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we need not fight

but sometimes we chide and throw shade and diss

which are microfights

subfights

slight fights

slights

..

we need not curse

but jeeminy crickets do we euphemise

and there are even schisms

in our euphemisms

..

still

life

beckons

we have days that are nice

a dais spiced with mischief

and daisies shifting in a breeze

suitable for a bucolic frieze

zephyr-shifted

in that slight wind

on our slightly-tilted earth

with a yellow dwarf of a sun

convecting our splendiferous atmosphere

beguiling us to preening

as we’re here

to the memory of richard armour

a sip may not slaketh the thirst of a throat

but wetteth a dry curiosity

and maketh experience larger than mote

and braketh a wee adiposity.

..

and shouldst ye partaketh in spirited drink

whilst feeling inherently frisky,

forsaketh the gulp for a sip as you blink

for methinks it becometh less risky.

Into the First World/I at birth was hurled/And 70 years on/I still try to have fon

So I oft ambulize/To my neighborhood Fry’s/And get goodmealed and juiced/With some prices reduced

As music by Getz swells/I purchase soft pretzels/The better to yum us/When dipped in fresh hummus

Pour Santé sans Malade/I buy Taco Salad/And cheap with no bilk/One gallon whole milk

If I was younger and more lusty

I’d notice the cashier is busty

But since I am a burned-out geezer

I make eye contact hope to ease her

Quick stride cannot linger/ Right hand trigger finger/That totes weighty parcel/So home or this farce’ll/May well come to grief/Ah I’m home now. Relief!!