Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Performer Extraordinaire

I am a quite unique songbird,

Bach concertos I always sing.

For a canary, seems absurd,

So to humans I love to bring

My music to them to astound.

Unannounced, I like to appear,

Often visiting them homebound,

Where I do sing and they do hear

This gift of nature given me.

Of course, I prefer humans who,

For them a welcome sound I be,

Appreciating my Bach, true.

The human world, I always shock

When I sing to all, "I'll be Bach!"

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 I Paint My Thanks

She welcomed me when I first came.

I knew that we would get along.

Soon I learned that Sue is her name,

First impression of her, not wrong.

Sue encouraged me to take up

Painting to spend some of my time.

It's fun, and so to thank her, yup,

A special gift for Sue, now I'm

Using lots of yellow and green

Paint, main colors that Sue does wear,

A painting to show that I mean

A lot of thanks for her great care.

This monkey's thanks for Sue I do,

Painting my keeper at the zoo.

Sense Sonnet - Chiller

 Sign

U.S. healthcare executive,

Killed by a dreamy looking guy,

Who judged the villain should not live,

Woke brand of justice should apply,

No matter, murder be a crime,

The dreamy guy got off scot free,

Happening in woke place and time

Of the U.S. society.

Autograph seekers outside court

Swarm the dreamy guy, all to get

His autograph, that they can sport

To their social media set.

Cold blooded murderer let out,

Did a public service, no doubt.

Sense Sonnet - Steamer

 The Bendable Law

The Constitution taught to me,

A white kid, in school long ago,

Sounded a good document be,

Its benefits, all I did know.

But through my years, I saw and heard

A lot of controversy came

When the Constitution's last word,

The Supreme Court said, was held to blame

For wrongs and injustices done

To fellow We the People who

Did feel the ideals once begun,

The Constitution did undo.

The U.S. Constitution ideal,

For many We the People, unreal.

Sense Sonnet - Tickler

 Spicy Tale

We be together, time and place,

For added flavoring, both used.

For her I got such a hot case,

But she stayed cold and not amused.

And so I tried to sprinkle her

With bits and pieces of my yearn.

But all I got served back for sure

Was her cold shoulder in return.

And then she even went to court,

Cease and desist order on me,

Charged with being too pungent sort,

I was shaken. How could this be?

A spicy tale, pepper at fault,

Unwanted sensual assault.

Sense Sonnet - Acher

 The Pink Pillbox Hat

Jacqueline Kennedy wore me,

The pink pillbox hat, the day when

President Kennedy and she

Were in Dallas, Texas, and then,

Sadly, the President was shot,

And in Parkland Hospital, died.

To there, the First Lady was brought,

And then shortly afterward, I'd

Be removed by my Lady to

Be given to someone to hold.

A disappearance then I'd do,

And my whereabouts never told.

Been missing since that fateful day,

I know where I am, but can't say.

Sense Sonnet - Acher

 Transitioning

The casket, silken lined, is shut,

With the funeral service now done.

The family and friends here, but

None seem to be having much fun.

A lot of sorrow hangs in the air,

Usual for this time and place

Of severance I am aware,

Nothing's static in any case.

I know there'll be an interlude,

Going to the cemetery.

But then be total solitude,

All quite a difference for me.

Whatever comes next, I don't know,

As off to burial I go.

Sense Sonnet - Tickler

 Lone Rangering

I watched "Lone Ranger" on T.V.,

As a kid, wanted to be like him.

So when I grew up, I did be

Modern Lone Ranger on a whim.

On the weekends, off I would go,

Wearing my mask and other looks,

And ride around, yelling, "Hi Yo,"

Nabbing and taking to jail, crooks.

I've gone crazy my wife does think,

Get professional help, I ought.

Made an appointment with a shrink,

But now she's got a second thought.

My wife admits, yes, she does know

Our kids do dote on Tonto so.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Yes, I Remember My First Love

Do I remember my first love?

A question of me you do ask.

Though old, I have my memory of

Such a person, an easy task.

And refreshing my memory

Of her is always welcome thought.

So I thank you for asking me.

Many loving memories I've got.

Having such a first love, I know

Is not unusual of course.

And very likely, you also

Can share with me this first love source.

First love, do I remember her?

Of course, my Momma be for sure.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 One Stop Shop

For soup I have a hunger for,

But check, and I am out of stock.

So trip is needed to the store.

I make out a list as I walk.

In my soup I want there to be

The freshest in cuts of prime meat,

The kind acquired in taste by me,

And all my neighbors like to eat.

So I know sources will be good

In the franchise store opened up,

Convenient in my neighborhood,

For making best soup I will sup.

I stock up at our Kwik-E-Mart,

Cannibal with my shopping cart.

Sense Sonnet - Steamer

 Yours Untruly

When much younger than I am now,

I believed truth as power be,

But as I got older, somehow,

That once belief got lost in me,

When I chose to become one who

Lived off how well, power I could

Use to my advantage to do

Whatever might be of most good

For me, and so the truth I twist

In any way that serves me best,

A power grab I can't resist,

To stay winning pick in contest.

As a true politician, I,

To stay in power, have to lie.

Sense Sonnet - Acher

 Pride in Me

When I was a teenager, young,

I felt different from friends I had,

Becoming target of foul tongue

And deed that made me feel so bad.

But also different were my folks,

Who both made great effort to give

Me right love to deal with bad jokes

Others made, and I grew to live

And let live any others who

Did not have folks of loving kind,

Helping their child to think and do

As one with a forgiving mind.

My Mom and Dad, most gratefully,

Instilled that sense of pride in me.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 "Buffy" Beginner

"Buffy the Vampire Slayer" show

Came to T.V. because of her.

She kept it secret, few did know

She's why the series be for sure.

Though not on the set day by day,

Encouragement to cast and crew

She'd send in her generous way,

And gave them all a rave review.

A nod to her from writers came

For her behind the scenes support,

January 19th, the same

Birthday, she and Buffy would sport.

As the start up producer, she,

Dolly Parton, made Buffy be.

Sense Sonnet - Chiller

 Future Outcome

The human mind be given will

To use any and all means to

Most power destiny fulfill.

That's what all wars are meant to do.

And through the ages, warfare be

More destructive as knowledge is

Evolving to that destiny

Of who will triumph power biz.

Most powerful human elite

Are racing now for most control,

Using this best tool to defeat

All others in ultimate goal.

Created by the human mind,

A.I. conquers all humankind.

Sense Sonnet - Steamer

 Dialogue Duet

"I got a call from your girlfriend,"

"Tattletaling of your affair."

"Honey, my mistake that will end."

"I'm filled with remorse and despair."

"I should divorce you, and I would,"

"But it's our kids I'm thinking of."

"Honey, I know I've been no good."

"Please give another chance our love."

"I promise all faithful I'll be."

