tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40259439957159802332024-02-20T19:35:22.278-06:00Blind Dog Poetry CornerSharing fresh, new original poetry in a post-literary world. This is a place to come and watch poets teach the language to dance.Blind Dog Poetry Cornerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10488083280044864736noreply@blogger.comBlogger164125truetag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4025943995715980233.post-12198790896756564702023-08-02T20:02:00.017-05:002023-09-19T15:06:31.294-05:00Meaningful Phrases<span>all alone; i am not lonely</span><br /><span>i've gotten over missing you</span><br /><span>all regret has now abated</span><br /><span>and faded from my<b><i> remember when</i></b></span><b><br /></b><br /><span>no more bee is in the shoe</span><br /><span>no longer a dead cat on the line</span><br /><span>i came to a warmer place and, </span><br /><span>stocked up on <i><b>feeling better now</b></i></span><br /><br /><span>it was not hard to start anew</span><br /><span>i have done so all my life</span><br /><span>all my idle hours i currently spend</span><br /><span>building me an<i><b> i like it like that</b></i></span><br /><br /><span>the old rings don't fit my finger</span><br /><span>the old hat is gone from my head</span><br /><span>no longer do i ride in my haunting past</span><br /><span>i drive around town in my <i><b>brighter day ahead</b></i></span><br /><br /><span>sometimes it seems crazy</span><br /><span>all these phases i go through</span><br /><span>better to head toward <b><i>i don't know</i></b></span><br /><span>that retreat back to <i><b>i used to do.</b></i></span>Blind Dog Poetry Cornerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10488083280044864736noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4025943995715980233.post-9460287401919109662022-09-25T20:44:00.000-05:002022-09-25T20:44:05.883-05:00<p><b><span class="gvxzyvdx aeinzg81 t7p7dqev gh25dzvf exr7barw b6ax4al1 gem102v4 ncib64c9 mrvwc6qr sx8pxkcf f597kf1v cpcgwwas m2nijcs8 hxfwr5lz k1z55t6l oog5qr5w tes86rjd pbevjfx6 ztn2w49o" dir="auto"></span></b></p><div class="l7ghb35v kjdc1dyq kmwttqpk gh25dzvf jikcssrz n3t5jt4f"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><u>Immolation by Ronald S Porter ©2022</u></span></span></b></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><b> </b></div></div><div class="l7ghb35v kjdc1dyq kmwttqpk gh25dzvf jikcssrz n3t5jt4f"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: red;">Oh, the memory of our fiery passion</span></span></b></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: red;">and <span></span>white hot liquid lust,</span></span></b></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: red;">runs like molten lightning bolts</span></span></b></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: red;">through flesh, sinew and tendon</span></span></b></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: red;">feeding flames of fevered desire.</span></span></b></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: red;">It spurns on return to</span></span></b></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: red;">hot hedonistic hunger</span></span></b></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: red;">... to lascivious heated meat.</span></span></b></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: red;">How my profaned frame is seared</span></span></b></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: red;">neath the blazing sun of yearning</span></span></b></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: red;">seeking sensual release from</span></span></b></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: red;">burning remembrance and recall</span></span></b></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: red;">of the agonizing ecstatic immolation</span></span></b></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: red;">of our two bodies locked together</span></span></b></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: red;">in the sweet torment of love.</span></span></b></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: red;"> </span></span></b></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: red;"> </span></span></b></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: red;"> </span></span></b></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><div class="" dir="auto"><div class="d2hqwtrz r227ecj6 ez8dtbzv gt60zsk1" data-ad-comet-preview="message" data-ad-preview="message" id="jsc_c_38g"><div class="alzwoclg cqf1kptm siwo0mpr gu5uzgus"><div class="jroqu855 nthtkgg5"><b><span class="gvxzyvdx aeinzg81 t7p7dqev gh25dzvf exr7barw b6ax4al1 gem102v4 ncib64c9 mrvwc6qr sx8pxkcf f597kf1v cpcgwwas m2nijcs8 hxfwr5lz k1z55t6l oog5qr5w tes86rjd pbevjfx6 ztn2w49o" dir="auto"><div class="m8h3af8h l7ghb35v kjdc1dyq kmwttqpk gh25dzvf n3t5jt4f"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">I wrote a crappy poem, a few years back, in my exercise book. I didn't even bother to title it because it was (to me) a complete failure. It started out okay but became awful after a few lines. I found that poem last night and decided to try to rewrite it. And that explains the title.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><u><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> </span></u></div></div><div class="l7ghb35v kjdc1dyq kmwttqpk gh25dzvf jikcssrz n3t5jt4f"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><u><span style="font-size: medium;">Rewrite Of A Crappy Poem by Ronald S Porter ©2022</span></u></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"> </div></div><div class="l7ghb35v kjdc1dyq kmwttqpk gh25dzvf jikcssrz n3t5jt4f"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><i>I have gathered pain filled metaphors</i></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><i>in <span></span>this liar's jar (this mind)</i></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><i>and hoarded bleeding similes </i></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><i>in my sin-sick soul</i></span></span></div></div><div class="l7ghb35v kjdc1dyq kmwttqpk gh25dzvf jikcssrz n3t5jt4f"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><i>poetic devices , like exotic spices</i></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><i>flavor the taste of my misery</i></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><i>still I can not choke it down</i></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><i>my eyes bleed and i retch</i></span></span></div></div><div class="l7ghb35v kjdc1dyq kmwttqpk gh25dzvf jikcssrz n3t5jt4f"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><i>coughing up vile viscous bile</i></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><i>dark desires flow through me</i></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><i>like poison in my veins</i></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><i>i gaze to the sky and wait to die</i></span></span></div></div><div class="l7ghb35v kjdc1dyq kmwttqpk gh25dzvf jikcssrz n3t5jt4f"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><i>despair and remorse circle</i></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><i>like raptors, carrion birds wait</i></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><i>to feast on my remains</i></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><i>and i whisper to both heaven and hell</i></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><i>... "See? I told you so."