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August 9, 2019
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445
I opened the neatly typed file –
the copy stored in my mind.
I browsed through ‘SCENE ONE’ –
where I confront lizard as he
to the ants is so unkind;
then I remember
445
I opened the neatly typed file –
the copy stored in my mind.
I browsed through ‘SCENE ONE’ –
where I confront lizard as he
to the ants is so unkind;
then I remember
August 4, 2019
Dr Fixit (3905 - 3910)
3905
‘Get married before
you leave!’ Then, my friend did speak:
‘I hope you don’t
mind this thought I’d love to leak?’
I looked at him and
asked him to go ahead
and express
himself. ‘I’d prefer,’ he said,
‘you get married to
the teacher before we leave.’
I was shocked and
almost tore the sleeve
of my shirt on the
thorn of a prickly plant
I’d brushed past. ‘Wouldn’t
that upset
‘Get married before
you leave!’ Then, my friend did speak:
‘I hope you don’t
mind this thought I’d love to leak?’
I looked at him and
asked him to go ahead
and express
himself. ‘I’d prefer,’ he said,
‘you get married to
the teacher before we leave.’
I was shocked and
almost tore the sleeve
of my shirt on the
thorn of a prickly plant
I’d brushed past. ‘Wouldn’t
that upset
July 31, 2019
August (Acrostic)
All your charming dreams – have they come to fruition?
Unclear still is the path of your vision?
Grab your thinking cap (it’s not late) and re-dream.
Unless you move, you’d get stuck and without a beam.
Search hard to see what you could haul in with your net.
Take time to explore, exploit and update.
July 26, 2019
Dr Fixit (3900 - 3903)
3900
I said: ‘I know
you’re all dying straight to hop
on the train and go
get that script but flop
‘is a man who
sprints before his time; first thing first.
At the right
moment, we’d all slake our thirst.
‘Just as we gather
here today, same thing tomorrow;
watching us are
those who’d like to take your place and sow;
‘anyone late might
just be courting some sorrow;
we’d not wait
I said: ‘I know
you’re all dying straight to hop
on the train and go
get that script but flop
‘is a man who
sprints before his time; first thing first.
At the right
moment, we’d all slake our thirst.
‘Just as we gather
here today, same thing tomorrow;
watching us are
those who’d like to take your place and sow;
‘anyone late might
just be courting some sorrow;
we’d not wait
July 25, 2019
Dr Fixit (3856 - 3861)
3856
‘The truth is my
husband wants me to be
a poppet – in fact,
nothing more than a zombie
‘doing those things
he orders me to do:
move your leg, I
move; smile – don’t argue;
‘I do; jump and
dance, I do just that.
He doesn’t want me to
think; he’s mad
‘if I complain I’ve
pains in any part
of my body and
during festivals, he dies
‘if I say the
children needs two or one item
‘The truth is my
husband wants me to be
a poppet – in fact,
nothing more than a zombie
‘doing those things
he orders me to do:
move your leg, I
move; smile – don’t argue;
‘I do; jump and
dance, I do just that.
He doesn’t want me to
think; he’s mad
‘if I complain I’ve
pains in any part
of my body and
during festivals, he dies
‘if I say the
children needs two or one item
July 20, 2019
Dr Fixit (3821 - 3825)
3821
‘Pray, as I go with
you, your fighting parents
do not leave on my
head a nasty dent
‘with their
horsewhip or dreadful-looking pestle.
You’re aware my
wife and two girls did travel
‘last week to go
see her aged mother?
They’re too young
to come back and their father
‘not see!’ But
moaning still was the young fellow:
‘Please, help my
mummy!’ Teacherit did follow
after
‘Pray, as I go with
you, your fighting parents
do not leave on my
head a nasty dent
‘with their
horsewhip or dreadful-looking pestle.
You’re aware my
wife and two girls did travel
‘last week to go
see her aged mother?
They’re too young
to come back and their father
‘not see!’ But
moaning still was the young fellow:
‘Please, help my
mummy!’ Teacherit did follow
after
July 18, 2019
Dr Fixit (3816 - 3820)
3816
in Farmit’s home as he with his partner fought,
their children cried and for help desperately sought.
The fight started with Farmit cracking his whip,
hitting his wife on her head, back and hip.
Mrs Farmit screamed and stiffly did struggle;
her flailing arms grabbed Farmit as she did hustle.
‘You’d kill me today! What have I done?
You’d kill me today!’ Mrs Farmit did mourn.
in Farmit’s home as he with his partner fought,
their children cried and for help desperately sought.
The fight started with Farmit cracking his whip,
hitting his wife on her head, back and hip.
Mrs Farmit screamed and stiffly did struggle;
her flailing arms grabbed Farmit as she did hustle.
‘You’d kill me today! What have I done?
You’d kill me today!’ Mrs Farmit did mourn.
July 16, 2019
Dr Fixit (3812 - 3815)
3812
‘He’d come over there
and give you the whack!’
‘Do you know if
he’s whacking aunty back
‘in the house?’
Warcryit’s innocuous question
put his stepbrother
in desperation.
He said: ‘Let’s
chase after the silly goat
or we’d spend the
cold night in shacks by the road.
‘Look, I’m tired!
You’d go work in the farm,
carry loads on your
head and do the tramp
‘to convey them
back
‘He’d come over there
and give you the whack!’
‘Do you know if
he’s whacking aunty back
‘in the house?’
Warcryit’s innocuous question
put his stepbrother
in desperation.
He said: ‘Let’s
chase after the silly goat
or we’d spend the
cold night in shacks by the road.
‘Look, I’m tired!
You’d go work in the farm,
carry loads on your
head and do the tramp
‘to convey them
back
July 13, 2019
Dr Fixit (3695 - 3698)
3695
‘madly dived into
the oncoming wave;
three other lions
rushed to see if they could save
‘their brother
which was in trouble
though the source
left them all in a puzzle.
‘I sneaked from one
coconut palm to the other
far up the seashore
towards the monster’s shelter.
‘Nearing the foot
of the rocky hill, I quietly
reached the safe
side and crawled up on my belly.
‘I crawled
‘madly dived into
the oncoming wave;
three other lions
rushed to see if they could save
‘their brother
which was in trouble
though the source
left them all in a puzzle.
‘I sneaked from one
coconut palm to the other
far up the seashore
towards the monster’s shelter.
‘Nearing the foot
of the rocky hill, I quietly
reached the safe
side and crawled up on my belly.
‘I crawled
July 10, 2019
Dr Fixit (3766 - 3771)
3766
She told me she got to the mountain nunnery
To be blessed by superiors as missionary
To the orphanage in our vicinity
And sought I could help guide with my creativity
Visiting at my leisure; I agreed wholeheartedly
And gave her the ticket to join our community
And watch my play; she took it as she'd seen the poster
Which promised to the family it'd be a booster.
Then, she
She told me she got to the mountain nunnery
To be blessed by superiors as missionary
To the orphanage in our vicinity
And sought I could help guide with my creativity
Visiting at my leisure; I agreed wholeheartedly
And gave her the ticket to join our community
And watch my play; she took it as she'd seen the poster
Which promised to the family it'd be a booster.
Then, she