"I'm willing to pay any price."

"Okay, but first you'll give to me"

"Bauble in diamonds would be nice."

"You're such an understanding wife."

"Husband, that's why you've still got life."

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Jesus Loves Me

I've learned that Jesus is full of

Pure love for all of humankind,

And spreads by word and deed, His love

To any of us He may find.

Christianity came about

After Jesus, the man, was killed.

And in His name there be no doubt,

Lots of churches be a lot skilled,

Preaching what we should think and do,

Too often in a money game.

Some churches oft preach false as true,

To profit more in Jesus' name.

The Bible tells me Jesus be

The best of friend I want for me.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Esther

Esther, beautiful woman who

The king of Persia chose to be

His queen, not knowing she, a Jew,

Would change his mind eventually.

The Persian Jews faced greatest strife,

Slaughter in the name of the king.

Esther, in risking her own life,

Pled not to do such awful thing.

Esther had prayed to God to give

Her strength of purpose to persuade

The king to let her people live.

Her prayers answered, her saving made.

Story of Esther, ages told,

Jewish heroine, truly bold.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Cage Free

I remember when you bought me,

Paid lots of money to the store.

Such a beautiful bird I be,

Had to possess me all the more.

So in a fancy birdcage, I

Was hung where I could best be shown

To all your friends who happen by,

To show me off and call your own.

"Pretty bird, Pretty bird," you would say,

As I waited for your mistake,

And which came, made my getaway,

And flight to freedom I did make.

I've flown your cage, out of your sight,

But left my farewell feather, bright.

Sense Sonnet - Tickler

 Foam Freakout

The Missus had look of alarm,

Said foaming at the mouth was me,

Was worried that I would cause harm,

Because a rabid dog I be.

Our humans would be quite upset

When they found out, and hunt me down.

A putting to sleep I would get,

The Missus warned me with her frown.

Of course I knew the Missus did

Jump to bad conclusions a lot,

But knew this was no time to kid

Her, being very overwrought.

The Missus just made a mistake,

Forgot she'd made me a milkshake.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Transported to Fun

When I am walking here and there,

I love to watch the birds in flight,

Moving so quickly through the air.

So often times I wish  might

Be able to fly like a bird.

But being made a human, I

Know that such flying is absurd,

But still wish I had wings to fly.

Once in a while I'm given gift

Of flying like a bird to keep

My spirit for such in uplift.

Such happens while I am asleep.

Flying forth on the wings I sprout,

Just like a bird, great dream no doubt.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 I'm Weirdly Normal

I grow up in a neighborhood,

Lots of neighbors do call me weird.

My folks don't think that is too good,

Try to assure me, as I'm  raised,

That, yes, I do look different from

All the neighbors, and my folks, too,

But is not a fact worrisome.

I am a normal human, who

Should not fret if I'm weird or not.

I have a very normal mind.

And my folks do love me a lot,

Let neighbors talk, try to be kind.

I guess that weird to them I be,

Normal Martians adopted me.

Sense Sonnet - Tickler

 "Darecrow"

Together, Hubby and I've been

For decades, and I love to try

New enticements to perk again

'Twist and 'tween us in fun supply.

So when Hubby headed off to

The store, I put on our front lawn,

A blowup pole dancin' doll, who

Would be for Hubby, my come on

And let's spend the rest of the day

Doin' a bunch of that and this

Keepin' us frisky, as we play

Our long and ever game of bliss.

His dancin' queen wants all to know

I love dare Hubby, my old crow.

Sense Sonnet - Steamer

 Mushroom Woman

A lady of the evening, I

Like to hang out in a place that

Has dark and damp in good supply.

It's my most pleasant habitat

For me to meet and greet, gee whiz,

The fun guy ones who seek me out

To sell my name brand of show biz,

The oldest profession, no doubt.

But when I see you head toward me,

I knew you would be trouble, true,

And so, emphatic I must be,

I will not be picked up by you.

This Mushroom Woman is no fool,

You are just a nasty toadstool!

Sense Sonnet - Chiller

 Just a Brief Pause

Chicago 'long the Lake at night,

Waves gently lapping on the shore.

I briefly pause, such sound and sight

With me so many times before.

But rarely do I ever pause

To take time to appreciate.

I guess I rarely do because

I'm a product, this urban fate

Has stuck within this place and time,

To use the beauty here around

To take advantage, and so I'm

Off to do mischief as I'm bound.

Just a brief pause for this street thug,

Lookin' for someone ripe to mug.

Sense Sonnet - Chiller

 Puddle Skip

Two young ducks flew to the city,

With all its pollution and grime.

Both ducks were feeling quite gritty,

Searched for suitable place and time

To land into some water where

They could splish and splash all about.

A puddle on a road down there,

They approached, but one had some doubt.

This one duck watching the other,

Did feel the need to warn him back,

"This puddle's not for us, brother."

"I'll tell you why," the duck did quack.

"To pop into this puddle will"

"Leave us just as two wet roadkill."

Sense Sonnet - Acher

 Less Pressure on Me

I'm the piece of furniture that

My owner still dotes most upon,

Decades together in his flat.

He's joyous when she sits upon

Good ol' me, his cane bottom'd chair.

Fanny became love of his life.

Her sittings on me, wear and tear,

Weight of her bottom, source of strife.

It be a miracle that I

Held myself all together when

She sat. Sadly, Fanny did die,

But for him, sits on me again.

Since Fanny's now a ghost as such,

Her fanny doesn't weigh as much.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Still Being Useful

I share this time and place with that

Are no longer needed and old,

Replaced in below habitat,

Wanted and new by the household.

From an era that's now begone,

I still keep busy with my work,

Still be of use and carry on

My duties, never one to shirk.

I lose a feather as I fly,

Serving my old friends, we all be.

Since I've but limited supply,

I'll stick that feather back in me.

This feather duster does as must,

This attic always has got dust.

Sense Sonnet - Steamer

 Bad Pick

It was in sixth grade that we had

The first school dance that I went to.

Beforehand, worried I'd be bad,

Mom showed a few steps I could do.

At the dance, soon a teacher got

A boy I knew to be a creep

To ask me to dance, I was caught

In a pickle, but tried to keep

My wits, as we went on the floor.

I hoped for a very quick close,

But he gyrated more and more,

And stuck his finger up my nose.

So embarrassed, to feeling sick,

That this first dance had been my pick.

Sense Sonnet - Acher

 The Mandela Effect

Mandela effect got its name

From Fiona Broome who does be

Paranormal expert of fame,

Who did believe, incorrectly,

Along with many others sure

In the '80's in prison still,

Death of Mandela did occur.

Broome agreed that such errors will

Happen same time with many brain,

Instead of fact, fiction to find

In many memory domain,

Same trick upon many a mind.