</i></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><i>hollow idols answer "fare thee well"</i></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><i> </i></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><i> </i></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><u><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><i> </i></span></u></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span class="gvxzyvdx aeinzg81 t7p7dqev gh25dzvf exr7barw b6ax4al1 gem102v4 ncib64c9 mrvwc6qr sx8pxkcf f597kf1v cpcgwwas m2nijcs8 hxfwr5lz k1z55t6l oog5qr5w tes86rjd pbevjfx6 ztn2w49o" dir="auto"><div class="l7ghb35v kjdc1dyq kmwttqpk gh25dzvf jikcssrz n3t5jt4f"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #7f6000;"><u>Untold Story#2 by Ronald S Porter ©2022</u></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"> </div></div><div class="l7ghb35v kjdc1dyq kmwttqpk gh25dzvf jikcssrz n3t5jt4f"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #bf9000;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Story untold-words unsaid</span></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #bf9000;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">in <span></span>heart and head they echo</span></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #bf9000;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">like a copper penny dropped</span></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #bf9000;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">into a deep dark dry well</span></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #bf9000;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">songs unsung whisper through</span></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #bf9000;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">oceans of soul, deserts in mind</span></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #bf9000;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">And, I find my face trapped in</span></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #bf9000;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">shattered mirrors and magic spells</span></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #bf9000;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">i wish i could write or recite</span></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #bf9000;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">legends of longing I cannot tell</span></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #bf9000;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #bf9000;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #bf9000;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span class="gvxzyvdx aeinzg81 t7p7dqev gh25dzvf exr7barw b6ax4al1 gem102v4 ncib64c9 mrvwc6qr sx8pxkcf f597kf1v cpcgwwas m2nijcs8 hxfwr5lz k1z55t6l oog5qr5w tes86rjd pbevjfx6 ztn2w49o" dir="auto"><div class="l7ghb35v kjdc1dyq kmwttqpk gh25dzvf jikcssrz n3t5jt4f"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #741b47;"><u><span style="font-weight: normal;">Unanswered, Unsung by Ronald S Porter ©2022</span></u></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"> </div></div><div class="l7ghb35v kjdc1dyq kmwttqpk gh25dzvf jikcssrz n3t5jt4f"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><span style="color: #741b47;">I've unanswered questions to ask,</span></i></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><span style="color: #741b47;">As <span></span>well as unsung songs to sing.</span></i></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><span style="color: #741b47;">Did I overreach when I tried to fly,</span></i></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><span style="color: #741b47;">And rise too high on Icarus' wing?</span></i></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><span style="color: #741b47;">Did I move to fast, or go too slow?</span></i></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><span style="color: #741b47;">When I sat to play, did my cards show?</span></i></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><span style="color: #741b47;">Was I a fool, or just lose my cool?</span></i></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><span style="color: #741b47;">Where in the world did she go?</span></i></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><span style="color: #741b47;">Someone please tell me, I need to know!</span></i></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><span style="color: #741b47;"> </span></i></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><span style="color: #741b47;"> </span></i></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><span style="color: #741b47;"> </span></i></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span class="gvxzyvdx aeinzg81 t7p7dqev gh25dzvf exr7barw b6ax4al1 gem102v4 ncib64c9 mrvwc6qr sx8pxkcf f597kf1v cpcgwwas m2nijcs8 hxfwr5lz k1z55t6l oog5qr5w tes86rjd pbevjfx6 ztn2w49o" dir="auto"><div class="l7ghb35v kjdc1dyq kmwttqpk gh25dzvf jikcssrz n3t5jt4f"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="color: #783f04;"><span style="font-size: large;"><u>The Struggle Is Real! by Ronald S Porter ©2022</u></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"> </div></div><div class="l7ghb35v kjdc1dyq kmwttqpk gh25dzvf jikcssrz n3t5jt4f"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #7f6000;">Jesus gave me water, yeah!</span></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #7f6000;">Smith's Liquor Store, gave me wine.</span></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #7f6000;">I always had a tough way to go</span></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #7f6000;">Since I first tried to walk the line</span></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #7f6000;"></span></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #7f6000;">Between profane and divine.</span></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #7f6000;"> </span></span></span></div></div><div class="l7ghb35v kjdc1dyq kmwttqpk gh25dzvf jikcssrz n3t5jt4f"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #7f6000;">At three, I learned "Yes, Jesus Loves Me".</span></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #7f6000;">My spiritual journey had it's start.</span></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #7f6000;">The same time Chuck Berry hit the chart</span></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #7f6000;">And, told me the story of Maybellene</span></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #7f6000;">How to serve the King, yet catch a Queen?</span></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #7f6000;"> </span></span></span></div></div><div class="l7ghb35v kjdc1dyq kmwttqpk gh25dzvf jikcssrz n3t5jt4f"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #7f6000;">So many times I stood faithful, right at</span></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #7f6000;">The church door but turned back,</span></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #7f6000;">All because I saw some brown-eyed beauty</span></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #7f6000;">Riding by in a coffee colored Cadillac.</span></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #7f6000;"> </span></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #7f6000;"> </span></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #7f6000;"> </span></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><div class="l7ghb35v kjdc1dyq kmwttqpk gh25dzvf jikcssrz n3t5jt4f"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="color: #ffa400;"><u><span style="font-size: large;">Can You hear Me Now? by Ronald S Porter ©2022</span></u></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"> </div></div><div class="l7ghb35v kjdc1dyq kmwttqpk gh25dzvf jikcssrz n3t5jt4f"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="color: #ffa400;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Heart of my soul, life of my love:</span></span></i></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="color: #ffa400;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="font-size: medium;">You walk with me in visions of dreams.</span></span></i></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="color: #ffa400;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="font-size: medium;">My fondest hope, sincerest desire</span></span></i></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="color: #ffa400;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="font-size: medium;">You play erotic, exotic, soft songs in me.</span></span></i></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="color: #ffa400;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="font-size: medium;">You are the shivers that climb my spine.</span></span></i></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="color: #ffa400;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The soft vice whispering warm words</span></span></i></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="color: #ffa400;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="font-size: medium;">In my ear as I smile in my slumber</span></span></i></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="color: #ffa400;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Your touch tattooed heat in my flesh-</span></span></i></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="color: #ffa400;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="font-size: medium;">You live in my breathe, every sight and sound.</span></span></i></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="color: #ffa400;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Are you picking up what I'm putting down?</span></span></i></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="color: #ffa400;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Not what you might think...</span></span></i></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="color: #ffa400;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Walk with me in early morn...