Old people are like children
Determined, obstinate, daring
Dogged, suspicious
What is there to lose?
The eternal spring of self
And self-delusion
In value of time
Life is still a playground
Why not romp and play
And let the devil
Hang... – by Arthur Weil | 8 Views added 2 years ago
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Sadly, today’s luncheon speaker
Not an information “leaker”
Rattles, reads in monotone
Boring, dry, I can but moan
Reviewers, orators, those who teach
Please, do not just read your speech
Give a forceful intro, gesture, and postulate
Be... – by Arthur Weil | 5 Views added 2 years ago
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From the time I wake
I perform;
What clothes to wear?
Which words to use?
And which to avoid?
Who directs?
What guides the following buzz?
Questions unanswered…
Just a moment!
I reflect, I am amazed
More thoughts bombard my days
Never... – by Arthur Weil | 9 Views added 2 years ago
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All fingers in the chorus point at me
I can't read a single note, you see
I love the music, and can kind of sing
A rich basso voice to chorus bring
Alto, not tenor voice or bass
The echo signifies, pitch in right place?
Brass vocal bark, no... – by Arthur Weil | 6 Views added 2 years ago
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If you can still see
The vast panorama
Like an artist's pallet of colors
All the hues of green, browns and blue
An overwhelming endless canvas
Of brooks, trees, meadows
All meeting the aqua blue unending sky
An open vista of dazzling colors
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A good show can never last too long,
Be it bloody drama or siren song,
Or ninth inning of a tied game,
Or fourth quarter score all the same,
Or good loving, passionate, intense,
Or an unexpected romp that does not make sense.
All this is to... – by Arthur Weil | 6 Views added 2 years ago
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A thousand nerve fibers
Transmit to my inner ear
Absorb the soft sound
Musical, melodious, dear
Shuffle my feelings
Make my heart pound
Like musical food
I, human, lucky to receive
To transcend – the beat, the rhythm
Translate – the joy,... – by Arthur Weil | 22 Views added 2 years ago
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I thrill at the dim painting's reflection
Cezanne, Monet, Degas, Van Gogh and turn to observe
The fantastic oils, their colorful brush strokes
That adorn the walls of the world's galleries
Each to the beholder; the skilled, educated, artist
I... – by Arthur Weil | 7 Views added 2 years ago
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Ingredients should have a touch of love
Make a brilliant mixture
With blessings from above
In every heart this feeling should be a fixture
The dish is rich and so inviting,
Tantalizing nerves and senses
Taste buds and tongue, it’s so exciting
... – by Arthur Weil | 4 Views added 2 years ago
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So if you like it now
Will you like it later?
How much?
And as a signal in the brain says
“I like it,
I like it,
I like it”
I trip and fall
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My toast is seared
Begs to be devoured
Fruit of the earth
Aromatic, brown grains
Crusty, uneven
Spread light butter
Best with sweet, chunky strawberry jam
Savor each bite upon bite
Toasty, texture over tongue
The total taste
Teased flavor... – by Arthur Weil | 1 View added 2 years ago
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I don't live in a tent
Part of the everyday 99%
But in my heart I too occupy
Perturbed, precarious nation
Leaders ambivalent and anti-compromise
Poor school children denied
Welfare women restricted
Diminished services for sick and elderly
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Kiss luscious lips, her face
Close arms cuddled, great embrace
A fervent missile filled with grace
Love each limb
Instant amour at a whim
Romantic, lights now dim
Tender touch
Squeeze each notch
Love so much
Meals share
Salad pear
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Frigid, frightened, he skirted
Away from she who flirted
And like an octopus embraced
Him, spinning his equilibrium laced
What once was a strong position
Now awkward, much indecision
Like frightened mouse or grouse
He'd rather hide in corner... – by Arthur Weil | 5 Views added 2 years ago
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Come to me lover
Beauty of my daring dream
Soothing angelic voice part of our team
Rings of eternal bliss
Come to me lover
Cheeks, neck, ear, gently does engage
Touch of a rhapsody composed by a sage
To tantalize, evoke that magical thrill
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The slut
In the rut
Kept a little mutt
Sold her wares
To any who cares
Took guts
Answers to other sluts
While flesh she bares
Overdose ended all... – by Arthur Weil | 5 Views added 2 years ago
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Censure much
But the prurient, sexual aberration
Mind blowing
Dreams cheat just a bit
Can’t be all straight and proper
There is excitement
Prisoner of infatuation
Body over mind
The risk of life
But not on the edge, tumbling... – by Arthur Weil | 1 View added 2 years ago
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Stop it!