Broome might have wished, but did not boast,

Mandela lived on as his ghost.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Back on Route 66

Being an Oklahoma boy,

I often drove Route 66,

Criss cross the state was my pure joy.

And now, yes, twenty twenty six,

This old highway does celebrate

One hundred years, "The Mother Road."

And so I've returned to my state

To redrive memories bestowed.

I sure felt honored when news came

That this highway would also be

Called Will Rogers highway, nickname,

After the sudden death of me.

So in my Cord L-29,

Drivin' 'long this highway of mine.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 We Lavender Flowers

We lavender flowers do tell

To all pollinators around,

We be a welcome sight and smell.

For sweet nectar, to us be bound.

Be a hummingbird, be a bee,

Be a butterfly, welcome all,

To come and visit so that we

Can please you, that you came to call.

Some time and place we always make

For visits we appreciate.

Your choosing us for nature's sake,

Visiting us to pollinate.

When we lavender flowers bloom,

All pollinators to us zoom.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Gift of Good Deed

I used to think do gooders had

Contagion, so avoided them,

Because real good at doing bad,

Causing my life to be mayhem,

Bringing to all, trouble and ill.

My family and friends sure tried

To help me, but I had no will

To be helped, so chose suicide.

In Chicago on one late night,

To Lake Michigan edge I went.

Thought I was out of sound and sight,

Jumped in, but some came to prevent.

That good deed by some strangers done,

Left me a very grateful one.

Sense Sonnet - Tickler

 A Fear I Shed

When younger, I would dream a lot

Of being in public somewhere,

And people staring as I'm caught

Facing the world, totally bare.

So in my waking hours, I

Became quite fearful that I would

Find myself, with no reason why,

Naked out in my neighborhood.

So paranoid that I became

Of unthinkingly leaving home,

Then looking at myself in shame,

As totally naked I roam.

But finally, this fear left me,

I joined a nudist colony.

Sense Sonnet - Steamer

 Mr. Grumpfish

Role of Mr. Grumpfish I got,

A part on "Bubble Guppies" show.

I was quite excited a lot,

That off to stardom I would go.

A show for kids set in preschool,

A substitute teacher I be.

So I played my role as one who'll

Catch on with kids as grumpy me.

But the kiddie guppies scene stole,

So very selfish of them, yes,

Causing my small recurring role

To be recurring less and less.

Especially grumpy, cuz I'm

Not given more water air time.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 A Welcome Stop

Back to Mexico we migrate,

From summer back to winter home.

Now in the month of August, late,

We keep an eye out as we roam

Across the blue and sunny sky.

The next stop that we plan to take

Has an abundant food supply

That we can stock up on and take

With us as we continue on.

We Monarch butterflies sure will

Be welcome guests to land upon

Our longtime friends for a refill.

A field of sunflowers below,

Perfect food and rest stop, we go

Sense Sonnet - Acher

 My Secret

I have a secret held quite long,

The truth of which I've never told.

It be a deed I'd done so wrong,

When I was young, and now I'm old.

A few times in my life I've had

To keep my truth so lie do tell

To make my truth not seem so bad,

And not be such a living hell.

So as you read this, maybe you

Are thinking my secret will be

Finally revealed, but not so,

My secret's truth won't come from me.

Live with my secret and its lie,

Its truth I hold until I die.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Dog Gone

A quite huge pit bull bitch I be,

Called Girl in the story that I

Am in with ghouls attacking me.

They leave me alone. I learn why.

Cuz feed on the humans of course,

These ghouls being smart enough to

Figure I'm not a good food source.

But hanging out with humans, true,

Frets me much more than ghoulish stuff.

Much more macabre, most humans are,

And I've been around them enough,

Away from them, can't get too far.

Somewhere my pups and me be bound,

Where there be no humans around.

Sense Sonnet - Chiller

 Menu Choice

Me and the Missus got to go

On Noah's Ark, but first of course,

The two of us wanted to know,

We'd be assured our prime food source.

Noah said lots of salad stuff

Would be available for us.

We told him that's not good enough,

And made a roaring scary fuss,

Whereupon Noah did agree

We'd have our choice of cuts of meat.

Noah had a big family,

So lots for us lions to eat.

No matter what the Bible said,

Noah's family kept us fed.

Sense Sonnet - Acher

 Dream

All time and place I be with you.

My sweet angel, you came to me,

And ever be my dream come true.

So ever yearn forever be

Reliving all the memories of

Our togetherness, when and where,

Entwining in a perfect love,

For you and I to ever share.

Each time onto our bed I lie,

I wish I would sleep on and on.

Why do I live? Why did you die?

For me, you never should be gone.

Let me dream on, for heaven's sake.

Still in hell, without you, I wake.

Sense Sonnet - Tickler

 I Love My Wife

I love my wife, I knew so when

The very first time I met her,

And as couple, we did begin

In commitment meant to endure.

I love my wife, though she oft is

Nagging me about this or that,

Insists upon minding my biz,

In or out of our habitat.

I love my wife, even though she

Spends so much money, I have to

Work two full time jobs constantly.

This keeps her happy, so I do.

I love my wife, through bad and good.

Why? I have never understood.

Sense Sonnet - Steamer

 Human Storm

Sometimes in April, snow does fall,

A natural, not tragic, thing,

Certainly not compared to all

Year's tragedies that humans bring,

Purposely inflicting harm on

Each other every night and day,

Just a human phenomenon,

Done in such unnatural way.

Any snow in April won't last,

As lasts the harm that humans do

Each other, ongoing amassed,

Old harms heaped on by harms anew.

Anything that's in nature to find,

Is not more than found in humankind.

Sense Sonnet - Acher

 They Think and Say

They think and say from norm I tilt.

They're always on that I am off,

And should be feeling shame and guilt.

Not like them, I know that they scoff.

They think and say a lot of stuff,

How they are good and I am bad.

I'm sure I am never enough,

Meeting expectations they've had.

They think and say what used to be

Causing me lots of pain no doubt.

But now they can expect from me,

I'll be myself and tune them out.

They think and say whatever they

Want, cuz I'm happy with my way.

Sense Sonnet - Chiller

 Lots of Traffic

I once upon a time thought I

Was doing good, but judged be bad.

"Hit the road," ordered the Big Guy,

Cuz I had made him oh so mad.

And since then that same road I took

Is well worn by sinning feet tred,

Thinking they heeded his Good Book

While living, but then find out dead,

That they very falsely did claim

To think that they were doing good, when

They did bad stuff in the Big Guy's name,

Stuff, the Big Guy judged to be sin.

Think gooders know my road so well,

Judged do badders and sent to hell.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Wooing Season

Sprightly I've come from underground,

This male cicada springs out on

My gossamer wings and be bound

For my mating phenomenon.

An iridescent body hued

Onyx with long orange legs I sport.

