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Auntie Penny’s

penny ante

poker draws a crowd…

some related,

celebrated

folk with loads of clout.

Rich and thin,

they come to win

and never fold or check…

sporting suits,

and diamonds, too,

they play on outside deck.

Some are royal,

and numbers loyal

a 10-2 those that are…

from bearded mugs,

to one-eye thugs

to shovel wielding tsars.

Yes, Penny’s club

exclusive, but

packs the stands with fans

–the true of heart

–the joking card

they give the regal hand.

Parts of Sumthin’

CHARRONS CHATTER dba Karen Robiscoe, in an interesting twistthe bus to

Abyss

(in Wonderland)

was short

and took me…uh…

long

–speeding with Bollocks

an’ no key

it dropped off steeply

–no spire inside interwoven fingers, and believe me, they were plenty laced

and falling so rapid-ly, I

wasn’t even bunny, and

I for sure

wasn’t tardy

in any sense

though considerably over-do

–and late in book,

so ass over teakettle

was I

I couldn’t even whistle

wolf a’tall—

nor notice

—for that matter—

a Musing minutiae

evidencing on descent

–but here’s an itemized list, anyway:

penny punnies

(cents of humor)

and shocked clocks

–hands to face at precisely 9 and 3—

uncensored cats,

and scores of babbling biker babes

–chicks imbalanced–

suggestive snacks at bottom

holy unnecessary

scarcely communion– these crackers at ground level

and no high table with key

or low one, ether

netting or webbing wound through

hare

–that again—

I found I was not

no roots to drug self up, neither

here nor there

so I clawed my way up top in that cliché way one claws

a talon at a time, and

hella dirty

(on the surface)

once more—

still…

for going transit

I ran

(amuck)

(over)

(and is there 1 or 2 g’s in ragged?)

whee

wee

we

–alla way home.

 

 

How You Say It…

Mundane starts

the week,

and its

mill running appropriate

(it is)

quid pro quo

for first, since

Do’sday

second

is properly psyched

for doings and lists and

the crossing out of lists

but When’s day

3

?

the third?

Lost in the effluvium?

it isn’t Thirdsday, that–

as previously noted

sounds trippy

–but Thor’s day

fourth

frying up the fifth

just as pretty as you please

which pleads

–anything but silently, TGI—

then bolts—

leaving sixth day

oh-so-

Sad it’s all you can do

to lounge

on a beach

in a chair

for ours

–waiting for the

Son.

Amaze ‘balls

Karen Robiscoe dba CHARRONs CHATTERSo many ways

to communicate–

there are

so many.

You can get in touch,

and stay in touch

24/7

you can reach out

–don’t miss!—

hitting links

(unless there’s a hole in one)

you can have your people

call my people

and do lunchables

–so pager passé

you can text

talk

& message…

you can chat

snap

& share

–doling out grams that scrap Skype limit–

you can attach

a tag

& enter

–face

book & Time, but what else?—

what’s gone missing

–eye wander

and the truth of it is

in the eyes

. .

the U

that’s I—

& me

I contact is truest

–fresh and uncanned,

there’s no preservative in

eyes,

no life-saving edit,

and no pre-fab

emojotion

embedded.

 

prompt: it isn’t chin

My Kind of Crowd

Rise out of bed

and into head

a different kind of room…

the furniture

arranged for sure

according to my mood

–hinging & contingent

on

peaceful thoughts or gloom…

I exercise

my will, and try

controlling the external…

factors and detractors

that

render life infernal

–since sowing grows

the sweeter rose

the vibrant & the vernal…

the drummer that’s

a bummer, I,

relieve of every stick

///

employ thrown stones

to make my bones

finger-snapping quick

–as Jagger proved

this crafty move

metro’nomes the tics…

like JayCee preached

it’s within reach

room’ in nations girding…

and smile the while

the live-long day

resistant to all herding

–taking care

with thoughts that err

through countenance and wording…

the condensed version

I-YI-YI

where to begin, well–

it was just about 4:21 when things began to shift

AM

I remembered more…I imagine,

and imagined less—I remember,

kickin’ and bitchin’ into a world at

that half century mark because

about time!

(it’s relative)

bid buh-bye to

the remnant teenager

I yet was

(so mc square)

dissolving cotton candy

into glob—okay blog—

of hardened sweet.

(what is: the gong show host)

nursing the car wreck of a twenty-something

I remained, suggesting she

kiss my lillies white when rebuffed

(ask not for whom that gong bangs)

and moving on,

too–

counsel the angry milestone

still present

well…hardly still—

returning

to

apologize…

2

1

&

3

@

4

&

21

odds clearly

50/50

4

acceptance.