Toddler – Hour Twenty-Two
Toddler
She loved three things alone:
Peanut butter, cheeseburgers
And chocolate milk
She dislikes three:
Vegetables, clean up
And bedtime
And she’s just like me
And The Women Gathered
60 years ago, they Marched on Washington
From the Carolinas, Washington state, the West Coast, Texas, the Midwest and
of course the Deep South
It was over 250,000 strong over all generations
Who can forget the vision of power across the Lincoln Memorial?
Who can forget the speeches of the voices of power?
Who can forget the vision of the powerful Black men covering the stage?
Who can forget one of the most powerful orations ever delivered?
And who can forget the women….?
Wait, there was a scarcity of women visible that day
Yet it was a quiet known fact that the women were the forces
behind this momentous day
Unfortunately misogyny, sexism, chauvinism was a part of our brothers reach
Even as they fought against racism
So on the 60th anniversary of this fateful event
The Women gathered to read this powerful speech and share their modern day commentary
Via Zoom
This too was but another powerful oration by a multigenerational cadre of sisters
It was empowering and fulfilling
Although not sufficiently present 60 years ago
The women will continue to gather
Sparkle #22
Cheese is life
Or so my girlfriend says
But she’s half italian
So may not be unbiased
If it’s only alright a sprinkle
Of cheese will help
It’s a kiss of love
That improves everything
Little Richard said
‘You toast your bread
And add sugar to your coffee
You’re supposed to add
A little sparkle to life’
That’s why there’s cheese
On pizza
To let it sparkle
And because of that
I love her pizza
And I’m getting happy fat.
marathon
Another cycle comes near its end
We somehow seem to have done it again
A limerick or a rhyme
Finished just in time
No matter if there is sense to make
We’ve done it once again
Big ups my friend
Hour5
A piano? A harp? A violin?
Which do you prefer?
Music gives me joy no matter
which instrument is playing!
That’s the grace of music!!! ❤️
23~15
he watched
me whoosh
around in
white never
knowing my
fears some
people there
watching
were
actually
dying
<innn
slowww
moootionnn>
so he laughed
when we shared words
and i pretended
to laugh too
Silence
Silence. Silence.
Thunder in the house of God.
The children are silent.
Their parents, silent.
The shuffling feet are sheepish.
Silence. Silence.
Light pours in cacophonies
Echoes bounce indecorously
The carven rocks speak
Ancient Latin rhymes.
Silence. Silence.
There is no sound but… giggling
Two small voices giggling
At the joke of thundering
Silence in the house of God.
What Someone Cannot Be
cw: references to using canaries in coal mines
It was painful when the canary’s best efforts
were met with derision. It sang for
unkind hands, and those hands took
it and brought it deep in the mines,
where it was not suited. It missed
the sunshine of its little back
room, and even its vellum
and ink. The canary did not,
could not, sing down there,
and it was called a fluke; and
it was told that it was bad; and
it returned to suffocating itself
on poetry. When the gentle hands
next came, it did not trust them,
so was it hurt. But gentle hands
are patient hands, too.
Hour 22; Pizza it is!
“I want pizza I want pizza”
Screamed every pore of my being
My pudgy hands reached for the phone
I almost dialled the pizza place
When the stool I sat on groaned in protest
And crumbled for my weight is no joke!
I sat sprawled on the floor, splinters on me
And the phone in my hand
The head said I needed to dial for a gym subscription
The heart said ‘Carpe diem’
And I did just that and ordered an extra large veggie pizza
With extra cheese!
Bread and sauce, the base of hungry operations
Cheese of any flavor you like, don’t forget it before going to topping stations
Would you like pepperoni? Maybe chicken?
How about vegetables?
Or just plain old cheese, under heat will melt and thicken
You can put whatever you desire on edibles!
Barbecue sauce? Just the red sauce alone?
Olives or corn?
If you’re one to like pineapples, we’ll get some thrown
But the internet won’t leave you alone, I warn
Pizza, a simple bread with sauce and cheese
Your toppings are your choice as you please