</span></span></i></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="color: #ffa400;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="font-size: medium;">When the evening sun goes down</span></span></i></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="color: #ffa400;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Rest your head across my chest.</span></span></i></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="color: #ffa400;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></i></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="color: #ffa400;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></i></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="color: #ffa400;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></i></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><div class="" dir="auto"><div class="d2hqwtrz r227ecj6 ez8dtbzv gt60zsk1" data-ad-comet-preview="message" data-ad-preview="message" id="jsc_c_46y"><div class="alzwoclg cqf1kptm siwo0mpr gu5uzgus"><div class="jroqu855 nthtkgg5"><span class="gvxzyvdx aeinzg81 t7p7dqev gh25dzvf exr7barw b6ax4al1 gem102v4 ncib64c9 mrvwc6qr sx8pxkcf f597kf1v cpcgwwas m2nijcs8 hxfwr5lz k1z55t6l oog5qr5w tes86rjd pbevjfx6 ztn2w49o" dir="auto"><div class="m8h3af8h l7ghb35v kjdc1dyq kmwttqpk gh25dzvf n3t5jt4f"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">Been a 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So here's one.</div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"> </div></div><div class="l7ghb35v kjdc1dyq kmwttqpk gh25dzvf jikcssrz n3t5jt4f"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><u>The Hobo's Answer by Ronald S Porter ©2022</u></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"> </div></div><div class="l7ghb35v kjdc1dyq kmwttqpk gh25dzvf jikcssrz n3t5jt4f"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">In the evenin', cold and damp</span></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Me <span></span>and John Jacoby on the tramp</span></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-family: 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medium;"><span style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">One of them little tins of deviled ham</span></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">More'n some will eat tonight, got-dam!</span></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></span></span></div></div><div class="l7ghb35v kjdc1dyq kmwttqpk gh25dzvf jikcssrz n3t5jt4f"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">"What way you gonna head tomorrow?"</span></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">That was John's question to me.</span></span></span></div><div 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<![endif]--><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><b>Niggahs
put a couch on the sidewalk</b></span></span></span></i></p><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">
</span></span></span></i><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><b>in
front of Curley's tavern</b></span></span></span></i></p><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">
</span></span></span></i><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><b>in
1963, and in 1964</b></span></span></span></i></p><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">
</span></span></span></i><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><b>the
Civil Rights act was passed</b></span></span></span></i></p><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">
</span></span></span></i><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><b>And
when I consider if</b></span></span></span></i></p><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">
</span></span></span></i><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><b>these
two things are connected...</b></span></span></span></i></p><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">
</span></span></span></i><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><b> </b></span></span></span></i></p><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">
</span></span></span></i><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><b>I
wonder if I should use Tide with bleach</b></span></span></span></i></p><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">
</span></span></span></i><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><b>and
is it okay to serve Thunderbird wine,</b></span></span></span></i></p><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">
</span></span></span></i><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><b>to
white folks, at my New Years party.</b></span></span></span></i></p><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">
</span></span></span></i><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><b>Would
they take the gesture as ironic</b></span></span></span></i></p><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">
</span></span></span></i><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><b>insulting
or sarcastic.</b></span></span></span></i></p><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">
</span></span></span></i><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><b>Or
give me kudos for being authentic.</b></span></span></span></i></p><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">
</span></span></span></i><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><b> </b></span></span></span></i></p><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">
</span></span></span></i><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><b>Come
to me my Alabaster brothers</b></span></span></span></i></p><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">
</span></span></span></i><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><b>and,
lay yo burdens down.</b></span></span></span></i></p><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">
</span></span></span></i><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><b>We
don't tap dance anymore</b></span></span></span></i></p><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">
</span></span></span></i><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><b>You
no longer have to act like clowns</b></span></span></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;"></span></span></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;"></span></span></span></i></p><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">
</span></span></span></i><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><b>...Ah
salamm alekkum, muthafuckas!</b></span></span></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><b> </b></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><b> </b></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><b> </b></span></span></span></p><div><div class="" dir="auto"><div class="d2hqwtrz r227ecj6 gt60zsk1 o9wcebwi" data-ad-comet-preview="message" data-ad-preview="message" id="jsc_c_el"><div class="alzwoclg cqf1kptm siwo0mpr gu5uzgus"><div class="jroqu855 nthtkgg5"><span class="gvxzyvdx aeinzg81 t7p7dqev gh25dzvf exr7barw b6ax4al1 gem102v4 ncib64c9 mrvwc6qr sx8pxkcf f597kf1v cpcgwwas m2nijcs8 hxfwr5lz k1z55t6l oog5qr5w tes86rjd pbevjfx6 ztn2w49o" dir="auto"><div class="m8h3af8h l7ghb35v kjdc1dyq kmwttqpk gh25dzvf n3t5jt4f"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-size: large;">Sometimes, I just like to pick up a pen and lose my mind on the paper.</span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></div></div><div class="l7ghb35v kjdc1dyq kmwttqpk gh25dzvf jikcssrz n3t5jt4f"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="color: #01ffff;"><span style="font-size: large;"><u>My Mini Midnight Mind Dump by Ronald S Porter ©2022</u></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"> </div></div><div class="l7ghb35v kjdc1dyq kmwttqpk gh25dzvf jikcssrz n3t5jt4f"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #01ffff;">Oh Lordy Lord, please take me far away</span></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #01ffff;">to <span></span>someplace that's temperate and dry</span></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #01ffff;">where dingoes dance and no mosquitoes fly,</span></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #01ffff;">and the bats don't fill up the nighttime sky.</span></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #01ffff;">Where all the fields are lush, fresh and green,</span></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #01ffff;">and gang-banging gophers are never seen:</span></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #01ffff;">A place where little girls still wear crinoline.