuse to change
hence you are now CHEESELESS
and if you don’t do anything about it
you will surely DIE
So really when I talk about cheese I’m talking about change
or the lack thereof
Understand?
Now you take some Swiss and some Gouda
and you hold them accountable
then you are really seeing
what I mean
because an American slice
would be nice on your hamburger
but if it’s moldy
and there’s not even
any shredded mozzarella for nachos
then what’s
a mouse to do
but to get up
put his sneakers on
and find NEW CHEESE.
And that requires
foresight and attention to detail
because a blind mouse
wandering around in the dark
is fair game
for the
cat
or
the dog
who absolutely LOVES CHEESE
and who will perform
any trick THEY want to get it
THEY of course, being those that also want YOUR cheese.
So the moral of this cheesy story
about
cheese
is to KNOW YOUR CHEESE, intimately
Be READY TO MOVE with your cheese
and PAY ATTENTION TO THE ACCOUNTING ON THE WALL
so you don’t die prematurely
due to a cheese-less situation
I repeat
Never EVER take your CHEESE for granted
Don’t feel that you are entitled to always have CHEESE
Check with an expert about the state of your cheese
If you do all this
then you will
be able to move to a newer
more modern cheese station
So, keep those sneakers tied
around your neck
the cheese
will run out
eventually.
You need
to keep
watching the cheese.
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Memorial Day Picnic
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Cheese
“Poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese.”
― G.K. Chesterton, Alarms and Discursions
That’s because
they are still busy writing
their pithy phrases
on the maze’s cheesy walls
performance at eleven
Hawaiian Garden
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The Enemy Within
** Inspired by The Savage Nation by Michael Savage –a New York Times Bestseller, copyright 2002
The Enemy Within
are the liberals
who would destroy us
with a capital
F. A. G.
(Frank Attentive Guile).
“Al Qaeda
is not our biggest problem
it is the liberal media
the demicans
the republicrats
and psychopaths
such as the A.C.L.U.
and P.E.T.A.. “
It is time to wake up AMERICA
and smell the stink
take care of our own.
We live in the greatest country
on the PLANET
As Michael Savage so strongly states;
“the brainwashing
of the sheeple has to stop here.”
I remember my Uncle warning me
about what happened in Nazi Germany
AND years later
him talking to me
about the brainwashing
of the people
telling me
about the same odor
the same smell.
I can smell it now.
Talk about History repeating itself
I agree
we need to get rid of this stink
not embrace it
not try to understand its plight
not spend millions, billions
on educating the terrorists
so that they can strap bombs
to themselves
and BLOW US UP.
We don’t need to reach out
to those “less fortunate thugs
in the dirty nightshirts.”
We need to WAKE the fuck UP
GET the LYSOL and mop up this Liberal MESS
We need to get a giant roll of toilet tissue
to WIPE off the giant glob of shit
from our butt cracks!
Just because the diaper says
up to fourteen pounds
doesn’t mean
we have to wallow in it.
This is more than just a little embarrassing
I’ll tell you why
here’s what we should be focusing on:
OUR FOOD
yours and mine
IS TAINTED.
Our
SOY
CORN
TOMATOES, LETTUCE,
CHICKENS, COWS, PIGS
that includes
the shit we are trying to force feed
the rest of the world has been genetically modified.
It is so altered that even the bugs won’t eat it.
And it all started out innocently enough
with the herbicide ROUND-UP.
Maybe we should start eating
goats
pigeons
deer
frogs
and grubs?
We need to grow our own produce,
patrol our own borders
guard our language
heal our relationships, families,
BELIEVE in SOMEthing?
After all –we are civilized.
We are not Neanderthals!
It’s time to stop mincing words.
Our slice of American pie
is shrinking
dissolving
in front of us
and here’s the thing–
if we continue to
do nothing
but rock
back and forth
like infants
wishy swishy
in our koa cribs
they have
promised
TO TAKE IT ALL.
Chicken Debate # 1–UNFUNNY
I BELIEVE in finishing
what I start
even if it means
the finish of me.
DID it get DRY
UNFUNNY in here?
I didn’t detect the plane veering off course
Crashing?
There was that bump
a bit of turbulence
but HELL
that was yesterday?
After all chicken shit IS biodegradable!
Fowl language isn’t the cause of all of our strife.
Chicken scratch doesn’t deplete the Social Security Fund.
Swigging corn-based Ethanol does produce sassy chicks but
we won’t have to call in the Occupy Movement
or hire an attorney
or seek arbitration
to sort through it.
Perhaps
a fan waving
de-hazing of cabin atmosphere
a compromise
Let’s calm down
assure the passengers
that all is WELL
NO NEED TO press the panic button.
The Captain is still in control
that missing parachute means NOTHING!
I’ll tell you what
how about
you take your idea of funny
and open up another MacDonald’s
and I promise not to throw any shovels
of chicken scratch
on your high ARCHES.
How about you try
and notice
the many
KFC’S in your neighborhood
keep your PopEYES
on the DELIVERY?
How about
you slow down
and remark
later in the day
wait long enough to notice
the number of days
hours
minutes
it takes to boil
this hard boiled egg?
It requires
more than talent
It requires more than intelligence
it requires maintenance and
persistence
it requires
non plagiarist use of
and repeated close contact with
a wide assortment of muses
of varying degrees
of competency.
It requires INspiRATION
PersPIRATION and DURATION
and those endangered birds are either
in the Kitchen nuking up some gourmet scratch
or would rather roost in the overhead bins.
No chicken should have to travel alone
down in baggage
in the windowless land of unfunny
IT GETS COLD AT NIGHT
without a blanket of understanding
to claw and peck
blindly through
the hard packed
stubborn
callow
dim terrain.
It requires MORE
than your average ROOSTER
to fertilize these yolkless eggs
to tame
to refine
these would be cacklers.
It requires finesse
a certain gen na sais quois
joie de vi·vre
low lighting
ambience
and fore-play.
IT REQUIRES
FINISHING
WHAT YOU STARTED.
