If you go this way
the sign on the way proclaims
you will go this way.
あなたがこのように行くならば、壁のサインはあなたがこのように行くと宣言します
Through the window blinds --sunlight and motes creep along --searching for an eyeガラス窓から日光とモートが忍び寄り、目を探します
Bright yellow mountains --drifting down this small valley;they block the river.小さな谷を漂う黄山が川を塞いでいる
I have found her now;
there is pie in the oven.
Our bed is half made.
私は彼女を見つけたので、私の新しい花嫁はパイを焼き、ベッドを整えずに残しましたThis soft silver skin
with a patina of mist
is mild in my hands
彼女の柔らかい銀色の肌は私の手に曇って暖かい
We wash the dishes --stack them neat in the drainer --gaze out at the rain.雨が降っている間に皿を洗って積み重ねる
Where have the bells gone --that boomed a joyous echoand gathered neighbors?
Does this mean that shredded wheat/or a slab of luncheon meat/now will sell for millions more/at the local grocery store?/Banksy, tell me man to man/could this be your master plan?
Britain’s queen expresses irritation at world leaders who won’t commit to climate summit.
Elizabeth is getting peeved/at leaders who remain deceived/and do not want to meet at all/and over climate change do stall/They'd better treat her with more dread/lest she commands "Off with their head!"
A record number of Americans are quitting their jobs. Here’s how they make money after they quit.
I quit my job again today/I need more time to think and play/My boss was rude and overbearing/not nurturing or very caring/No more Florsheims; I wear sandals/and like so many, I panhandles/9 to 5 is obsolete/I'd rather stay at home and tweet.
Dark action movies --
waves of noise and loud colors;
blood on my popcorn.
ダークアクション映画ノイズの波と大きな色が私のポップコーンに血を残します
Drifting mountains landon feet of clay and peat moss --then scamper away.漂う山々は猫のように足元に着地し、走り去ります
The crunch of lettucein the mouth of ayoung girldrips green down her chin.少女の口の中のレタスの歯ごたえが彼女のあごに緑色に滴り落ちる
When you tell yourself a lie or let others sell you a lie about yourself, the results are inevitably sad and damaging.
A lie is something that won't let you love yourself or trust yourself enough to let go of the false to embrace the truth.
The Savior saw much of this during his ministry, and in his dealings with the prophets past and present.
I am fortunate to have recently been reunited with a woman who knows the power of lies in her own personal life, has fought them, and has come out on top of them, banishing them to permanent non-existence.
With her blessed help I am overcoming the lies in my life.
In my life I have struggled with many lies, which have led to devastatingly poor choices.
Such as alcoholism.
The lie, for me, began with seeing alcohol as a magical elixir -- something that could make Dumbo fly and reunite him with his mother and make him a circus celebrity.
John Wayne could down a bottle of whisky, win a bar fight, and then ride off into the sage with head held high and no hint of a hangover.
That lie was what I was looking for as a kid, since I felt ignored, untalented, and insignificant.
So when I turned fourteen I embraced the lie and began drinking. Since I couldn't love me, I could love the bottle and what it did for me and to me.
I could be a great lover; give others fantastic financial advice; beat up a cadre of bullies; and perform on stage to thunderous applause.
In my mind I could do all that. In reality I could only pee my pants and throw up.
Today, as my body dries out and my spirit grows full, I walk with the Savior, imagining how he will befriend me and counsel me. He talks but little, saying to me only "There are better things ahead for you."
And the lie wilts and dies a quiet death.
Sun and clouds combine
Birds and wind tear through the sky --
wet grass holds brown leaves
太陽と雲と風と鳥が野生のコンコードで結合します
The brown wooden fencestands graceless before the world --whitewashed by sparrows無防備な茶色の木製の柵は優雅なスズメによって白塗りされていますThe sidewalk goes onuntil it reaches the end --a blind fish still smells歩道は終わりに達するまで続きますが、盲目の魚はまだ臭いです
A basilisk both strong and sleek/looked upon a rabbit meek/Hissing in a friendly way/the basilisk began to say/"Little bunny, do not fear/I am only coming near/for a peaceful tete-a-tete/your friendship for to supplicate"/The bunny looked about for aid/but there was none, I am afraid/So it made the best of its position/masking all its deep suspicion/And gave the basilisk a gracious nod/keeping up the grim facade/Soon after Mr. Basilisk/began to caper and to frisk/The world looked upon it much askance/Knowing well what caused the dance/For the little bunny was no more/and no one cleaned up the sad gore.
Apples, corn stalks, pumpkin spice/Oktober Fest with edelweiss/Then comes candy and first snow/Shoveled when it's ten below/So the seasons still rotate/while bureaucrats all hibernate.
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Another winter with covid/and I just might flip my lid/Santa please bring me new blood/proof against this creeping crud/All our doctors are wore out/So bring instead a plague of gout!
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I have watched the seasons shape/my life from vine to withered grape/Now the frost returning soon/reminds me I'm a pantaloon/slow of step and thought and deed/My memory a tumbleweed/But spring will come, and summer too/with Tums before the barbecue.
The government is out of bread/there's nothing in the kitty/Seniors eating Alpo straight/now isn't that a pity?/The Senate sits around and stews/while millions of tax payers/depend on charity and humble little prayers.
Idaho’s governor left the state. His lieutenant governor took power and banned state vaccine mandates.
When the cat takes feline leave/the mice will always mischief weave/Idaho is no exception/where conservative deception/has cocked a bright red snook/at laws already on the book/When the Gov returns I think/he'll throw some people in the clink!
U.N. weather agency says world ill-prepared for ‘looming water crisis’
Soon the world will thirsty be/and we'll have to drink chablis/cuz the water is so foul/it would strangulate an owl/So stock up now on good cheap beer/and let the teetotalers live in fear.
Taxes are a bore to pay/But if you're rich there is a way/to prevent the bureaucrats/from poaching on your habitats/Offshore banks will veil your wealth/with sure and nearly obscene stealth/Then you can face the world and boast/that you are paying out the most.
Oil spill threatens Southern California wildlife and closes beaches as Coast Guard investigates
Hark, the little fishies choke/on oil slicks as thick as yolk/Where did all this grease come from?/Companies are deaf and dumb/Maybe it's from outer space/or a tainted bouillabaisse/Anywho, the beaches now/look and smell like puppy chow.
Bombing outside Kabul’s main mosque leaves at least 2 dead, Taliban says
It is normally the rule/things blow up in old Kabul/Outside mosques or airports busy/all that din will make you dizzy/No one knows just who to blame/for the damage and the flame/All I know is you're a fool/if you stay in old Kabul.