</span></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #01ffff;">I have no idea what crinoline is</span></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #01ffff;">But, lead me to the land of '58 Fords</span></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #01ffff;">Where the cheese whizz and seltzer fizz!</span></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #01ffff;">Let me run barefoot through the trees,</span></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #01ffff;">Where Squirrels wears blue jeans and BVDs;</span></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #01ffff;">Where pigeons as big as bovines soar</span></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #01ffff;">And, towering waterfalls of Kool-Aid roar.</span></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #01ffff;">The land where my grandfather's bones are buried!</span></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #01ffff;">Let me walk through the alleys paved with silver</span></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #01ffff;">Never fearful, fatigued, harassed or hurried.</span></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #01ffff;">Climate change fears have many people worried.</span></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #01ffff;">Me, I'll just sit and watch flowing rivers.</span></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #01ffff;">But, I don't swim because the water is cold</span></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #01ffff;">And cold water gives me goose-bumps and shivers</span></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #01ffff;">Lordy Lord, set me down somewhere in days of old.</span></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #01ffff;"></span></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #01ffff;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;"></span></span></span><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;"></span></span></span><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><b><br /></b></span></span></span></div></div></span></div></div></div></div></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><b> </b></span></span></span></p><div class="" dir="auto"><div class="d2hqwtrz r227ecj6 ez8dtbzv gt60zsk1" data-ad-comet-preview="message" data-ad-preview="message" id="jsc_c_ux"><div class="alzwoclg cqf1kptm siwo0mpr gu5uzgus"><div class="jroqu855 nthtkgg5"><span class="gvxzyvdx aeinzg81 t7p7dqev gh25dzvf exr7barw b6ax4al1 gem102v4 ncib64c9 mrvwc6qr sx8pxkcf f597kf1v cpcgwwas m2nijcs8 hxfwr5lz k1z55t6l oog5qr5w tes86rjd pbevjfx6 ztn2w49o" dir="auto"><div class="m8h3af8h l7ghb35v kjdc1dyq kmwttqpk gh25dzvf n3t5jt4f"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="color: #e06666;"><u><span style="font-size: large;">Windows Wallpaper Settings by Ronald S Porter ©2022</span></u></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"> </div></div><div class="l7ghb35v kjdc1dyq kmwttqpk gh25dzvf jikcssrz n3t5jt4f"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: red;">Maybe I could get you out of my mind.</span></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: red;">It would only take a very short while,</span></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: red;">If I quit using your pic for wallpaper.</span></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: red;">But <span></span>baby, you have such a beautiful smile!</span></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: red;">There are no bad memories to arouse</span></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: red;">When I gaze at the screen as it fades to black</span></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: red;">Anytime and every time I see that smile, </span></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: red;">The only thing I can do is just smile back!</span></span></span></div></div></span></div></div></div></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><b> </b></span></span></span></p>
</div></div></span></div></div></div></div><span style="color: #ffa400;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></i></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="color: #ffa400;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></i></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="color: #ffa400;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></i></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="color: #ffa400;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></i></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="color: #ffa400;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></i></span></div></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #7f6000;"> </span></span></span></div></div></span><span style="font-family: courier;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #7f6000;"> </span></span><br /></span></i></span></span></div></div></span><div><div class="hf30pyar lq84ybu9 ta68dy8c kpwa50dg lk0hwhjd cmg2g80i" data-visualcompletion="ignore-dynamic"><div><div><div><div class="om3e55n1"><div class="i85zmo3j rtxb060y alzwoclg k1z55t6l siu44isn oog5qr5w m8h3af8h rj0o91l8 kjdc1dyq p9ctufpz pvreidsc oxkhqvkx n68fow1o nch0832m mfycix9x"><div class="i85zmo3j alzwoclg cgu29s5g lq84ybu9 hf30pyar"><span aria-label="See who reacted to this" class="g4tp4svg" role="toolbar"><span class="i85zmo3j alzwoclg lcfup58g" id="jsc_c_3vc"><span class="rwcj441r l81i4mgl b0f3p4px bshgfmwz bfr0abcb bl7c5lgs mqfnz3g2 fo6lbr4k s9ok87oh s9ljgwtm lxqftegz bf1zulr9 gvytbark hh61tlkm ntrxh2kl jjmr0tki rkk71h3c rng1terr om3e55n1 otncrh77 j7qd3pol"><span class="ecpixwza mhjnt7z4 rvfj1fl6 f7gifjwl aglvbi8b rkk71h3c otncrh77"><span class="f7rl1if4 adechonz f6oz4yja dahkl6ri axrg9lpx rufpak1n qtovjlwq qbmienfq rfyhaz4c rdmi1yqr ohrdq8us nswx41af fawcizw8 l1aqi3e3 sdu1flz4"></span></span></span></span></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><span aria-label="See who reacted to this" class="g4tp4svg" role="toolbar"><span class="i85zmo3j alzwoclg lcfup58g" id="jsc_c_3vc"><span class="rwcj441r l81i4mgl b0f3p4px bshgfmwz bfr0abcb bl7c5lgs mqfnz3g2 fo6lbr4k s9ok87oh s9ljgwtm lxqftegz bf1zulr9 gvytbark hh61tlkm ntrxh2kl jjmr0tki rkk71h3c rng1terr om3e55n1 otncrh77 b0ur3jhr"><span class="ecpixwza mhjnt7z4 rvfj1fl6 f7gifjwl aglvbi8b rkk71h3c otncrh77"><span class="f7rl1if4 adechonz f6oz4yja dahkl6ri axrg9lpx rufpak1n qtovjlwq qbmienfq rfyhaz4c rdmi1yqr ohrdq8us nswx41af fawcizw8 l1aqi3e3 sdu1flz4"></span></span></span></span></span><div class=""><span class="f7rl1if4 adechonz f6oz4yja dahkl6ri axrg9lpx rufpak1n qtovjlwq qbmienfq rfyhaz4c rdmi1yqr ohrdq8us nswx41af fawcizw8 l1aqi3e3 sdu1flz4"></span></div><div class="i85zmo3j alzwoclg jez8cy9q epnzikpj"><div class="dkzmklf5"></div><div class="dkzmklf5"><span class="f7rl1if4 adechonz f6oz4yja dahkl6ri axrg9lpx rufpak1n qtovjlwq qbmienfq rfyhaz4c rdmi1yqr ohrdq8us nswx41af fawcizw8 l1aqi3e3 sdu1flz4"><br /></span></div></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #bf9000;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></span></span></div></div></span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><i><span style="color: #bf9000;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></span><br /></i></span></div></div></span></b></div></div></div></div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: red;"> </span></span></b></div></div> <br /><p></p>Blind Dog Poetry Cornerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10488083280044864736noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4025943995715980233.post-72083085059621891822022-09-25T17:21:00.003-05:002022-09-25T17:26:17.485-05:00<p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>WHAT IT IS!: My opinion page.</b></span></span><br /></p><div><div dir="auto"><div class="d2hqwtrz r227ecj6 gt60zsk1 o9wcebwi" data-ad-comet-preview="message" data-ad-preview="message" id="jsc_c_2l6"><div class="alzwoclg cqf1kptm siwo0mpr gu5uzgus"><div class="jroqu855 nthtkgg5"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><b><span class="gvxzyvdx aeinzg81 t7p7dqev gh25dzvf exr7barw b6ax4al1 gem102v4 ncib64c9 mrvwc6qr sx8pxkcf f597kf1v cpcgwwas m2nijcs8 hxfwr5lz k1z55t6l oog5qr5w tes86rjd pbevjfx6 ztn2w49o" dir="auto"><div class="m8h3af8h l7ghb35v kjdc1dyq kmwttqpk gh25dzvf n3t5jt4f"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">OKAY LET ME EXPLAIN UKRAINE.</div></div><div class="l7ghb35v kjdc1dyq kmwttqpk gh25dzvf jikcssrz n3t5jt4f"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">The
USA has the most advanced weapon designs on Earth. We are at least 20
years ahead of the Chinese. However, the arms producers still have
billons of dollars in inventory made of the weapons of which China now
has equivalents. So, what we have in use is not "ahead" of our main
