Archive for August, 2005

Help Wanted (Not Just Poetry)

Although I still narrate in rhyme
Listen up, there’s more this time
In two weeks I will leave the state
And then two more my job will wait
I’ll try to leave my work completely
On auto pilot, so they won’t need me
But such a statement leaves most laugin’
For we all know that shit does happen
So if you know a [...]

My Baby Can(’t) Do Math

Precious B must take a test
It’s curdling her tummy
The state says she must take the thing
To prove she ain’t no dummy
She thinks she sucks at math, but I
Know damn well that’s a lie
So wish her luck, for in two hours
The pencil lead will fly

DVF

Always wished I could.
Never thought I’d see any.
Darth Vader Farmers.

Critical Condition

Our giant new pavillion
Landed about a million
Miles from where it was assembled
Most parts, by percentage,
Are free from break-or-bendage,
But for some it’s not so simple.
Some poles look like a “U”,
And one is cut in two.
The former’s a cinch, the latter a hitch.
So today I’ll catalog
The damaged Lincoln Logs
And call the guys who machined the bitch.

If Only It Had Landed On A Witch

Rob brought me the news last night.
In the storm our big tent took flight.
Though staked to the ground,
it flew all around.
We’ll survey the damage tonight.
As confessed on a friend’s famous feature,
at heart I’m a scroogely ol’ creature.
When money’s concerned,
and especially when burned,
If I find I’ve been wronged, I’ll beat ya.
But currently I’m in quite a [...]

The Morning Is For Me, Not You

This morning my brother’s keys were lost.
With the racket he made, I turned and tossed.
When he gave up and just started playing some game
I gave up on sleeping through “click clack” so lame.
It’s only just hit me how much work remains
To make this house look like its dwellers are sane.
At present the home looks destroyed [...]

Working From Home

At home and away from annoying bustas
i’m free to attempt to build Debian clustas.
But just when I think I’ve got Grid Engine beat,
Sun brings me a warm bowl of crow to eat.
The guy who installed named at my office?
Must have been dumb and completely drunk off his
ass before he typed his first ./configure.
I hope he [...]

So I’ll feel accomplished and not overloaded, though in realtiy I’m neither

As stated in previous text,
I’ve withered this News with neglect.
So to kindle my interest,
and hopefully yours,
I’ve concocted a silly project.
My problem is temporal and fake:
I’m tied up for my checkwriter’s sake.
So I’ll fix a fake problem
with a just-as-fake answer:
I’ll narrate in verse and not flake.
“That’s counterintuitive,” you chime.
“You’ve no chance to write prose, but you’ll [...]

Late But Important

It’s come to my attention
that I’ve failed to mention
an affair that you won’t want to miss
I’d give you specifics,
but I’m not so prolific,
so just get them from the hottie I kiss.

Yer, but, no, but, yer…

Doesn’t anyone else think that the girl in the illustration for this wonderful product looks like Vicky Pollard from L’il Britain?




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