Sense Sonnet - Tickler

 Mailman's Advice

I was leaving my home when I

Met the mailman on the sidewalk.

He gave me my mail and said, "Hi."

The two of us had a short talk.

He said this was his final day

Delivering mail on his route,

Retiring and moving away.

I replied I'd miss him no doubt.

I asked where he was moving to.

He said he was moving to Spain.

"Parcelona?" I asked him, who

Gave to me a grimace of pain.

The mailman had advice for me,

Try for better delivery.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 U.S. Freedom of Assembly

Revolutionary War done

And independence was achieved.

U.S. government had begun,

Needed improvement some believed.

They felt free to assemble, so

Met in Philadelphia and

To Independence Hall they'd go

For the nation's future they planned.

At last a written document

Went to the states and ratified,

Setting forth what government meant,

And still today is the main guide.

From freedom of assembly came

U.S. Constitution by name.

Sense Sonnet - Tickler

 My Summer Camp Grab

When I was eight years old I went

To my church sponsored summer camp.

The snack table was the event

I liked best, being a snack scamp.

When allowed, to the snacks I'd run.

By the apple bowl a sign be,

"God is watching, take only one."

So that was incentive for me

To head to where the cookies were,

Which somehow had not any sign,

And was for me divine for sure,

That any number could be mine.

God was watching the apples, so

I grabbed lots of cookies, who'd know!

Sense Sonnet - Chiller

 They Keep Us Apart

I was there above where you lay,

My hands digging the soft brown earth,

Taking whatever time it may.

My life without you has no worth.

So back home I was taking you.

But somehow they knew where I'd be.

Keep us apart they've come to do.

And quickly they grabbed hold of me.

I screamed at them that they were wrong.

Then by them I was gagged and bound,

Dragged away I could hear your song,

Sadly echoing from the ground.

Separated from you is hell.

They've locked me in this padded cell.

Sense Sonnet - Steamer

 Retake the Power

Ever since Eve turned Adam on

To sin, there's been power in she.

But when Eve and Adam were gone

From Eden the world went to he.

Even Eve, mother, could or would

Not change even when her son, Cain,

Killed her son, Abel, Eve just stood 

By and watched him's go more insane.

Because Eve used her power less,

The future she's were cursed to fate

Of having to live in his mess,

Ever beneath his heavy weight.

She's of the world, it's time to make

Change in his power and retake.

Sense Sonnet - Steamer

 A Cynical View

Power of eminent domain,

Politicians and bureaucrats

Use and oft abuse to attain

Goals to benefit their pal fat cats.

Those who lose property this way

Decide to go to court and sue,

But attorneys they'll have to pay.

Fat cats have more money, they do.

The Golden Rule in business deals

Is really not a useful tool.

Making money wins most appeals,

And those who have the most gold rule.

So whether there's justice or not

Depends on by whom it is bought.

Sense Sonnet - Steamer

 An Off Game

I was a cheater on my wife.

Seven Minutes in Heaven be

The game that let my party life

Find sexy mistresses for me.

So into a closet I went.

My host said that already there

Was a gal for time to be spent

To seal a future tryst to share.

Both in the dark, I heard her voice,

And knew I'd heard that drawl before.

My host had made an awful choice.

Each minute pained me all the more.

My wife, my mother-in-law would tell.

This game, Seven Minutes in Hell.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 The Salk Vaccine

Dr. Jonas Salk was of mind

To do research on polio,

Rid this disease for humankind.

In 1948 he'd go

To work on finding a vaccine.

He found in 1952

From animal tests which did mean

Testing human children he'd do,

Including his own children, and

By 1955, success.

The whole world came to understand,

Prevent polio in progress.

Hailed a miracle worker, he

Chose to give his discovery.

Sense Sonnet - Steamer

 Help Line

"Help me Rhonda," I hear you sing

That same old song you've sang before.

No matter help I tried to bring,

You always sang you needed more.

Again you sing I look so fine

Which worked on me a time or two.

But now it's just a worn out line

That I expect to hear from you.

But, hey dude, this time Rhonda is

Not gonna help you forget her,

Latest in string of helping biz

That's left me frustrated for sure.

When I helped you before I found

You are helpless on the rebound.

Sense Sonnet - Chiller

 Cliff

A village on the edge of Earth

Was visited by Cliff and who

Told villagers for what it's worth

Flat Earth was false, round Earth was true.

The villagers were not agog

And took Cliff to the edge to show

Over the edge nothing but fog.

Cliff grinned, said the village should know

The edge was of a canyon deep

Where dense fog did accumulate.

The village judged Cliff full of "bleep,"

So deserved a good riddance fate.

The villagers, flat Earthers all,

Threw Cliff over the cliff to fall.

Sense Sonnet - Acher

 Limit Reached?

Today some tyrants still exist.

Too long tyrants have ruled Iran.

Last time the people did resist,

Shah overthrown but then began

Tyrannical theocracy.

For decades the people endured.

But now the latest war that be,

Change of power may be secured.

If so, another tyrant could

Come to power as done before.

But maybe not, which would be good.

Let Iran know tyrants no more.

Oppressed people of Iran may

Soon choose to live another way.

Sense Sonnet - Acher

 Hoped for Love

During the '50's each week I

Would go to Dodge City to see

Matt Dillon, the most handsome guy,

I could hope to find on T.V.

Law and order marshal who spoke

In such a calm and caring voice,

Killing bad guys in his gun smoke.

Who could hope for a better choice

To fall in love with as he rode

Tall in the saddle, Mister Right!

Captured my heart each episode,

My go to on Saturday night.

Matt would be mine I'd surely know,

If somehow Miss Kitty would go.

Sense Sonnet - Steamer

 Mismatched Musk

Elon Musk, the world's richest man,

In dollars terms, but little sense

How peeving President Trump can

Bring unprofitable laments.

Musk must have got bug up his butt,

Maybe over the Trump backed bill.

Musk doesn't think does enough cut,

So can't swallow such bitter pill.

And so talks trash about Trump for

Some reasons only known to him.

But this rich guy made a choice poor

For acting out on such a whim.

When under personal attack,

No doubt Trump will get a payback.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Flight Pattern

I fell in love and then fell out,

My feeling  for each falling be

One of up, one of down, no doubt,

But lasting lesson learned by me.

Falling in love I feel that I,

Like Icarus, flew toward the sun,

Like Icarus, could fly too high,

Like Icarus, my pride undone.

So the relationship I let

Go only to a safe point of

Where the good turning bad, best bet,

So change my course while still good love.

Sometimes when changing course is sought,

My lover feels the same, or not.