military rival. Now, if we just scrap those weapons currently "in the
field", the US weapons makers and arms traffickers would loose a whole
buncha ducats. And those guys don't like to lose ducats. Luckily they
own enough governments , or parts thereof, to buy themselves a war.</div></div><div class="l7ghb35v kjdc1dyq kmwttqpk gh25dzvf jikcssrz n3t5jt4f"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">So
they bought a war in Ukraine. Everybody gets what they want. The
American left gets to use the war as a smokescreen to hide their
intentional destruction of the American Dream; Russia makes a trillion
dollars holding Europe hostage for Russian oil, and (always follow the
money) the masters of war get to sell all their obsolete weapons abroad
and protect their shekels. Oh but wait, there's more.</div></div><div class="l7ghb35v kjdc1dyq kmwttqpk gh25dzvf jikcssrz n3t5jt4f"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">Having
sold off all the old weaponry, the manufacturers of human
killing-property destroying devices can then sell to America (us
taxpayers) trillions of dollars worth of the "newly developed" weapons
systems. "New developed" meaning "designed a decade ago, tested and
proven, ready for development". Ahh you say, but what about China, our
number one enemy?</div></div><div class="l7ghb35v kjdc1dyq kmwttqpk gh25dzvf jikcssrz n3t5jt4f"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">Okay,
simple question, who controls almost all of the "rare earth" materials
used to manufacture much of the current technology? And, who's
controlling the market for computer chips? See how it all works
together?</div></div><div class="l7ghb35v kjdc1dyq kmwttqpk gh25dzvf jikcssrz n3t5jt4f"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">Then
they just find a place nobody truly gives a shit about...like Ukraine
and, stage the whole show there. And Bob is your uncle.</div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"> </div></div><div class="l7ghb35v kjdc1dyq kmwttqpk gh25dzvf jikcssrz n3t5jt4f"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">WHETHER YOU AGREE OR NOT, I DEFINITELY SHOULD GET POINTS FOR "DUCATS" AND "SHEKELS"></div></div></span></b></span></span></span></div></div></div></div></div><div class="i85zmo3j alzwoclg jez8cy9q epnzikpj"><div class="dkzmklf5"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><b><br /><br /></b></span></span></span></div></div><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><b> </b></span></span></span></p>Blind Dog Poetry Cornerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10488083280044864736noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4025943995715980233.post-40494585706606233852019-02-25T00:02:00.001-06:002021-09-16T03:35:16.091-05:00Heading Homeward Bound by Ron Porter ©2019<p><span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>Seven women in my rear view mirror</i></b></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>you know I could have loved them all</i></b></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>but, I heard the highway calling</i></b></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>caught my hat and got out in the wind</i></b></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>I'm looking for a time called </i>"Yet To Come"</b></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>where I can be </i>nobody's friend</b></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>cause I spent enough time in </i>Right Here</b></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>shootin' pool with pals and drinking beer</i></b></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><i> </i></b></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>a rich man only wants for more money</i></b></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>a poor man needs only comfortable shoes</i></b></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>keep your eye on the dealer and the cashier</i></b></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>there are way too many ways to lose</i></b></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>I think I'll smoke me another burger</i></b></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>and eat at least one more cigarette</i></b></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>all I want is to make it home but,</i></b></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>I just don't know where that is yet.</i></b></span></span></span></p>Blind Dog Poetry Cornerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10488083280044864736noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4025943995715980233.post-43037764759904453232019-02-24T21:50:00.001-06:002021-09-16T16:08:20.314-05:00I wrote you, I mailed It by Ron Porter ©2019<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;"><b>I wrote you a letter that had no words</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;"><b>about the love and pain I felt for you.</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;"><b>I mailed it to an address where nobody lives</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;"><b>cause it was the only thing I could do.</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;"><b>I went home and sat in a room where </b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;"><b>you were not there, and there's just one chair,</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;"><b>drank coffee and played some solitaire.</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;"><b>Hours run together; years flow by like a river.</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;"><b>I remember old times; memories make me quiver.</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;"><b>My love for you is constant and true</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;"><b>As constant and bright as the Northern Star</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;"><b>Remember, I told you it would never fail?</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;"><b>You never replied to my wordless epistle;</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;"><b>Maybe, baby, it got lost in the mail.</b></span></span>Blind Dog Poetry Cornerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10488083280044864736noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4025943995715980233.post-46323570101550885942019-01-27T01:59:00.004-06:002019-01-27T01:59:56.286-06:00It’s A Lollipop by Ronald S Porter ©2019 <span style="color: magenta;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>Big Jim bought the farm tonight<br />outside the Rise And Shine <br />He took a bullet in the back<br />sittin’ in his Cadillac<br />Shady Sadie started cryin<br />and went running down the block.<br />Now, all the nickle-dime rustlers<br />all the boosters, hos and hustlers<br />have started salivatin,‘Cause, <br />they know his house ain’t locked.<br />A big screen TV for the taking;<br />there’s jewelry, iphones and his stash.<br />maybe even a pile of hidden cash!<br />man, it’s got folks’ hearts palpitating.<br />Everybody is moving and, quick;<br />it’s a lollipop and they all want a lick,<br />before the po-leece force shows up<br />and, starts in with the investigating.</b></i></span></span></span>Blind Dog Poetry Cornerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10488083280044864736noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4025943995715980233.post-6491027052531474022019-01-27T01:59:00.000-06:002019-01-27T01:59:15.332-06:00Happy Fool by Ronald S Porter ©2019 <span style="color: #f1c232;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>Before I sang the heartbreak blues<br />Before I put on my travelin’ shoes<br />Back when I believed true love lasts forever<br />What a happy fool I was.<br /><br />When I did not know hearts could be turned cold<br />When I hadn’t learned what people will do for gold.<br />Back when I believed love can conquer all<br />What a happy fool I was.<br /><br />Now I’ve been schooled in deceit and malice<br />Now, I know how to shield my heart in callous<br />Since truth taught me to be a skeptic and cynic<br />What a wise but sad man Am I<br /><br />Too long lonely; too much alone<br />Despite the disappointments I have known<br />I choose to believe love still waits for me<br />And I will, once more, a happy fool be.