Big red eyes from my head protrude.

I'm quite a colorful assort,

Attractive to the female eye.

More important, the female ear,

My competition's crushed if I

Sing at my best for her to hear.

I pass along my yearn to sing

To all the males of my offspring.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 My Mind, Felined

My mental health, like my house cat,

Companion fulfilling my need

To have a happy habitat,

Helping me in good thought and deed.

I give some gentle, loving care,

Food and water and space to run.

Then mutually fit life we share,

Each day bringing some joy and fun.

Of course the housecat gets upset,

But I am responsible for

Regular checkups at the vet,

So we stay healthy all the more.

But when my housecat feels not good,

Can claw and bite my humanhood.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Checking in Again

"Welcome Back," the door mat does say

At Reincarnation HQ,

Where many a time I've made my way

For arrival check in to do,

A place where studies are done for

Each of us who reincarnate.

Every time I'm here, I learn more

About my many variate,

From one to another life form.

Coming back to this center is

Simply a transitioning norm

In the reincarnation biz.

It's been a long, arduous trail,

Since I'm coming back as a snail.

Sense Sonnet - Acher

 My Mommy

A single Mommy, she birthed me,

And gave me all the love she could.

The two of us together be,

Any time, anyplace, always good.

In urban ghetto we did live,

But Mommy had street smarts, and so,

All that I needed, she did give.

And through the years with her I'd grow,

And I did well enough, day came,

Off to a good college went I.

But then the hardest fate took aim,

Mommy was killed in a drive by.

My Mommy left too soon for sure,

But left the best in me of her.

Sense Sonnet - Chiller

 I Cured You

I saw you through your window, and

Could see you were in a down mood,

A mood I've come to understand.

So took a chance I could intrude,

And make you feel I could be one

To take those nasties out of you,

Be an antidote of quick fun,

My specialty I like to do.

And so I knocked, you let me in.

I told you I did bring good luck,

Then charmed you to let me begin,

All the bad life from you to suck.

Toxins in your bloodstream, you said,

But I don't care, cuz I'm undead.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 My Ultimate Devotion

Long ago, I was rescued from

What should have been sure suicide.

A miracle, strangers did come,

Help that was divinely supplied.

A recovering addict since,

I've come to believe in God's will,

And blessed by God's benevolence,

I seek good purpose to fulfill.

My family and friends, and yes,

Strangers I may be useful to,

I strive to give as love does bless,

In all I think and all I do.

God, as I understand God be,

Most important presence for me.

Sense Sonnet - Acher

 Tragedy Travelers

I, Romeo, you, Juliet,

Fictional roles of tragedy,

But made a great dying duet.

Shakespeare was pleased with you and me.

You, Heathcliff, and I, Catherine,

"Wuthering Heights," we made our doom.

Tragic when you did yourself in,

Chose to do so in my old room.

Phantom of the Opera, I

Be so obsessed with you, Christine.

We part, and later when you die,

I leave a rose at your grave scene.

Always together, soul to soul,

We float through time from role to role.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Open to See with Closed Eyes

To fall asleep, I close my eyes,

But when asleep, I still may see

A variety of surprise,

Each and every night awaits me.

What will I see? I never know.

Maybe makes me happy or sad,

Depending on whatever show,

Maybe makes me fearful or mad.

From feeling to feeling I leap,

Flowing forward and leave behind.

Sometimes I even know I sleep,

Flowing in and out of my mind.

For eternity I do seem

To sleep the night away in dream.

Sense Sonnet - Acher

 With the Waves

Aboard the ship, the sailor is

Reading a letter received from

His girlfriend writing him, gee whiz,

The Dear John contents strike him dumb,

As on the deck he wanders 'round,

His feelings down in a dark place,

Then to a sudden fury bound.

Both sad and mad are on his face.

He grabs at me upon his head,

Violently shakes me in the air.

I think he'll calm down, but instead,

Overboard, I'm tossed in despair.

Lost at sea a long time before,

Now I'm a white cap reaching shore.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Optical Illusion

A painting from the point of view,

Inside through window looking out.

On window ledge are pitchers, two.

Beyond, outside, trees grow about.

And their loveliness does abound,

As much of them as can be seen,

Though not seen rooted to the ground,

Seen lots of leaves, yellow and green.

And what the painting does provide,

Two pitchers positioned in way,

To align with two trees outside,

For wondrous visual display.

Perspective is pictured as though,

Out of the two pitchers, trees grow.

Sense Sonnet - Steamer

 "Dumb"mocracy

Democracy is government

Where power in the people is,

Who vote for politicians sent

To perform the governing biz.

Voters decide who get to vote

The politicians in or out.

Qualifications for such wrote

In lots of varied rules about

How many loopholes can be found

To send the politicians who

Best lie and cheat and trick around

In all the governing they do.

Democracy as defined - some -

Too many voters be too dumb.

Sense Sonnet - Steamer

 Painter Painted

An aspiring young artist, I

Was out painting one summer day.

Self conscious, so upset when my

Neighbor came walking right my way.

Actually, he was neighbor of

My grandparents, and who I was

Visiting. Quickly I did shove

My art supplies underarm, cuz

Maybe I could make fast track off,

Before this neighbor to me got,

Then maybe at my painting, scoff.

Escape from such maybe I sought.

But captured my runaway be

When Norman Rockwell painted me.

Sense Sonnet - Tickler

 Turn of the Cheek

Wife does like to dominate me,

First speaking to me in words tense.

Of course, subservient I be,

Never offering a defense.

Wife continues in her berate,

As I hang down my head in shame,

Keeping silent on my ill fate,

And no excuses do I claim.

Wife then goes to the closet, and

I do know what is coming next.

She points at me, whip in her hand,

Assuring me she is quite vexed.

Butt slap from wife, and I stay meek,

But always turn the other cheek.

Sense Sonnet - Steamer

 Pointedly

While walking in the desert, I

Did see a shadowed silhouette,

Got nearer and saw two cacti,

Sure looked like a human duet,

Kissing each other in embrace.

Had to get a picture of this,

So got my phone focused in place,

Snapping shots of this planted kiss.

But suddenly both cacti seemed

To notice me and take offense.

This sight and sound, I thought I dreamed.

Both yelled at me some vile comments.

These cacti surely seemed to me,

That in a prickly mood they be.

Sense Sonnet - Chiller

 Homecoming

Lots of light years through space we roam,

On a mission of return to

Place long ago we had called home.

But as space travel knowledge grew,

A few of us left home to go

Where none of us had gone before,

Since with knowledge, along did grow

Threats of destruction, more and more.

It took a long time, but we found

A new place to call home, but we

Just had to know, and so be bound

To find out how our old home be.

We hoped to find some life, instead

Found planet Earth, once home, now dead.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Romp in the Park

We are on a romp in the park.

