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Monday, July 13, 2020

The Parking Lot Puppy





THE PARKING LOT PUPPY



I found you in the parking lot
You Said:  If I follow you home
Will you keep me?
I said:  Well, you are kinda cute
Let me think it over. Okay! I thought it over!
Let's go over to Starbucks and I'll observe you
And see what kind of tricks you can do
And if you've been properly trained.

And we did and you were and I was tickled pink
(Whatever the heck that means!)
Well, I was tickled and probably pink also
I don't know. But you sure were cute.

You Cocker Spaniel, you!
You Pomeranian puppy, you Beagle baby
You Sheep Dog that turned Hound Dog
Turned Shar Pei turned Rottweiler
Turned Pit Bull turned Pot Bellied Pig
(Oh, wait, wrong species!)

What happened to my cute little
 Adorable Puppy Boy? What happened to my
 Sad eyed little affectionate sock chewer?
You're just fat and bald and wrinkled
And inconsiderate and indifferent
And uncaring and mean!

So, go get all your toys and your comfy bed
And your bowls and your leashes
And your squeaky stuff and your treats
And get in the car!
I'm taking you back to the parking lot
Where I found you and setting you free!

No, we can't go to starbucks and talk!
And no, don't look at me with those
Big brown moist eyes
I'm not falling for that routine again, mister!

Get out now
 And follow some other poor girl around
And ruin her life
I'm not gonna be your pal no more!
Sorry...........
Didn't mean to slam the car door on your tail
(much)
Buh..Bye!

And I watch you shuffle away dejectedly
With your tail between your legs
With your arms all full of the great stuff I bought you
And for a moment, I feel sorry for you.

But then I see the sign I had slapped on your back
Which reads:
If you find this dog, don't pick him up!
Call the Dog Catcher immediately
May have rabies, definitely has fleas
Is not house broken, is extremely spoiled
Loves nobody and he ain't no friend of mine!!
(Or anybody's.)

And I smile at your retreating backside
As a tear tries to roll down my cheek
Then you turn to look at me over your mangy shoulder
With that little once endearing leer
As if to say "Watch this!"

And you approach a pretty blonde girl
Getting out of a Toyota
Who reaches down to scratch behind your ears
Goes "Ooh and Ah! You Sweet Boy, you!
And scoops you up in unsuspecting arms.





©by Voo
Oct 13, 2005 
7:15 p.m.



Oct 13, 2005
 7:15 p.m.

WAR






War


Measures, counter measures, wounds and scars
Systematic, problematic, ordnance of war
Weaponry, battlefields, dropping of bomb
Cannon balling, name calling, will victory ever come?

Knives to the back, bullets to the head
Bayonets to the side, stabbing until dead
Underwater, overwater, flyby attacks
Night vision goggles helping to track.

Walking and stalking, following to see
Where the opposition goes to and where he might be
Interrogation, torture, tears of grief and pain
Marching mile upon the mile crying in the rain.

Wounded deep but not too deep
To go to God above
The war that started the day we met
On the battlefield of love.






©by Voo
May 16, 2004 
2 p.m.

R.I.P. Benjamin..... Pray for Lisa Marie and her mom and family.




I Still Cry by Ilse De Lange







Departure


I cannot go where you go now
There among the stars
And unending night
I cannot follow in your airy footsteps
Or fly on the gossamer wings
That have been granted 
In the taking of your life
And the bestowing of the death
Of the best and brightest of all companions
I can only grieve and regret now
Wondering if by loving you more
I could have kept you fastened
More firmly on this infirm planet
And preserved physically the essence
That made you who you are
That will keep you who you always will be
Here in this heart now that's deprived of your joy
Here in this mind now that is filled with your memory
Here in this house now that is haunted by your face.


©by Voo
May 17, 2005
 9:15 p.m.

posted in memory of Benjamin ๐Ÿ˜ฅ๐Ÿงก๐Ÿ–ค

Always On My Mind







Saturday, July 11, 2020

Mad As Hell and Not Gonna Take it Anymore!!!!!


"You shouldn't ought to make me angry...."


























"Aargh!!!!"





"I'm so mad I'm even mad at myself!!!"