</b></i></span></span></span>Blind Dog Poetry Cornerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10488083280044864736noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4025943995715980233.post-14029027994615263882019-01-27T01:58:00.004-06:002021-09-16T03:37:58.958-05:00Kissed In The Night by Ron Porter ©2019 <p><span style="color: #bf9000;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><i><b>romantic love seems long ago<br />that dizzy, dancing, flying, falling feeling<br />more addictive than heroin;<br />sweet a s sugar; thrilling like cocaine<br />now memories are all that remain<br />of the breathless anticipation<br />and the passion filled abandon</b></i></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #bf9000;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><i><b><br />Now without the substance to hold<br />left to cling to only memory<br />I do not sadden i feel no loss<br />rather I rejoice gratefully<br />that romance love once called my name<br />and kissed me in the night</b></i></span></span></span></p>Blind Dog Poetry Cornerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10488083280044864736noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4025943995715980233.post-90842517084988635012019-01-27T01:58:00.003-06:002019-01-27T01:58:40.498-06:00It Ain’t That Funny Leroy #3 by Ron Porter ©2019<span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><i><b>Hunger rides a crippled horse<br />poverty is a car without wheels<br />in a wretched house, no wolf is at the door<br />but a whole pack lives on the second floor<br />broken windows; empty dreams<br />screams and sirens stalk the streets<br />down the way a broken playground<br />on rusty children’s equipment skeletons play<br />there’s not enough take home pay or whiskey<br />to relieve the dismay, pain or suffering</b></i></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><i><b>Popeye chicken bones , like bread crumbs<br />lead dead men back to hollow homes<br />mannikin-like ghosts crowd the night<br />and, every single, living person feels alone<br />it hurts all the way down to the marrow <br />buried deep inside the broken bone</b></i></span></span>Blind Dog Poetry Cornerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10488083280044864736noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4025943995715980233.post-23060040845431803502019-01-27T01:57:00.003-06:002021-09-16T03:41:46.108-05:00Hard Luck Story Blues by Ron Porter ©2019 <p><span class="_4yxo"></span><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Here you come with your sad, sad, song;<br />telling everybody how I broke your heart.<br />I wasn’t the only one who done some wrong.<br />truth is: you got a real good head start.<br />Now you’re walking around all pouty,<br />with fallen face; looking all forlorn.<br />Come on now; that just the breaks.<br />Sometimes it breaks good;<br />sometimes it breaks bad.<br />You ain’t the only one angry, hurt and sad.</b></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br />Don’t act like you gave me something so<br />rare and special, that I had never had.<br />I guess it just surprised you to find<br />that I could could hit and quit it;<br />do without it and forget it.<br />And never really give a shit I left it behind.</b></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br />It’s not like you gave me anything<br />that many others never got to get.<br />You were no shining angel when we met. So you got your hard luck story;<br />well baby, I got mine<br />We can compare our love scars<br />over a bottle of good red wine.<br />But, we’ll have to that some other day<br />‘Cause, right now I just ain’t got the time!</b></span></span></span></p>Blind Dog Poetry Cornerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10488083280044864736noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4025943995715980233.post-28219867822655360202019-01-14T18:40:00.003-06:002021-09-16T03:43:11.445-05:00No Mr. Rogers Here by Ronald Porter ©2019 <p><br />
<i><span style="color: #990000;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">Burning angels plunge from the skies</span></span></span></i><br />
<i><span style="color: #990000;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">a choking world convulses and dies</span></span></span></i><br />
<i><span style="color: #990000;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">thunder roars from the throne</span></span></span></i><br />
<i><span style="color: #990000;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">rivers of blood rise in the streets of the city</span></span></span></i><br />
<i><span style="color: #990000;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">moans of the innocents; the mothers' cries</span></span></span></i><br />
<i><span style="color: #990000;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">over broken babies, pierce to the bone</span></span></span></i><br />
<i><span style="color: #990000;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">All is despair; the four horsemen race;</span></span></span></i><br />
<i><span style="color: #990000;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">the enemy comes; all hope is gone.</span></span></span></i></p><p><i><span style="color: #990000;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></i><br />
<i><span style="color: #990000;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">The life of the cosmos flashes before the eyes</span></span></span></i><br />
<i><span style="color: #990000;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">of the dead , who have all died in vain;</span></span></span></i><br />
<i><span style="color: #990000;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">who all died in battle; in screaming and pain.</span></span></span></i><br />
<i><span style="color: #990000;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">Fighting to gain salvage for the good</span></span></span></i><br />
<i><span style="color: #990000;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">and the television media talking head</span></span></span></i><br />
<i><span style="color: #990000;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">sends words of placation to the walking dead,</span></span></span></i><br />
<i><span style="color: #990000;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">who stalk both city street and wild wood.</span></span></span></i><br />
<i><span style="color: #990000;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">Good morning boys and girls;</span></span></span></i><br />
<i><span style="color: #990000;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood.</span></span></span></i></p>Blind Dog Poetry Cornerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10488083280044864736noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4025943995715980233.post-82576275337088644482019-01-14T18:34:00.004-06:002019-01-14T19:03:01.193-06:00Love Never Lasting, A Sonnet by Ronald Porter ©2019<i><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> Love, like honey from the rock; it pours out pure and golden.<br />Sugars the mouth, sparkles the eye, does the heart embolden.<br />Love invigorates mind and body both with joy it brings.<br />It brings smiles; fires my heart; raises my spirit eagle’s wings.<br />Love: a dawning sun, dispels night; lights life; forms an armour.<br />Ever rising, it’s currents uplift, gifting my hopes to soar.-<br />Far above this weary world, away from earthly sorrow.<br />Filling each day it brings promise of happiness tomorrow.<br />Yet Love seems ever fated to end; always much too soon<br />Cool of new day always give way to searing burn of noon.<br />The radiant beauty found in Love’s clear crystalline light,<br />Evades me and then fades into the deep darkness of night.<br />I puzzle that love which proves to not be everlasting<br />Leaves me both sadder and richer with every passing.</span></span></i>Blind Dog Poetry Cornerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10488083280044864736noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4025943995715980233.post-78443985283659382832019-01-14T18:22:00.001-06:002019-01-14T18:31:29.189-06:00Walk In The Rain, A Retourne by Ronald Porter ©2019<i><span style="color: #a64d79;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>We walk in rain along the lake shore<br />The nighttime sky, so dark and gray<br />We can discern neither time nor tide<br />Things look different in the light of day<br /><br />Love is a limitless landscape<br />Heartbreak-a wasteland barren and dried<br />A heart filled with hope finds escape<br />We can discern neither time nor tide<br /><br />A bowl of fruit sits on the table<br />Two apples, a banana, one single grape<br />trapped here inside of a fable<br />A heart filled with hope finds escape<br /><br />The wounded watch with a jaded eye<br />Our horses nicker in the stable<br />Both joy and sorrow cause me to cry<br />Trapped here inside of a fable.<br /><br />We lift beseeching hands to the sky<br />Surrender all our pomp and pride<br />Both joy and sorrow cause me to cry<br />We walk in the rain by the lakeside.