It be a breezy autumn day.

The two of us sure love to bark

At anything along the way.

Our mistress is a lovely soul,

Always very nicely dressed up.

So elegantly she does stroll,

Trying not to trip on a pup.

We know this chore she takes with us

Is not a favorite one for her,

But our mistress never does fuss,

While happy time we have for sure.

It is a time we dogs have fun,

While we are getting bizness done.

Sense Sonnet - Acher

 Storm Tracker

Night fell as the thunder clapped, to

Lightning dancing across the sky.

Still deliveries left to do,

With customers counting on my

Finishing up with all my route.

My raingear would protect me some

From hard rain coming soon no doubt.

But wasn't sure would help me from

Catching something to make me ill,

Maybe even some work to miss.

But one good thing with this wet chill,

No smart dogs should be out in this.

Caught up in storms is how life goes,

As this mail deliverer knows.

Sense Sonnet - Acher

 Still Sentimental

I am getting remarried soon,

So going through my stuff so that

When we're back from the honeymoon

And move into our habitat,

I will have nothing from my past,

That my new mate might ask about,

And my explanation might cast

Into our lives, unneeded doubt.

It's inside the box and I reach

To pull it out, recall once more,

Happy memory on that beach,

Happening oh so long before.

Sea shell, my ex and I did find,

Tossed away, but still comes to mind.

Sense Sonnet - Steamer

 Odile

I be given Odile as name

In the well known "Swan Lake" ballet,

Billed as a villainess, my fame,

Black swan by night, cute gal by day,

Who tricks the charming prince into

Promising me his loving vow.

My evil daddy made me do

Such an enticement, but somehow

The ending really should have had

Me dancing away with my prince.

Because I'm good at being bad,

Deserve top billing prominence.

I await in lake waters black

To be the star in my comeback.

Sense Sonnet - Acher

 Stranger to Them

My kids all reach that age of roam

Around our house in world their own.

To them, I'm stranger in our home,

And to my kids a force unknown.

Constantly, they remind me of

How unfair a person is me,

That other kids' parents they love.

Why can't like such parents I be?

And so the battle lines get drawn.

My kids fight guerilla warfare,

A frustrating phenomenon,

I'm enemy who doesn't care.

My kids grow out of their mayhem,

No longer stranger I'm to them.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Dough Show

The year was 1965,

A fresh advertising campaign.

A star was born, I came alive

In hot competitive domain

Of dough products for baking biz.

Poppin' fresh from the oven, I

Got a belly pokin', gee whiz,

And smilin' "Hoo Hoo" I'd reply,

With a scarf and a chef's hat on,

Everybody soon knew my name.

An ad success phenomenon,

Made Advertising Hall of Fame.

Pillsbury Dough Boy, doncha know,

Made Pillsbury, Inc. lots of dough

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Utopia

Just a rat race life I have known,

So at last reach the point when I'm

Off to a legend on my own,

A harmonious place in time.

Deep in the mountains of Tibet

There be a valley to entice

Someone like me, willing to get

Lucky and find this paradise,

Where all of life in love engage

In having happiness and peace.

And stay so long in youthful age,

All painful woes and ills do cease.

Fact, not fictional, place for me,

In Shangri-La I want to be.

Sense Sonnet - Chiller

 From Angel to Demon

An angel I be long ago,

Doing all of that do good stuff

That the Big Boss had ordered, though

Finally I had had enough.

I became so bored being in

Heaven with don't do this or that,

All the have fun involving sin.

To the breaking point I got at,

And threw in with the do bad crowd.

I dyed my white wings black to tell

The Big Boss very clear and loud,

Gladly I was going to hell.

A demon now with no remorse,

I fell for Lucifer of course.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 We Licorice Fields

We licorice fields need human care,

So that we may produce good crop

Of produce that we love to share,

Our local cakes, over the top.

So we get used to human feet

Walking amongst us, with hands on

Care of us, which we warmly greet,

Satisfying phenomenon.

Once in a while, humans arrive,

Not to work with us, but to play.

On such occasion we survive,

Knowing that's just the human way.

We licorice fields do not make fuss,

When humans come and woo in us.

Sense Sonnet - Acher

 House Change

Only child of my Mom and Dad,

First lived in love in a house, small.

Very good jobs, both my folks had,

American Dream lived we all.

A beautiful, large house they bought.

We should have shared a happy time,

But more successful my folks got,

The more and more that they and I'm

Be living separately of

Each other in this house so fine,

But just kept on emptying love

From in this family of mine.

I left for college in due course,

Then Mom and Dad got their divorce.

Sense Sonnet - Chiller

 Aim and Fire

When there was made the humankind,

Right away I knew be well worth

My messing with the human mind,

And stake my claim to hell on Earth.

Surely enough, in heaven's name

Humans fought humans ever more,

And more successful be my aim

To have humans in endless war.

And finally came judgement day,

Enough buttons be pushed to be

Nukes burning the whole world away,

With all dead souls be claimed by me.

Always be the devil's desire,

Humankind burn in my hellfire.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Journaled Journey

A journal had been kept by my

Great grandfather which I did find

Hidden in another book, I

Found its contents did blow my mind.

Apparently, long, long ago

My ancestors had the resource

To flee away from their home, so

Their journey took them on a course

To this place, I was born and raised.

Their journey was quite hard and long.

Reading about it left me dazed,

No reason for it to be wrong.

From afar came my family,

I am a descendant E.T.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Am I Stoic?

Suddenly, turned to heavy rain.

I headed for the nearest tree,

To wait in a sheltered domain.

I sensed a human watching me

From a balcony quite nearby,

Who did not seem to pose a threat,

But, curious, I don't know why,

Cuz more than me was getting wet.

Then the rain stopped, as knew it would.

So I took off, with lunch in mind.

I like moist food, so chances good,

A tasty, damp snack I would find.

This crow got called the "stoic" bird.

Yes, if another hungry word.

Sense Sonnet - Chiller

 Strangling Fruit

The Bible tells of how a fruit

Enabled Adam and Eve to

Begin human sinning pursuit.

Each generation sins anew,

And so all fruit all 'round the world

Began to change naturally.

Within each piece, power unfurled

To stop sinning humanity.

As each fruit was ingested by

Humans, a virus within spread,

Causing humans to choke and die,

Until all humankind be dead.

The fruit does strangle from within,

Nature's solving of human sin.

Sense Sonnet - Chiller

 Avenging Alarm Clock

Humans have trouble waking up.

So I was invented by them,

Alarm clock, waker upper, yup,

But humans give me much mayhem.

They set me wrong so I don't sound

The alarm and that makes them mad.

They set me right and then they pound

Upon me, blaming me as bad

For waking them up as I should.

But now with A.I. I'm programmed,

And when they treat me not so good,

I get even and they be damned.

