Craig Tigerman,
US
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Verse
Sunshiny Brown
Street Dawn
(A Dream in Three Parts)
I.
The night drifted into warm morning
In 5:30 dawn I passed your house
Circled the block 'cause your door was open
How was your night-watch ending?
As I stepped up I saw
Your duty turn into pleasure
As you changed with Sweet Delight
To a warm morning hour of play.
II.
I entered, embarrassed to interrupt
But when I saw your faces
And your friend from across the hall
We four became one in purpose and joy.
You have family in there. But from the first
Moment I saw you -- you're beautiful!
And where your care? It flows to me.
My soul surrounded, invaded by love.
III.
We are oblivious to the world around,
Lost in our childlike wonder of the grace
Flowing through our company,
Happy to invade the neighborhood.
Let love flow, invade, keep us warm,
Enter with joy, lift us through the dawn!
By 7 A.M. we had doubled, tripled in size,
Shared vast glory, grown delightfully wise.
Might You
Perhaps...
Might you perhaps
have consented to be—
Now that the twin fates, time and distance,
Have robbed us of the possibility...
Or are we held back for a greater purpose,
Not to become a fading memory—
O mirror of my heart, sweet as night air!
My life's restless, unrelenting quest
Has led me to one flower so fair
One angel, one mirror, the very best...
Might you perhaps have consented to share—
Dear angel of the light, whom I adore,
In whose glow I'm continually blest,
How I long to see your eyes before
My death's questless, unrepenting rest—
Might you perhaps have consented to more...
Cereal Killers
How many ways can
they take
Rice, Oats, Corn or Wheat
And shred, puff, toast, and make
All those shapes that we all eat?
A daily dose of domestic violence
In Smacks, Kix, and Pops!
And don't expect to eat in silence:
There's Snap and Crackle in your chops!
Total, Just Right, Life—feel
good?
Fortified to enrich your health
Product 19, Special K—ust
food
For Post, Kellogg's, General Mills wealth.
Some brands come in happy swarms,
Chocolate, fruity, coated with honey;
Play your Trix, enjoy your Lucky Charms,
In the end we just fork over more money.
Cheerio! Eat your Wheaties! But have the guts
To see them for what they are, at the store.
Are there grapes or nuts in Grape-Nuts?
I don't find this stuff a-Mueslix-ing any more!
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