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Tasha and Brother

TASHA AND BROTHER

Tasha was a wooly bear of a chow
Who found a homeless kitten somehow 

He followed her home and she took over his care
Grooming and cleaning, smoothing his unruly hair

For months they made their daily appointed rounds
On the woody paths they considered their grounds

Eating and sleeping together and always by her side 
The kitten called Brother was his "Mother's" pride

One day Tasha was upset we could see
Brother was gone where could he be

Looking and searching the nearby wood
Was fruitless revealing nothing of any good

Tasha decided she would take the task on
She looked back at us and then was gone

Later she arrived with head hanging low
But that wasn't all she had something to show

A small cat she held ever so gently 
Breathing no longer his life gone evidently 

Her heart was broken she couldn't recover 
Her small son departed so for her it was all over

Soon thereafter Tasha knew that find him she might
Sadly the rainbow bridge was where they would reunite

But in evening's fading light two shadows are sometimes seen
Showing those who might glimpse this unforgettable scene 
How much love between two small creatures there had been

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Shopping Day

Shopping day arrives and the shopper 
has in mind
A delicacy called veal she knows she 
will find 
It's in a nicely wrapped pack its contents 
pink
She'll cook it just right with some wine 
to drink
But there's a sad story behind that Plastic 
pack
A baby's calf's body not long ago was on 
a rack
He had cried and cried where did mama 
go
She had never left him alone like this before
Then they led him at last down that scary 
Green Mile
His legs were shaking and he tried hard not 
to defile
He heard the cries from the animals all around
He thought he heard mama as he fell dead on 
the ground

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Written In Stone

Your days are numbered from the time you were born
Before you know it you blink and they're gone

It is incumbent when finding you're an adult 
To select the right course, proceed,  protest or join a cult

For sooner than soon, the youthful spring disappears
It dawns that you're old and it will move you to tears

But what comes next might be most important of all
When your eyes finally close comes the judgment call

All the iniquitous things you had chosen to do
Will then be paraded once more before you

But it's then too late and what's done can't be changed
It's Satan's stone where your acts are written and maintained

So think about this when that Dybbuk sits on your shoulder
And tell him "go back to Hell" before you get any older

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Loaners

What do you own? anything at all?
In reality nothing is owned neither big nor small 
The items you cherish and think are yours 
Are really just loaners for as long as life endures
You can take nothing with you of course that's obvious
Possessions have their own life forever circulating to a new audience

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Books

When a book has a certain excellence you 
will know
That between it's covers are friends you'll 
never let go
These printed words upon a small circum-
scribed page
Are not just ink on paper but characters
with whom you did engage
When closing the book it's hard to tell them 
farewell
But there's always a new book that beckons
"come and sit a spell"

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A Bug In a Bath

A BUG IN A BATH

I'm what you call a bug
When humans see me they go UHG

Humans don't care about my needs
Or my sometimes good deeds

But such bothersome things
Roll right off my wings

When I can dip my feet
Blistered from the heat 

In the bird bath for which I'm looking
When on a hot day I'm cooking

But the frog over there
Is beginning to stare

I'm sure he sees me as a meal that's free

So I'll jump quick in this pool
And swim fast like a fool 

BECAUSE

A nice cooling splash
And this bug revives fast

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Teenage Years

In a long ago day no term such as teenager 
was inferred
Upon reaching pubescence adulthood was 
conferred
No separate entity were teenage years 
thought to be
Anymore than 20 or 30 even 93
The business of giving separate age a place 
on life's map
Has turned out to be nothing but a load 
of crap
"I'm a teenager" they will wail and whine
Implying "your life is less valuable than 
mine"
"I'm your replacement" is what they're 
trying to say
But they should at their feet what's crawling 
on the floor  
Their own replacements will be ready a couple
years or more

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A True Shark Tale

A TRUE TALE OF A SHARK BITE

A shark bit a small boat out to sea
When shark did bite they were alarmed as could be 

Where would they expect to find a shark?
Riding a a bike in an amusement  park?

Swimming in  the ocean's waters
A shark is being where he oughta 

People have sought his home to invade
They should leave before he knows a mistake wasnt made

When you decide to venture to sea
Sharks are at home there not me and thee 

Take your chances when opening wrong doors
For the next door you open may well be yours

You might find a shark inviting himself in
How to respond to this?  By biting his fin?

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Creatures Great and Small

CREATURES GREAT AND SMALL

Of all creatures great and small
Insects are most assiduous folk of all 
They perform assigned duties each day
And let nothing dissuade them on their way
The till the soil and collect the forage
Their labor brings them food, some for storage 
Their diligent spirits have no equaled pace
Mostly repulsed  by a higher stationed  race
Human beings became  Self appointed  superiors 
But without these small beasts humans would be their inferiors

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Moon and Gravity

THE MOON AND GRAVITY

The moon is believed to affect moods of mankind
Science says this not a truth can they find

Gravity is a force, call it what they will 
Its strength is the way it can push and pull

The moon's gravity affects the earth
Causing the oceans to rise back and forth

It changes the shape of this planet too
But scientists say it affects not me and not you

How stupid a statement can that be
If it affects water in all but you and me

Since humans mostly from water their bodies contain
The logic would point to affect on H2O maintained

The moon pulls large bodies of water up or down
But other watery forms are left unfound?

Scientists who posit that such things don't equate
Might look to their own brains which are in a solid state