I told my mind
So constantly overwhelmed by her
Thoughts, feelings,
Inflicted on me
As if all is doped
Foraging in dreamland for her
As if
Two warm-blooded lovers together
When, in truth, we are really far apart
Even when I... – by Arthur Weil | 10 Views added 2 years ago
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I stiffen at the gory thought
Cadaver to the morgue was brought
Two deadly bullet holes the cause
Angry shooter wouldn't pause
To mob some silly debt not paid
Send him to sweet St. Peter's gate!
His kids now victims, orphans innocent
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I cross his name out
Erased
A gangster’s mark
To wipe him out
Waste him,
Kill him
Away
He is my antagonist
Competitor, nemesis
Danger
It’s either him
Or me
The blood runs deep
I cross out
His name
That’s the dead end.
No remorse.
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Man censures
Woman corrects
Government restricts
Bombarded by warnings
“Keep Off…”
Always restrictions
Too many
Beaten into mental submission
I think it I know it
Why can't I say it
The art of convention
I hate it!
Speak, speak
Let me... – by Arthur Weil | 3 Views added 2 years ago
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Baiting waiting
Waiting baiting
Frustrations
She slow, slow munches last bite
I waited long to her delight
And with deliberate coy
Lets me wait, plays me as a toy
So self-centered
Never entered
That active me
Buzz like a bee
Instead, slow... – by Arthur Weil | 3 Views added 2 years ago
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Did you know him?
Thus murmurs falsehood, untruths passed on
Devastating – so unnecessary
Reverberates, reflects upon the characters
Eats into flesh, beneath the skin
Ignominiously harmed
Scarred by untruths
Of liar covers the innocent victim... – by Arthur Weil | 1 View added 2 years ago
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The sperm and egg unite
The chromosomes and genes just right
The miracle of growth inside
To light of day born just so right
You are that special creature
Every dimple, smile and feature
Passed on for centuries at each station
By ancestral... – by Arthur Weil | 6 Views added 2 years ago
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Show me the pictures
Impressions deep
Focus and perspective
Right angles, shades
Christ, Moses, Buddha
Or cumulus clouds licking the sky
The two-year-old twirling toddler
The worn face of a purple-hatted old lady
The smashed car
In front... – by Arthur Weil | 3 Views added 2 years ago
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I wish I were twenty-five again
I'd hold the umbrella and stop the rain
And shelter you and hold you close
And kiss your lips and the tip of your nose
I would whisk you off to shores unheard
To pinnacles and jungles, see the prettiest bird
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In tempting youth we dare
Investigate; tease the lion’s lair
And if his paws do mangle,
Bruise
Gamble that our heads we may lose
It’s ours to taste and test it all
Invincible; get up after each fall
So much to see, to smell, experiment
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No brainer
Get a trainer
Life sustainer
Diet Riot
Fly it
Stretch
Wrench
Quench
Exercise
Try on for size
Muscles tender surprise
Once well rounded
Pummeled and pounded
Hundred per cent all out astounded
Love, friend
May it never end
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I wonder about the color of my eyebrows
Once brown, long lashed,
Now the silvery intrusion
Reflects my age
Blood vessels feed my dark-brown hair roots
The body's chemical compounds
Strands dark brown or silver
Is it just my eye brows, my eye... – by Arthur Weil | 3 Views added 2 years ago
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My mother gave me values
Honesty, respect, diligence
But the other 99% I have
To learn everyday the hard... – by Arthur Weil | 23 Views added 2 years ago
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