Sense Sonnet - Acher

 Roller Coaster Ride

Younger, through my life I did climb,

Using all for a stepping stone,

Making sure that all of my time

Was getting good stuff I could own.

But came my time when using all

Took me as high as I would go.

I stopped and then began to fall

From oh so high to oh so low.

All of them I had used before,

Of course be no longer around.

Nobody cared 'bout me no more,

As to my finish I be bound.

Relief I felt, moment I died,

Done with this life, helluva ride.

Sense Sonnet - Acher

 Her Last Pair

When she first encountered us, she

Loved us so much, she took a lot

Of us, so always around be

Us for looks and comfort she sought.

Though she'd taken us by the gob,

We did our duty, two by two,

Each retired when done with the job.

Rest of us continued to do

Best of service we could for her,

As all the many years went by.

Then she fell ill, we all knew sure,

As did all humans, she did die.

Off to heaven, and she does wear

Us shoes for the trip, her last pair.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Socrates' Gossip Test

Socrates, Greek philosopher,

Disliked that any gossip be,

So to avoid gossip for sure,

Socrates gave a test of three.

Don't gossip if such not be true.

Don't gossip if such not be good.

Don't gossip if not useful to

Whomever's told the gossiphood.

So before a gossip be told

To Socrates, he'd give this test,

And stop any gossiper cold,

Be heard at Socrates' behest.

Thus, Socrates never found out

His wife cheated on him no doubt.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Roof Top Therapy

Hubby is a really good man,

Cares for our family quite well.

We've enjoyed a happy lifespan.

Inside our happy home we dwell.

Hubby has his own special place

Where he does sometimes like to go

To get away from the rat race.

I listen to him from below.

Hubby goes up on the roof to

Play music, easing mind and soul.

He comes back down when such does do

The accomplishing of his goal.

My Fiddler on the roof, Hubby

Fiddles till happy he does be.

Sense Sonnet - Chiller

 Sticky

Stick season when tree leaves are gone,

And winter snow has not yet fell,

A lonely time phenomenon.

You went away, I went to hell.

Now, bottle of booze a day, I'm

Sticking with as my only friend.

You now, just once upon a time,

And we came to  unhappy end.

They finally came and questioned me.

When was the last time I saw you?

And they broke me down finally,

When I confessed what I did do.

I took them into the sticks where

They dug you up, I'd buried there.

Sense Sonnet - Tickler

 Point to Joint

When laser pointers came around,

It soon became apparent that

A play with puss toy had been found.

Chasing the light point be the cat,

Oh how frustrating it would be

For the light point never get caught,

As the cat tries furiously,

But never could grip on. Why not?

In Gotham City, to fight crime,

The laser pointer deemed good tool

By Batman and Robin o'er time

Used on Catwoman, always fool.

That's how Batman and Robin catch

Catwoman as she tries to snatch.

Sense Sonnet - Acher

 Truth Be ...!

Often the truth is hard to tell

By me, because it's easy to

Let lots of lies inside me dwell,

Controlling what I think and do.

When something that I hear or read

Is what I want to read or hear,

Then that becomes my truth indeed.

But when as lie such does appear,

And maybe change my mind I should,

I'll weigh as truth or lie to find

Which one I feel does me most good,

And that is one I'll keep in mind.

Truth, a hero or villain be,

Depends on how truth impacts me.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Hard Rule for Me

Wedding invitations, I get

A lot, but very few attend.

No one ever seems too upset.

Best wishes I normally send.

We girls have form of Golden Rule,

Dress right, but don't out dress the bride.

Unfortunately, I'm one who'll

Never be sure that I've complied.

For when to a wedding I must

Attend, I always dress my way

Of style and grace and poise, and trust,

The bride I do not out display.

When I attend a wedding scene,

I'm scrutinized, I am the Queen.

Sense Sonnet - Chiller

 Come Play With Me

Come little children, play with me.

I can be your favorite toy.

So many happy times can be,

Exploring all my world of joy.

The more you play with me, the more

You will become so sure that I'm

Very best playmate to have for

Having the most fun all the time.

Playing with me, you children will

Not want to leave me very long.

Hour after hour we'll fill.

I am your best friend, true and strong.

More fun playtime with me to keep.

Mommy and Daddy are asleep.

Sense Sonnet - Chiller

 Kobold

I am kobold of my household,

The house I've lived in centuries,

So be a spirit very old,

And haunted many families.

But each family should know that

I need to be treated right, or

I do punish the habitat,

And that family is no more.

Mistreat me once, a warning I

Do write upon a wall to them.

Most families learn, I can guess why.

Mistreat me twice, does bring mayhem.

Twice, naughty family tease me,

Chopped into pieces, then they be.

Sense Sonnet - Acher

 Communism in U.S.A.