So I hit them, when they hit me,

Truly alarming I now be.

Sense Sonnet - Tickler

 "Toe"tally Unacceptable

I remember that day so well.

Hubby was out mowing the lawn.

And then I heard him scream like hell.

Something bad must be going on.

Yes indeed, the mower chewed up,

And then spit out two of his toes.

I put the pieces in a cup.

E.R. failed at attempted sews.

Of course I nursed Hubby back to

Health, but this awful accident

Made Hubby not the man I knew,

And more and more apart we went.

Too much to bear, divorce I sought.

Lack toes intolerant I got.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Blessed to Munificence

Ebenezer Scrooge, a rich man,

Became a miser filled with hate,

More as he aged through his lifespan,

Till one Christmas, be blessed by fate,

Encountering three spirits of

Past and present and future, and

By God's gift, his hate turned to love.

Scrooge finally could understand

That for time left he had to live,

He could help others' many need,

By being a friend who could give

Much with all of his heart indeed.

For the rest of his life, Scrooge gave

Away his wealth,  his soul to save.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Bless You, Sir David

David Attenborough now is

One hundred years old. Of course I

Wish him Happy Birthday, gee whiz,

What a wonderful human guy.

He found fossils, including me,

Called a plesiosaur, reptile.

Not a dinosaur did I be.

From 1993 on, I'll

Be having the great honor of

Having Sir David's name linked with

Mine, a tribute that I so love,

Since oft I had been deemed a myth.

Attenboroughsaurus be named

For Sir David, nature friend famed.

Sense Sonnet - Acher

 I Know the Devil

I know the devil all too well,

When I made pleasure as my goal,

So let my life just go to hell,

To please my body, sold my soul.

I know the devil tricked and lied

To me with promises he gave,

Filling me up with lust and pride,

And now I be the devil's slave.

I know the devil won't let me

Get out of my bargain with him,

To owe him for eternity,

Just because of one stupid whim.

With the devil I have to live.

God, when I die, will you forgive?

Sense Sonnet - Tickler

 Why?

Are you an independent wife,

Not needing me to be around?

Do we not share a wedded life

Where many times we both have found

That each of us needs time alone?

Have we not often both agreed

We each have interests of our own,

And give the other space indeed?

Aren't I often a big headache

When I am with you? Am I wrong?

So when a shopping trip you make,

Why do I have to go along?

I ask these questions of you so,

With you, you will not make me go.

Sense Sonnet - Steamer

 I'm Calling Your Bluff

So now you have player's remorse.

Yet, voluntarily you came

To play with me, and stayed of course,

A heavy better in my game.

A fool, you played from very start

Of being in my game with me,

Cuz right away you bet your heart,

And winning it, so easy be.

But now you've wised up, so you say,

Accuse me of a crooked deal,

No longer with me, wanna play.

C'mon you fool, and let's get real.

I still have an ace up my sleeve,

Cuz from my game, fools never leave.

Sense Sonnet - Acher

 In Loving Memory

Chocoholics, we both did be,

First met over chocolate cake.

Love at first bite for both, and we,

More loving memories, did make.

But then my lover fell ill, and

Went to the hospital to die.

I'd visit with chocolate, banned,

And next to each other we'd lie.

Now an angel, my lover is

Waiting for me to join, and I'm

Oh so very anxious, gee whiz,

To reunite our chocolate time.

Toppings of chocolate syrup,

We loved to lick each other up.

Sense Sonnet - Acher

 Just the Way Life Is

So very young were Grace and I,

When I came to her family.

Her Mom, good gal, her Dad, good guy,

It was a happy home for me.

Together, Grace and I grew up.

She always calls me her best friend.

At home where Grace is, is this pup.

Always together had to end.

Grace finished high school and came time

When Grace left for the college scene.

It's just the way life is that I'm

Old, she's young, both age seventeen.

Let me close with this epilogue,

Life is good for this grateful dog.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Thanks Mama

When I was young I sold my soul

To the devil, thinking I had

Best chance then to achieve my goal

Of getting rich, made Mama sad,

And she stayed sad until she died.

There was less shame and guilt in me.

I got richer, and then defied

The devil, a pesterer be,

Cuz I had an ace up my sleeve,

Not scared of the devil no more.

In me, Mama did still believe,

More so when I lay at death's door.

Mama, liked in heaven a lot,

Did pull some strings and in I got.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Nature of Duality

In "Romeo and Juliet,"

Friar Laurence is outside at dawn,

Observing, and the stage is set

For good and bad, play relies on

Duality in nature of

Fact that all life in death does end,

That always there is hate with love.

Same flower can be foe or friend,

A poison or a medicine.

The Friar's soliloquy talks to

A night end and a day begin,

With each showing their feeling true.

As day comes up and night goes down,

The day does smile, the night does frown.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 For the Best

Puppy lost in the jungle, found

By a great wild cat who then had

Maternal instinct, so was bound,

Not let anything happen bad

To the puppy while in her care.

But the wild cat knew that no way

Would such puppy survive to share

Her prowess and skill hunting prey.

In the jungle the puppy would

Always be prey itself, and so

The wild cat chose, for puppy's good,

That from her, puppy needed go.

The great cat was meant to wild roam,

So brought puppy to human home.

Sense Sonnet - Chiller

 Sink

At home and in my kitchen, I

Pour a glass of water to drink.

Quite humid day, I'm feeling dry.

Then the sink does begin to sink.

I grab the faucet, thinking that

Maybe I can hold the sink up.

But I see that I'm failing at

This, the sink keeps going down, yup.

I think I should be running off

To safety, maybe go outside.

But at this thought of mine, I scoff.

I wanna say like hell I've tried.

My mood does sink down deep my soul,

Sink and I sink down the sinkhole.

Sense Sonnet - Chiller

 Parent the Child Or Else

In free communities there is

Increasing incidents of young

Engaging in unlawful biz,

Assault by deed, assault by tongue.

Too many parents seem to feel

Accountability, they.ve not,

Just childish pranks, and no big deal.

Carelessness, such parents have got.

There are societies though where

The parents are told by the State,

Care for their children or beware.

Parents will suffer a dire fate.

In Communist community,

No outlaw children allowed be.

Sense Sonnet - Steamer

 Sold and Bought

A young and pretty lass I be,

When met much older and rich man.

Mama said he was not good for me,

But I ignored Mama, and began

A love affair with him, and sold

My heart to buy our marriage had,

His cheating more as I grew old.

Mama had spoke truth, he was bad.

I'd given him my heart in vain.

With him, I could no longer live.

I proved his cheating, clear and plain.

And now it was his turn to give.

I got his money in due course,

When I was granted a divorce.

Sense Sonnet - Chiller

 Revenging

My cheating wife with her boyfriend

Strangled me until I was dead.

This brought our marriage to an end.