</b></span></span></span></i>Blind Dog Poetry Cornerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10488083280044864736noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4025943995715980233.post-5551701431877330862019-01-14T17:50:00.000-06:002019-01-14T17:50:15.737-06:00Down Home (A Black History Moment) by Ron Porter ©2014/ 2019<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><b>Under the Arkansas moon<br />scent of magnolia in the air<br />I have seen the hanging tree<br />the whipping tree<br />and the wishing tree as well<br /><br />In the Piney Woods' dark hours<br />see neon twinkles of lightning bugs<br />I've heard the Bear Cat's far off cry<br />sound like a hungry baby's wail<br />the torment scream of a dying slave<br />or echos of lovers mourning loss<br /><br />Way back down home<br />rich black dirt fertile and warm<br />hide the bones,teeth and tears<br />Earth blood sanctified, watered by sweat<br />of whip driven cotton pickers<br />and sharecropping growers of corn<br /><br />it ain't quite that way no more<br />the old law has gone away<br />and it ain't coming back<br />cause every house has a rifle<br />a pistol and a shotgun<br />and a memory<br /><br />of the whipping tree<br />and the hanging tree<br />and wishes are just fantasy<br />desires of little children<br />underneath that Arkansas moon<br />way back down home.</b></i></span></span></span>Blind Dog Poetry Cornerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10488083280044864736noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4025943995715980233.post-87245956632538670322017-08-13T19:31:00.000-05:002017-08-13T19:31:20.224-05:00Give Me by Ronald S Porter ©2017<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: red;"><b>Give me a soft, warm, silken thigh;<br />and a trace of mischief in her eye.<br />Give me heated passion and a tender sigh.<br />Give me heaven before I die!</b></span></span>Blind Dog Poetry Cornerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10488083280044864736noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4025943995715980233.post-52783432647793192482017-08-13T19:27:00.003-05:002017-08-13T19:27:53.703-05:00Dying Light, A Tanka by Ronald S Porter ©2017<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><span style="color: orange;"><b>For a new world to be born<br />At the world’s demise we wait<br />At the world’s demise<br />In the dying of the light<br />We have tasted joy.</b></span></i></span></span>Blind Dog Poetry Cornerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10488083280044864736noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4025943995715980233.post-8997060519874209082017-08-13T19:21:00.002-05:002021-09-16T03:46:20.341-05:00R.S.V.P. by Ronald S Porter ©2017<p><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>cryptic apocalyptic visions flip<br />elliptically across my brain<br />neurotic exotic erotic robotic mimes<br />stand in line and kick in time<br />How do they bear the strain?</b></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br />Blazing cities collapse in ruin<br />rumors of war are all brewing<br />doom and gloomers, in fits of humor <br />warn of tumors and shed their bloomers</b></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br />it’s almost the day of reckoning <br />of melting mountains and burning air<br />be there or be square; be sure to style your hair<br />wear gowns and tuxes and a boutonniere<br />Armageddon will be a formal affair.</b></span></span></span></p>Blind Dog Poetry Cornerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10488083280044864736noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4025943995715980233.post-65544809515143448532017-08-13T19:19:00.001-05:002021-09-16T03:49:21.793-05:00Love Song For Lunatics by Ronald S Porter ©2017<p><span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>sweet decay<br />beauty so vile<br />lambs innocent<br />slashed for sacrifice<br />profane angels<br />sing above the madness<br />weeping ice sickle tears<br />everything hurts<br />and all is numb<br />I fear...<br />screaming silence<br />Like Dorothy<br />back from Oz<br />the world, the world<br />has lost all color<br />awaken to <br />the kiss of death<br />come and lie<br />here in my arms<br />find hateful affection<br />and I'll, with rigor and vigor<br />kill you with my love</b></span></span></span></p>Blind Dog Poetry Cornerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10488083280044864736noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4025943995715980233.post-2403221099673121872017-08-13T19:07:00.003-05:002021-09-16T03:51:06.212-05:00Walk In the Rain by Ronald S Porter ©2017<p><span style="color: #073763;"><i><b><span face=""Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">far off thunder in the twilight<br />hobos dance in cotton fields<br />an old man on the porch<br />in a rocking chair plays guitar</span></span></b></i></span></p><p><span style="color: #073763;"><i><b><span face=""Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />Me and Old Blind Darby we<br />have walked a million miles of starlight<br />the wolf at the gate, eyes the henhouse-<br />the bulldog in the yard won’t let him in.<br />in the abandoned Baptist church<br />out on Beaumont road<br />Big Rhonda sips bootleg whiskey then<br />throws back her heads and laughs</span></span></b></i></span></p><p><span style="color: #073763;"><i><b><span face=""Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />Winding red dirt country roads<br />neath piney woods dripping rain<br />Journey down these back roads once<br />you’ll never see or be the same<br />And, the thunder is on the mountain now<br />the hobos caught the midnight train<br />Me and Old Blind Darby don’t say nothing<br />we just walk on, in the rain</span></span></b></i></span></p>Blind Dog Poetry Cornerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10488083280044864736noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4025943995715980233.post-43040024954000635812017-06-08T21:17:00.003-05:002017-06-08T21:17:59.787-05:00Of Silent Screams, A tanka by Ronald S Porter ©2017<span style="color: purple;"><i><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>I can hear the sound</b></span></i></span><br />
<span style="color: purple;"><i><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Of silent screams filled with fear</b></span></i></span><br />
<span style="color: purple;"><i><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Sunrise is a rose</b></span></i></span><br />
<span style="color: purple;"><i><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>It blossoms in eastern skies</b></span></i></span><br />
<span style="color: purple;"><i><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Silent screaming voices die</b></span></i></span>Blind Dog Poetry Cornerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10488083280044864736noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4025943995715980233.post-86540685054841014332017-06-08T21:16:00.004-05:002017-06-08T21:16:50.726-05:00Ashes by Ronald S Porter ©2017<span style="color: #e06666;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>burning desire consumes</b></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #e06666;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>a man like me</b></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #e06666;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>the heat of passion</b></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #e06666;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>ever sets my heart aflame</b></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #e06666;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>oh how I have burned!</b></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #e06666;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>from the blaze i have learned</b></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #e06666;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>after the fire is gone</b></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #e06666;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>ashes alone remain</b></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #e06666;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>and ashes are dead and cold</b></span></span></span>Blind Dog Poetry Cornerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10488083280044864736noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4025943995715980233.post-61171281026864792432017-06-08T21:13:00.003-05:002017-06-08T21:13:43.574-05:00Hunted / Haunted by Ronald S Porter ©2017<span style="color: #a64d79;"><b><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Shadows stalk me through the shadows ; </span></span></b></span><br />