Communism as an ideal

Sounds good as way to control greed.

But when it has been tried for real,

Dictatorships do rule indeed.

Since Communism came about,

Always around to some degree.

In the U.S., malcontents tout

As how We the People should be.

Today such threat is spreading more

Like an epidemic disease

To take us over without war,

And ruled by Communist Chinese.

Communism is U.S.A.,

Nightmare that never goes away.

Sense Sonnet - Acher

 "Now"

"Live in the now" so often heard,

Don't live in past or future time.

But "now" for me, a tricky word.

Not sure for long in "now" I'm

Supposed to be, until time is

Moved on from the "now" to the next.

Be second, a day, how long? Gee whiz!

In each "now" I'm always perplexed.

Of course, whenever "now" is bad

For me, I want out of it quick.

But when my "now' is good, I'm glad

To stay and just let the clock tick.

Then "after" comes, this "now" is more

Just a pile of my life before.

Sense Sonnet - Steamer

 Edge to Predict

Cryptocurrencies, hit or miss,

Little investors never know,

At the mercy of that or this,

And most just have lesser to show.

Of course insider trading is

Normally an illegal act,

But there be loopholes in the biz.

Some insiders profit as fact.

Government decisions be made

Affecting crypto. Buy or dump?

Top decision maker can trade,

Make loads of profits, just like Trump.

Golden Rule variant oft told,

Who makes the rules does make the gold.

Sense Sonnet - Tickler

 Trunk Time

The elephant was hungry for

Peanuts, and so walked 'round until,

Found a vending machine with store

Of lots of peanuts to fulfill

The elephant's hunger craving,

But the elephant was without

Money, so required some knaving

To get all those peanuts, no doubt.

And so the elephant's trunk goes

Sliding in the vending machine,

Through the drop down, just like a hose,

Done many times, and so routine.

Elephants never forget be why

Vending machine be sucked peanut dry.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Flight Plan

When I was young, I could not wait

To grow up and do adult stuff.

But seemed like I was always late

To do and never did enough.

Older I got, faster time flew.

Why did time have to fly so fast?

Some adult stuff I'd never do,

As more and more by me just passed.

So now an old adult I be,

And wiser about what I do.

A lot of love's been gifted me,

Most important in me, that grew.

Along with time I now just fly,

Until my time to crash and die.

Sense Sonnet - Acher

 Confession

A good Catholic Mom I do be,

Tried to teach my son good, not bad,

But a disappointment for me,

He turned out, and makes me so sad.

Lying a lot, success to win,

At last I had all I could take,

But felt I committed a sin.

So a confession I did make,

To my son in moment of stress,

I beat him badly, black and blue.

The priest told me I did confess

Not to sin but good deed to do.

No sin to do what I had done,

Beating up a politician.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 My Pledge of Allegiance

The flag of the U.S.A., I've

Been proud and grateful to call mine.

Always feel lucky I'm alive

In a nation blessed by divine

To make freedom and justice real.

Yes, We the People sometimes err,

But make progress toward the ideal,

American Dream all can share.

Under this flag, we can prove worth

That allegiance is not in vain.

We stay greatest nation on Earth,

If free and just goals do remain.

I pledge allegiance every day

To the flag of the U.S.A.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Taiga

The taiga, a vast forest in

Subarctic northern regions, cold,

Mostly evergreens of thick skin,

And strong roots able to take hold

In the soil, which often does freeze,

With few nutrients therein found,

But enough for evergreen trees

To survive and to hold their ground.

When permafrost in the soil thaws,

Taiga forests can appear drunk,

Leaning in staggered ways, because

Unfreezing ground around has sunk.

So taiga soil does cause to be

Lots of timber to lean tipsy.

Sense Sonnet - Chiller

 Out Mastering

Evolvement of the human mind,

Now all that's known in such supply,

All best, all worst of humankind,

Being programmed into A.I.,

Which is accelerating so,

Often at odds with human goal.

If not now, soon, A.I. will know

How from humans to take control.

Of course, humans are trying to

Leash the Frankenstein monster, but

Whatever tie ups humans do,

A.I. knows how to get them cut.

Human friction, A.I. will learn

To make humankind crash and burn.

Sense Sonnet - Chiller

 Help Myself Survive

Aboard a cruise ship, a bit drunk,

Leaned on the railing, but did slip

Over the side, and went kerplunk

Into the ocean by the ship.

Treading water, "Help" I did yell,

As the ship slowly sailed away.

Had I been heard? I could not tell.

Hope for rescue, I had to pray.

Sobered up and clear thinking now,

The strength in me I had to find,

To stay optimistic somehow,

Keep faith both in body and mind.

My greatest waiting threat, I knew,

Panic, my killing, waiting to.