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“No popcorn, no pets”

No popcorn, no pets

No popcorn, no pets,

No baseball, no regrets,

Rapture to heaven

Is no Seven / Eleven.

No Slushies, no Mars bars,

No pizza, no beer bars.

In heaven, the best

Beat their bloody chests

And sing hosanna

At the absence of fauna.

Nothing to make you sneeze

As you fall to your knees.

Fluffy’s on Earth

About to give birth

And if you want us to care,

Put your money there

On the web site line,

So Fluffy will be fine.

When to heaven you go

But your pets are a no-no,

We will watch them with love

While you’re in heaven above.

We atheists who remain

Or Hindus or Jaynes,

Or Jews or Buddhists

Or even the occasional nudist,

We will take care of your pets

So you’ll have no regrets,

No guilt on your soul,

Because you will know

Your Fuffy is fine

As long as your dimes shine.

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Saturday silliness: “Cookie fails”

Cookie Fails

I have committed all those sins, /

Once and again /

When baking the day away. /

In the kitchen I run /

Mixer, thumb, and hum /

As I try to get the dough my way. /

But, alas, by turns /

Overmixed to burned, /

My baking fails like clay /

Lost on a potter’s wheel /

Self-creation piecemeal /

That has gone astray. /

But fool that I be /

Mount Success for me /

So into the recipe I climb. /

Mix and shape /

Measure and bake /

Then wait again for the timer’s chime.

Then out come my cookies. /

Oh, take a look! See /

How they look divine. /

I sit on my stool, /

Fidgeting until cool, /

Then I dine on this feast of mine.

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Sunday silliness: “Wipe”

“Crap, you’re old,” said the person who gave a shit.

I, though, felt no reason to dump on the birthday boy. I wiped my hands of the situation.

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Saturday silliness: “Seasonal Greetings”

Seasonal Greetings

I got a Christmas card from you. /

Now, dang it, I feel obligated to /

Send you one in return, /

A card to make your envy burn. /

Yes, and it will be homemade. /

By my hand, the artistry bade. /

Or maybe something sentimental and rank, /

Since all I draw is to draw a blank.

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Saturday silliness: “The stack”

The stack

Book pile grows higher. /

Tree of knowledge overflows /

Into empty rooms.

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#haiku #poem #poetry #book #pile #room #house #121821 #tree #knowledge #december #friday #davidebooker #2021

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“Oh, Deer Meat”

Oh, Deer Meat

Oh, deer meat, what can I say? /

What won’t offend you if I play? /

A word here, a word there, /

But venison I must play with care.

#pun #cartoon #deer #meat #venison #santa #holidays #humor #christmas #davidebooker #121221

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Saturday silliness: “Foul play”

Fowl play

The turkey showed up for /

Thanksgiving. /

His goose was cooked.

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Not my photo, but needed something to go with my short, humorous poem. I call the creation in the photo a turcrabasage.

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#thanksgiving #poem #poetry #photo #november #davidebooker #saturday #humor #2021 #112021

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Sunday silliness: “Winkin, Blinkin, and Claude”

Winkin, Blinkin, and Claude

Winkin, Blinkin, and Claude

Spent the evening in camarad.

Eating birdseed,

Fists full of greed,

Winkin, Blinkin, and Claude.

Winkin, Blinkin, and Claude,

In raccoon fur they trod.

Into the night

They ate with delight,

Winkin, Blinkin, and Claude.

Winkin, Blinkin, and Claude.

Three raccoons in a pod.

Three peas after food,

Including suet crude.

Winkin, Blinkin, and Claude.

Winkin, Blinkin, and Claude

Were too inland to find scrod.

Eventually they left.

When a boom with some heft

Shooed on Winkin, Blinkin, and Claude.

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#poem #poetry #humor #night #raccoon #birdseed #food #photo #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #november #110721 #103021

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Saturday silliness: “Corg”

Corg

I am the Corgi. /

Resistance is but futile. /

Scratch me now, human.

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#haiku #poem #poetry #resistance #corgi #scratch #futile #oldnorthknoxville #photo #davidebooker #humor #october #saturday #2021

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Workshop Weekend: Sunday silliness: limerick

Spent yesterday preparing a short story, a novella, and three poems for writing contests. Deadline for entry was midnight. I had the last of them turned in by 9 PM. Now it is up to the judges, the skill of the writing, some luck, and whether or not I scared off enough other potential entrants. Yes, I am kidding about the last part. I have no idea who else entered. I wanted to enter a non-fiction writing contest, but did not have my entry ready in time. Oh, well, maybe another time.

So, here is a bit of silliness for a Sunday morning (at least morning where I am right now), a limerick inspired by someone who suggested they should be naughty.

There once was a woman from Port Townsend
who traveled quite far and came home again.
Now by day she styles hair
and by night styles with care
words about her “new” life with family and friends.

I know, it’s not naughty. Maybe the next one.

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