New Years Resolution - Whatever!

Every December 31st

I think about why people celebrate

why does a man created day

another "X" on the Buff Fireman Calendar

hey...did you see "July's beefcake"

oh, I regress

but really he makes you want to do things

that don't meld with your

squeaky clean impression footprint

but

December 31st

you mark as a new beginning

a hope for something that you didn't think about

the other 355 days of the year

seriously...you are what you are

and the only thing

each morning sunrise will bring

is opportunity

for what?

Whatever....

Whatever is my favorite response

I can say it with snark

and a well placed roll of my green eyes

but then I believe that

satire is the ultimate form of getting a point across

if you can't be snarky

then let me tell you about "Mr. July Fireman"

which leads me to sexual harassment

the #MeToo of 2017

it isn't above sex because sex is fun

it is about imposition

of yourself upon someone who is afraid

to say no

"Whatever"

Whatever is the purpose of thinking

January 1st is a do-over

Do-over is retaining all your experience

all of your knowledge

and going back to the age of sixteen

and making better choices

I am a quiet feminist

it is curled up in front of the fire of my soul

I don't really think men are dumb

just that women are smarter

but again I regress

I make no lists for the new year

that I don't make every day of the year

and usually don't follow through

so I must assume

that I don't have the fortitude to stick

to my list

in 2018 whatever shall I do

a better me

Me is already the best it can be

that's been proven for as long as I have walked

this earth

I change, I take chances, I stand up for what I believe

I am passionate with a cup of satire

2018

is coming

but I am the very same tomorrow as

I am today.

Happy New Year

Celebrate that you are still here

to say "Whatever"!

barb

When It Just Doesn't Work

Swirling around

imperceptible meager whispers

honey upon pouting lips

vanish the sweetness

blindly masking chicanery

blindly with stocked disclosure

pottery of crimson wine

will dull sometimes define

obedience prompt of happiness
a selfie provided untruthful assurances
while blood turns to wine

sanguine fluid into sub-consciousness

that we have bounteous plans

which we postulate to yearn

life in transcendence

patches each fragmented promise
excuses find us straining

dreams hand drawn in the white sand

small details stacked so high

never shall we fail to grip

happiness by pin-the-tail on the moon

sunny days built thunderstorms of the night

riding along the narrow path of choice

whispering life may be good or rotting

from the inside

honey drips from the hive

bees swarm together chanting, chanting
'We only regret the chances we didn't take.'

lamentation sooths only a broken heart

when it just doesn't work

be gracious and carry on

keep looking down the road

for somewhere in the mist of this night

ourselves we shall suddenly find

it was there all along, it was waiting.

barb

Denying a truth doesn't make it no longer a truth.

If we couldn't communicate

would we struggle constantly with the truth?

I would ask the animals

at the zoo

good morning, how do you do?

Truth is what it is

the sky is blue the sun is hot

flowers blossom after a summer rain

there is no wondering if the truth

is not.

Lies come in all forms

those we whisper to the world

those we use to shield from disappointment

those that slice in pain

those whose birth becomes unfurled.

A story that is peppered

with lies bathed in fire

is remembered far into the future

it changes the moment

grows maliciously in the heart of the liar.

Complicated say we

the thinking of the single soul

measuring deliberately or on the fly

caught in honeypot

sneakily or very bold.

Denying a truth

painting it with words of opposition

pretending that you didn't hear it

swearing to the emptiness

doesn't

make it no longer the truth.

and yet

yet we continue to lie.

barb

Twelve Days of Christmas

On the first day of Christmas
 the mailman left for me:
 1 notice I am frigging overdrawn

On the second day of Christmas
my neighbor said to me:
2 Christmas lights a flickering

and 1 notice I am frigging overdrawn

On the third day of Christmas
my customers said to me:
3 packages missing

2 Christmas lights a flickering

and 1 notice I am frigging overdrawn

On the fourth day of Christmas
my honey said to me:
4 tins of chocolate melting

3 packages missing

2 Christmas lights a flickering

and 1 notice I am frigging overdrawn

On the fifth day of Christmas
the technician said to me:
5 oven parts need replacing

4 tins of chocolate melting

3 packages missing

2 Christmas lights a flickering

and 1 notice I am frigging overdrawn

On the sixth day of Christmas
salesman said to me:
6 free days in the Caribbean

5 oven parts need replacing

4 tins of chocolate melting

3 packages a missing

2 Christmas lights a flickering

and 1 notice I am frigging overdrawn

On the seventh day of Christmas
my lawn man said to me:
7 goldfish a floating

6 free days in the Caribbean

5 oven parts need replacing

4 tins of chocolate melting

3 packages a missing

2 Christmas lights a flickering

and 1 notice I am frigging overdrawn

On the eighth day of Christmas
Weather dude said to me:
8 cold fronts are coming

7 goldfish a floating

6 free days in the Caribbean

5 oven parts need replacing

4 tins of chocolate melting

3 packages missing

2 Christmas lights a flickering

and 1 notice I am rigging overdrawn

 
On the ninth day of Christmas
my exterminator said to me:
9  mice a playing

8 cold fronts a coming

7 goldfish a floating

6 free days in the Caribbean

5 oven parts need replacing

4 tins of chocolate melting

3 packages missing

2 Christmas lights a flickering

and 1 notice I am frigging overdrawn

On the tenth day of Christmas
my psychic sent to me:
10 months of retrograding

9  mice a playing

8 cold fronts a coming

7 goldfish a floating

6 free days in the Caribbean

5 oven parts need replacing

4 tins of chocolate melting

3 packages missing

2 Christmas lights a flickering

and 1 notice I am frigging overdrawn

On the eleventh day of Christmas
my computer said to me:
11 critical errors with a blue screen

10 months of retrograding

9  mice a playing

8 cold fronts a coming

7 goldfish a floating

6 free days in the Caribbean

5 oven parts need replacing

4 tins of chocolate melting

3 packages missing

2 Christmas lights a flickering

and 1 notice I am frigging overdrawn

On the twelfth day of Christmas
my true love gave to me:
12 honey kisses
for dealing with

11 critical errors with a blue screen

10 months of retrograding

9  mice a playing

8 cold fronts a coming

7 goldfish a floating

6 free days in the Caribbean

5 oven parts need replacing

4 tins of chocolate melting

3 packages missing

2 Christmas lights a flickering

and 1 notice I am frigging overdrawn.

Hope your Christmas is Wonderful!!

barb & looie