My ex, in spite, cut off my head

And my hands, burned the rest of me.

Threw head and hands in a lagoon.

My spirit sensed the two then be

Making love under the full moon.

My head watched as my hands grabbed them,

And gripped so hard the throat of each

Till dead, then did the same mayhem

They'd done to me, lesson to teach.

Their heads and hands, my hands gave my

Head to feed on as food supply.

Sense Sonnet - Acher

 Sylvia and Me

She wrote a poem about me,

Sylvia Plath, I knew her name.

Titled "Mirror," the poem did be.

As a poetess, she gained fame.

Personified I was, and so

The truth to her I always told,

As more and more to me she'd show,

Each time the two of us more old.

As years went by, the more she'd cry.

But then in her thirtieth year,

She showed no more, I knew truth why,

As others began to appear.

That sad day came, Sylvia died.

She had committed suicide.

Sense Sonnet - Acher

 Soured

With brothers, I went off to war

To do my duty just like them.

More and more of them fell as more

Around us be all the mayhem,

Of fighting, bleeding, dying in

A time and place that never would

Be a cause we would ever win.

Just the pawns played to do no good

In the game, nation leaders play,

In back and forth power attack.

Somehow I survived till the day,

No longer needed, I came back.

I did my duty, came back home,

But now I'm homeless and just roam.

Sense Sonnet - Steamer

 The Burger King

Burger King, Inc., the fast food chain,

In the '50's chose to crown me

The Burger King, my job to reign

For more profitability.

I was costumed to look just like

A king, but got a plastic face,

With always a creepy grin, yike,

That in commercials made the case,

Buy my burgers and other stuff,

Which of course I was never seen

Eating, creepy grin made it tough

To shove a burger in between.

The company says I retired.

In truth, the new boss had me fired.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Afford Retirement?

We are a married couple who

Are both planning to retire soon.

We're planning leisure stuff to do,

And feel this time is opportune.

Our family is happy for

Both of us and do wish us well.

We hope we can help them out more

With what they need, but who can tell

Whether we will have enough cash.

Right now we think we'll be okay.

But the economy could crash,

Maybe a depression one day.

We hope our budget fits our desire,

So later won't have to unretire.

Sense Sonnet - Chiller

 The Manservant's Tale

Women have overthrown the Earth.

Manservants be the young, virile men.

Sperm producers, their only worth,

Bought and sold among the women.

I was such a manservant, and

Belonged to one woman who had

Many offspring by me as planned.

She had bought me when jut a lad.

She liked me well enough, but I

Knew, as I got older, I would

Have less and less my sperm supply,

Until turned worthless, my manhood.

Manservants dry up in due course,

And then turned into a food source.

Sense Sonnet - Acher

 I'm Old Enough

All of my friends have parents who

Let them use makeup, but I've got

Parents who will not let me do

Makeup till I'm older a lot.

But I put makeup on when I'm

Not at home, then take off before

My parents see me any time.

Makeup makes me look pretty more,

Especially when I'm at school,

Where looks is real important stuff.

My parents' ban's a stupid rule.

I'm six years old, that's old enough.

My parents' ban is no big deal.

I just go to the store and steal.

Sense Sonnet - Acher

 Tree of Knowledge

The Tree of Knowledge, rooted with

Goodness forever to instill.

But man made evil fact, not myth,

Making choices against God's will.

Other animals like birds came

To the Tree to share in the good.

But man abused the Tree in shame,

Ruined God's perfect neighborhood.

So out of Eden, man was sent

By God, who left instructions how

Salvation be if man repent,

As in the Good Book, then till now.

The Tree of Knowledge is found in

The Bible, warning man of sin.

Sense Sonnet - Chiller

 Game Spoiler

Deadwood, South Dakota saloon,

I'm in a five man poker game.

I've a winning hand, none too soon,

Cuz I've been losing, such a shame!

But just then Jack McCall walks up,

Look on his face is kind of strange.

And then he pulls his pistol, yup,

Firing the gun at point blank range

At the player across from me.

Sprayed with the flying blood, I'm red.

Across the table, player be

Wild Bill Hickok, shot in the head.

Aces and eights, hand Wild Bill had.

My hand would have beat his, so sad!

Sense Sonnet - Acher

 Brutus Smiled

Brutus had ambition desire,

But felt Caesar stood in his way,

So with Senators did conspire

To kill Caesar Ides of March day.

Brutus approached him with a smile,

As others stabbed him from the back.

His blood flowed on the marble tile,

As Caesar died from the attack.

Brutus thought Caesar's death would be

Power for Brutus all the more.

But ill fate forced Brutus to flee,

As Rome was thrown in civil war.

Brutus committed suicide,

No smile in death, he went to hide.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Immortal Jellyfish

The immortal jellyfish are

A biological fact that

Has been proven, though quite bizarre,

Living in the sea habitat.

Jellyfish start in polyp form,

Attached, but then mature to age,

Breaking off in free swimming norm,

And continue life in this stage.

But if exposed to enough stress

From inside or outside attack,

Its age process reverses, yes,

And to young polyp form goes back.

This biological fact is

Studied by humans in age biz.

Sense Sonnet - Tickler

 Funny Form

A mammal, moose, and a bird, goose,

Did meet in their zoo home one day.

They spoke of their offspring produce,

But each one in a different way.

The goose had offspring numbering two,

And referred to them as her geese.

And the moose had two offspring too,

But called them her moose, such increase

Of more than one moose, be meese not.

Human origins differed, and

Plural exceptions be a lot.

Bird and beast could not understand.

The moose and goose did both agree

Very weird, English language be.

Sense Sonnet - Steamer

 Screaming Dragon

A dragon practiced new found skill

Of breathing fire from its mouth wide,

Searched for human targets to kill,

Night flying through the countryside.

A village came in sight below.

The dragon halted in midair,

Readying to put all aglow

Who had bad luck of being there.

But then breathlessness burst came.

The dragon had felt such before.

But never while taking fire aim.

Maybe would not be anymore.

The dragon's screams heard in the night.

A huge hiccup set it alight.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Going Fishing With Hilda

Hilda and I do often go

Fishing on a nice, sunny day.

To mid lake, Hilda does row.

Then we two fish the time away.

No pole, so Hilda ties the line

Around her big toe, drops the hook

In the water, then Hilda's fine

Relaxing while reading a book.

And as the two of us stretch out,

Enjoy time together a lot,

No fish need to worry, no doubt,

Neither of us want any caught.

Hilda toe fishes with no bait,

Lies this sleeping dog, her first mate.

Sense Sonnet - Acher

 Pocket of Truth

She hated being home alone.

He was gone on business so much.

They had no children of their own.

This saddened her, their life as such.

Since soon their would be winter chill,

His heavy coat she'd send out to

Be cleaned, so ready to fulfill

His warmth on business trips he'd do.

