A NON-RUNNER-YES
It is for a good many -
though it's not for most -
a race to the top.
Starting-Gate to Winning-Post.
Life is a gamble
for they not in the race,
and also a gamble
for those jockeying for place.
Just where money's concerned
some are bound to cheat -
in the race to the top -
go trample under feet
he who gets in the way
as they rigorously compete
and give no sporting chance
to those they would beat.
FREE-FROM-THIS-SPHERE-
SOME-WOULD-HAPPILY-BE
You blame nobody for wanting
to get on in the globe, girl.
I blame nobody for wanting
to get off out this world.
A-SUDDEN-BURDEN-
WAS-LADY-MINE
"How much do you love me?"
My lady had demanded,
as if love were a weight.
A demand with such a hate
that love should she return only
when I her some measure handed ?
TURNING-THE-TURTLE
The earth, claimed an old-wise-race,
is carried on the back of a turtle swimming through space.
I claim that the young would be wise to learn
we carry such a burden when its our turn !
WHICH-THE-WITCH-HERE?
Goad from a goat,
eyes from a newt,
mad wizard's hat,
hag's very-old boot.
Warts from a toad,
wings from a bat,
legs from a frog,
drop all in the vat.
Stir the cauldron
with a witch's broom.
So whirls the earth
that casts a gloom.
THE-HOOKY-COOKY-HOOT
A wizard with words find,
and the comic-line's hook,
cast his particular magic
did funnyman Peter Cook.
Comedian, yes comedian he,
and a guy of word-wizardry.
THE IMPERFECT-PICTURE-FILLING-
YOU'LL-FIND
When the jigsaw piece does not fit
some will try and force it to,
like a child at the end of his wits,
the full picture wanting to view.
This is the way with their politics.
They must dispose of the people who
reveal holes still in their big-pic
or force the misfits. Press-down-hard sure do.
HARD-TO-LOVE-THE-EARTH-PEOPLE-
WE-DON'T-KNOW-OR-MIGHT-NOT-EVEN-LIKE
There is love-and-hate
and neutrality.
None is known
for its longevity.
I love the world not,
nor do I hate it.
Love? Hate? Globe,
find I await it.
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