He calls himself “fashion poet”,
One or two others know it…
In pursuits
Avoiding lawsuits,
He certainly doesn’t want to blow it!
–
Him being man and all,
Must carefully judge his call…
With less passion
Than stereotypical fashion,
Not being the Beast at the ball.
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Gender matters to him,
Especially if women…
They’re the kind
He most has in mind,
Do they mind if he tiptoes in?
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–Jonathan Caswell
LAUNCHING WORDS, SHIPS, PINK-COLORED SLIPS
–
A face that truly inspires,
Greed and avarice fires…
Dressed up nice
But cold as ice,
Does she care about what transpires?
–
Often idols are kept
Away from those who have wept…
A picture that’s true
Reality, will it do?
For those whose souls have left?
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Women dressed up and admired,
No control over what transpired….
Men use romance
Justifying advance,
After brutally acquired.
(A different side of the coin, perhaps?)
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–Jonathan Caswell
HAREM SCARE ‘EM AND ME !
(To the tune of “THE YELLOW ROSE OF TEXAS”…A SONG)
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He thought he’d like a harem–
Oh, what a great idea–
Collecting beautiful women
For each day of the year…
Have one of every hair color:
Of red-heads, two or three,
Some that change with the season
Oh what a company!
–
But modern girls aren’t like the ones
That lived in olden time,
They’re much more educated,
Don’t easily resign…
Their lives and their futures
To a fat cat jailer-king,
To volunteer they’d like to hear
His cash disbursement ring.
–
Logistics would be maddening
Even if all were convinced,
Coming from all over
When he saw the bill he winced…
He began feeling outnumbered
Cooperation thin,
Instead of coming one-by-one
They all came after him!
–
He couldn’t pay their wages
So all up and left,
His fine plans for his evenings–
Not a single one was kept…
And then he got the bills for
The leaving of each one,
He decided then and there
Modern harems were no fun!
–
I thought of the same thing myself,
Like “THE HAREM OF BIRDS”
But only beautiful bloggers–
Women, in other words…
An exclusive club with just one man
My wife would veto fast,
My flesh already wants control—
The concept sounds a blast.
–
But thinking realistically
My cost is way too much,
I’ll lose those friends who cannot stand
A married man’s touch…
Long-distance relationships
Are harder to maintain,
I’d just as soon give up now
Before I feel the pain!
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–Jonathan Caswell
MAN MYSTERIOUS
–
What is it about men
Who wait til the dripping begins…
Getting napkins would stop
That first fearful drop,
Avoiding new shirts in waste bins!
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–Jonathan Caswell
THE LORD CLEANED MY COMPUTER
(or arranged it!)
–
To say that God cleaned it
Is to say He arranged the act…
There is no doubt that without His clout
I once again would have been smacked.
–
The on-line guy never called back
So I was left in the lurch…
I asked Pastor for prayer and
He and others prayed right in church.
–
My neighbor introduced me to the man who
Had been fixing computers a while…
He didn’t upload what I wanted,
But left me with a smile.
–
He did as he’d normally done,
Cleaned and set things up right…
So now I’m safer with protection besides
And the cost was much less of a fright!
–
The Lord in His mercy sent someone along,
Of that I am entirely convinced…
If I had gone with my original plan,
The bank account would have winced!
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–Jonathan Caswell
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ADMITTING MY SIN
(As part of the problem)
–
Tool of the devil may be,
But much of the evil’s from me…
Promises broken
E’en by a token,
From motives done selfishly.
–
Got back on Ebay
And spent in other ways…
Bank’s in a hole–
Sin takes a toll–
Leaving him in a haze.
–
With God’s help worked through
And out of his boiling hot stew…
Enough to see
Eternity
Depends on sin confessed, too!
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–Jonathan Caswell
AN EARTH DAY TRILOGY
(of political and ecological opinion)
–
Presidents using Air Force One
Must consider ecology dung…
Florida trips
For Republican rips,
Shows where his heart’s clung.
–
On the Washington Mall,
Earth Day parties shared it all…
Consciences seared,
The movement’s gone weird,
The way they left things appalled!
–
Put trash out the night before
Helps strong winds litter more…
Why people do
Clean up after you,
You don’t pay enough for the chore!
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–Jonathan Caswell
(Ideas from news items heard on local radio)
FUR-BRAINED FELINES
You Tube compilations
Of cat concentrations…
Mirrors and jumps
And into bath dumps,
Expose tintinnabulations!
–Jonathan Caswell
END-OF-DAY HAIKU
–
Forecast warm, sunny,
Workplace: energized hub-bub…
Hallways empty fast!
–Jonathan Caswell
PAIN-STABBED PIGGIES
Up at this hour to foil
Pain with aromatic oil…
In between piggies
Sharp ones and biggies,
Throbbing but not from toil.
–
Putting it on in the dark,
I feel it drip down to park…
On the other leg,
I sure would beg
It to stay where put, though in the dark.
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As pain slowly fades away
Took insulin early today…
At four AM
I’ll say an amen
If this pain goes away!
–Jonathan Caswell
By the Mighty Mumford 