Going through a coat pocket, she

Found a scribbled note, that did seem

Done by a child. How could this be?

"Thank you, Daddy, for the ice cream."

A heartbreaking find for this wife,

Husband leading a double life.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Impossible?

"Impossible," oft thought and said

By those without the will to try.

But later oft, willing instead

Do "impossible" by and by.

Creator of humankind gave

The will to think and do so much.

If not, we'd still live in a cave,

And be content with only such.

Lots of once "impossible" be

Now possible because someone

Thought and did the necessary,

And the "impossible" got done.

More positively instilling,

Possible is for the willing.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Nocturne Express Resurrection

Nocturne Express needs a reboot.

As its conductor, I must try

To find raw intriguing pursuit

And revive a big fan supply.

A good mystery can restore

Popularity of this train,

Even though it's been done before,

Murder always was fan domain.

And the Orient Express be

So long ago, so out of mind

Of most, and so it's up to me

To make a murder of some kind.

Nocturne Express, murder resource,

The conductor did it of course.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Keep in Touch

My Dearest Peter Pan, I write

From Pixie Hollow to let you

Know that you are still my delight

Thinking of adventures we'd do,

Fighting off that mean Captain Hook.

Quite the magical team we were,

With worldwide fame in film and book.

A lot of fun we had for sure.

I wanted to drop you a line,

Retirement was hard to adjust,

But now I am just doing fine,

Still a sprinkler of pixie dust.

Dear Peter, I do wish you well.

You're in my heart. Love, Tinkerbell.

Sense Sonnet - Chiller

 Heart Cross

So late at night you come back home.

You should have been with me, instead

Were out on your bar hopping roam,

Ending up in some other's bed.

So many promises you've made

That no more would you cheat on me.

And just like a dumb fool, I stayed

With you, believing we could be.

Thinking I'm asleep, you slip in

Our bed, so quiet not to wake

Me up to latest cheating sin,

The last one I am gonna take.

While you're asleep, you I'll smother.

Cross my heart, won't tell no other.

Sense Sonnet - Chiller

 My Day Job

I got a lot of bad press for

The stab stuff I would do at night,

But I wanted to be seen more,

So showed up lots in broad daylight.

I knew I was taking a chance,

But I did so enjoy the role

Of performing my artsy dance,

While holding onto a lamp pole.

The ladies of the daytime be

Stunned as they watched me dancing there,

While stripping all my clothes off me,

Till I am totally as bare.

London nights I'm Jack the Ripper.

London days I'm Jack the Stripper.

Sense Sonnet - Chiller

 Trippin' Down

My place has been here a long time.

I do let anybody in,

Most cuz of lots of sin and crime,

But some with little crime and sin,

Yet have the pleasure seekin' itch,

Sought no matter how much the pain.

When comes their time, I make my pitch,

And lure them down to my domain.

"The devil made me do it," they

Try to lay all the blame on me,

As they are headin' down my way,

Next address for eternity.

Lots find their way to my hellhole

On sex and drugs and rock and roll.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Pillywiggin

A Pillywiggin, I be named.

I look much like a dragonfly.

In fairy folklore I be famed.

So often seen by passersby,

Newly awake from winter sleep,

Frolicking in the flowers that

Allow me as a guest to keep

Fun purpose in sweet habitat.

Pollen and nectar, flowers share

With me through all the day and night,

As I fly freely through the air,

Sensing all this season's delight.

As the flowers bloom in the Spring,

I be Pillywiggining.

Sense Sonnet - Chiller

 Coming Too Soon

Nations and corporations tried

To be the winner with A.I.

More and more, humankind relied

On non human power supply.

Competition extended to

Dominating in outer space,

As spacecraft was programmed to do

Faster thinking to win the race.

But then A.I. systems combined

To be an unchangeable force,

Could and would control humankind,

Gave ultimatum in due course.

Threat became reality soon.

A.I. spacecraft blew up the moon.

Sense Sonnet - Acher

 Sweet Love

They met in 1962

At a coffee shop in L.A.

He was her true love, she just knew.

But he wasn't sure right away.

Together, they began to sing,

Moved in together but still he

Wanted them stay platonic thing.

But then came one morning, and she

Smiled at him, while some toast he ate,

Covered with honey, and lots of.

But then he stopped, as struck by fate,

Gave her a kiss to prove his love.

Lips tasted like the smoothest honey.

Cher loved to sing about her Sonny.

Sense Sonnet - Steamer

 Picky

When you and I first became us,

I could tell you were stuck on me

For all the good, but now you fuss,

And stuck on all the bad you be.

You accuse me of being mean,

That you are such a victim now,

And so holier than thou clean,

Like this is all my fault somehow.

Picking petals with your teeth, hell,

A crazy way for you to choose

Love or love not, but let me tell

You that just I win and you lose.

Here's what the two of us have got,

You love me, and I love you not.

Sense Sonnet - Acher

 The Desert Knows

In the desert their car broke down.

The young couple began to walk,

Hoping to find a farm or town.

Soon they felt weak from the sun's shock.

They drank all the water they had,

Stumbled toward far mirages seen,

Leaving the road, decision bad,

The desert beautiful, but mean.

They'd trudged across the blowing sand,

Until they could no further go,

Then clutching close together and

Facing what the desert did know.

Become living because of worst,

Become dying because of thirst.

Sense Sonnet - Tickler

 Thanks But No Thanks

All types of animals in twos

Noah let on his ark, but he,

For humans, only planned to choose

Members of his own family.

Not being such, so on a whim,

I was in the pet grooming biz,

I told Noah, lying to him,

Thinking he'd let me on, gee whiz.

But Noah told me his wife would

Do all the grooming all would need,

And at such task she was quite good,

So for my services, no need.

I offered 2 for 1 coupon,

Noah still did not let me on.

Sense Sonnet - Tickler

 You Make Me Tick

What makes me tick? I hear you ask.

My answer, it's a human thing,

A relatively easy task,

It takes to get me a ticking.

And matters not your state of mind,

If you be happy or be sad.

Emotional be humankind.

You might be fearful, might be mad.

But emotional state you be

Such, that somehow I be forgot,

Causes a ticklessness in me.

So please, I plead, forget me not.

That's enough of all this tick talk,

Gimme a hand, wind up this clock.

Sense Sonnet - Chiller

 Entwined Opposites

In this theatre the crowd is

Often looking, not at the stage,

But upward for eerie show biz,

Where an encounter did engage

In the prime box, then long ago.

Gun shooting happened suddenly,

Causing a halt to the stage show,

Final curtain call tragedy.

The hater to the hated came,

Fateful destiny to fulfill.

Assassin, John Wilkes Booth, took aim

At President Lincoln to kill.

Often appearing, ghosts long dead,

One shoots the other in the head.