*On a Hot Tin Roof* She’s so uptown fly she’ont needAviation Classes.She’s so smokin’ tan cool she’ont needCouture Sunglasses… Fit this airshow pilot with some goggles and strapped galoshes,And Watch her Take Off. *** Her proximity to the sun helps…
Monthly Archives: June 2024
Recycled Lyrics
*Recycled Lyrics* We may not be able to share one another’s HeadphonesBut I think I know what you meant.You may say,“That was a great song,”Time after Time,Since there isNo Art Known to ManThat is harder to capture in words than…
Supermassive Black Hole Ablaze
*Supermassive Black Hole Ablaze* Your Effigy is my MuseAnd it Ignites as ILight the Fuse. My affection was carved in stone—It was a monumentBeloved—to Behold…Now the world is watching it burn.Burn, baby, burn. *** S-B-H is my MuseAnd it Ignites…
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More for Me
*More for Me* Tonight she told me that she’s gained a few pounds…Then I felt like doing backflips.Not because there’s “more of her to love…” but because there’s now less for the world. So Bon Appétit!Have some more Po’ boys!Help…
Sign
*Sign* Jay’s BBQ Potato Chips—2/$5Only we are too busy trying to read each other. We both roam about this aisle—But neither is making a move. I feel the tension as strongly as the Peach Snapple that’s in my hands,but without…
The Captive 48-Month Daydream Labeled “Wasted Youth
*The Captive 48-Month Daydream Labeled “Wasted Youth”* Gagged:I recall.Bound:I felt that much.Detained:Jailed without chains.The rest is a blurand that’s whatI prefer. Not a single hour went by that I didn’t have my bell rung.So excuse me if it’s all a…
Multiple Choice: So Leave it Open-Ended
*Multiple Choice: So Leave it Open-Ended* Sometimes being gun-shy isn’t due to the fear of pulling the trigger…but because you’re constantly readjusting your aim. Because Ms. Right Now could become Mrs. Wife:When if you waited longer, you could’ve wifed Ms.…
d=√[(x2-x1)^2+(y2-y1)^2]
There she goes.Right on schedule. I’ve got her timing down to a formula, and my neck snaps every time she passes by…I think that’s the reflexive property. If she were in my class, then maybe I could actually concentrate… Nah.…
Sides
*Sides* Take Sides.Then take cover.Command your SurroundingsAnd warn adjutants of opposed troops.Shield the fort that your team has builtFromWannabees&TurncoatsAnd always be on the lookout forFifth Columnists.There is a security in these arms, butEverybody knows that the same colors don’t alwaysShade…
More than Words
*More than Words* She’s gonna make someone happier than words.But I won’t tell her that…Nor should he. The most poetic sentiments are felt, not said. It courses deep inside more potent than any series of three words he could ever…
Original Clyde Aidoo 