<span style="color: #a64d79;"><b><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">darkness pursues me in the dark.</span></span></b></span><br />
<span style="color: #a64d79;"><b><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Haunted; driven, I fight no demons;</span></span></b></span><br />
<span style="color: #a64d79;"><b><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The angels fill me with sufficient fear.</span></span></b></span><br />
<span style="color: #a64d79;"><b><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I do not fret that the end is near.</span></span></b></span><br />
<span style="color: #a64d79;"><b><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">My concern is that the beginning is here.</span></span></b></span><br />
<span style="color: #a64d79;"><b><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></b></span>
<span style="color: #a64d79;"><b><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Down the long, lonesome road of life,</span></span></b></span><br />
<span style="color: #a64d79;"><b><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I trudge onward to escape my terror</span></span></b></span><br />
<span style="color: #a64d79;"><b><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Each time I think I've gotten away,</span></span></b></span><br />
<span style="color: #a64d79;"><b><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I catch a glimpse or me in a mirror</span></span></b></span><br />
<span style="color: #a64d79;"><b><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">And, recognize my error</span></span></b></span>Blind Dog Poetry Cornerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10488083280044864736noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4025943995715980233.post-59914856058546673382017-06-08T21:11:00.003-05:002017-06-08T21:11:41.240-05:00Is There Some Hidden Meaning? by Ronald S Porter ©2017<span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">In the desolation of isolation, I look </span></span></i></span><br />
<span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">into the caverns of my empty soul.</span></span></i></span><br />
<span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">And, listen for echoes in the cold</span></span></i></span><br />
<span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">chambers of my cold empty heart.</span></span></i></span><br />
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<span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Renegade brigades of faithless friends,</span></span></i></span><br />
<span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">march with ranks of deranged strangers,</span></span></i></span><br />
<span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">to take the city and overthrow</span></span></i></span><br />
<span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">the reign of the past and never king.</span></span></i></span><br />
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<span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">From slave quarters let freedom ring </span></span></i></span><br />
<span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I look deep into my own mind;</span></span></i></span><br />
<span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">endeavor to explain colors to the blind</span></span></i></span><br />
<span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">and to teach deaf mutes to sing.</span></span></i></span>Blind Dog Poetry Cornerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10488083280044864736noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4025943995715980233.post-90429481088868018752017-06-08T21:08:00.002-05:002017-06-08T21:08:12.962-05:00Dystopian Paradise by Ron Porter ©2017<span style="color: #6aa84f;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Darkness sates the noonday hour</b></span></i></span><br />
<span style="color: #6aa84f;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><b>midnight madness fills the day</b></span></i></span><br />
<span style="color: #6aa84f;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><b>the sidewalks all are bleeding</b></span></i></span><br />
<span style="color: #6aa84f;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><b>the buildings weep torrential tears</b></span></i></span><br />
<span style="color: #6aa84f;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><b>all the fears of sickened minds</b></span></i></span><br />
<span style="color: #6aa84f;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><b>walk the street like window shoppers</b></span></i></span><br />
<span style="color: #6aa84f;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></i></span>
<span style="color: #6aa84f;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><b>acrid acid rain slashes down</b></span></i></span><br />
<span style="color: #6aa84f;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><b>soldiers fight on the edge of town</b></span></i></span><br />
<span style="color: #6aa84f;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><b>housewives perfect vacuum cleaner lives</b></span></i></span><br />
<span style="color: #6aa84f;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><b>in times to catch a favorite show</b></span></i></span><br />
<span style="color: #6aa84f;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><b>on the Lifetime Movie Channel</b></span></i></span><br />
<span style="color: #6aa84f;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><b>while hubby is a zombie marching in</b></span></i></span><br />
<span style="color: #6aa84f;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><b>the army of nine to five walking dead </b></span></i></span><br />
<span style="color: #6aa84f;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></i></span>
<span style="color: #6aa84f;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><b>the kiddies all sit in robot class</b></span></i></span><br />
<span style="color: #6aa84f;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><b>consuming indoctrination needed</b></span></i></span><br />
<span style="color: #6aa84f;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><b>to grow up to be cannon fodder or</b></span></i></span><br />
<span style="color: #6aa84f;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><b>cogs in the machine that turns</b></span></i></span><br />
<span style="color: #6aa84f;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><b>to manufacture daytime dark</b></span></i></span><br />
<span style="color: #6aa84f;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><b>all the world is a powder keg and</b></span></i></span><br />
<span style="color: #6aa84f;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><b>some one, somewhere just dropped a spark</b></span></i></span><br />
<br />Blind Dog Poetry Cornerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10488083280044864736noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4025943995715980233.post-4906419631072930032017-06-08T21:06:00.001-05:002017-06-08T21:06:09.342-05:00Deeply Hidden Metaphoric Meanings by Ronald S Porter ©2017<br />
<span style="color: #bf9000;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>There are frogs out in the streets tonight<span class="text_exposed_show"><br /> hamburger falls, raw, from a cloudless sky<br /> and; there's a girl I want to tell all my secrets<br /> but she would never understand;<br /> We speak in different alphabets and </span></b></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #bf9000;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span class="text_exposed_show">speak the tongues of unknown lands </span></b></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #bf9000;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span class="text_exposed_show"><br /> The sidewalks are lined with central casting;<br /> they look like they just stepped out of novels.<br /> Stale french fries carpet the path<br /> that leads from freedom and injury. <br /> I'm nobody's child seeking everyone's friend.<br /> It is almost time for the riots to begin.</span></b></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #bf9000;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span class="text_exposed_show"><br /> Fourteen policemen approach from the south;<br /> I had better get in the wind.<br /> And, I run away from my yesterday<br /> As a rabbit runs from hunting dogs.<br /> What else can I do in a hamburger rain<br /> When, the night streets are filled with frogs?</span></b></span></span></span>Blind Dog Poetry Cornerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10488083280044864736noreply@blogger.com0