parnassian

Parnassian
3-12-10





Many will see the Parnassian and the poetic
As to be rubbish and pathetic
As some say you need to back up your own words
When we get out our binoculars
To view high perching birds
Stick to your guns
Respect the monks and nuns
And you will be blessed with many new rising suns
As you'll end up with a sock drawer full of fives and ones
Where many will see the Parnassian and the versed
To be both among the blessed and the cursed....














Someday Never Comes
3-12-10


We say someday, someday
But it never comes
Still hung up on Larry Mullen Junior on the drums
And I chose my chain to hang halfway down my chest
As we will require dipping sauce
To eat out chicken breast
We say one day, one day
But it never comes to pass
As we wish it were rather summertime
To smell the newly cut grass
And the price of our watching late
Is our sleeping in till three
As a need to rest will make us wait
When indeed in this we are never set free...








What Am I Doing Here
3-12-10


The threshing floor will be full of wheat
As vats will overflow with oil
And we will be given plenty to eat
Where a snake is entitled to hide in his own coil
What am I doing here
But just letting Jesus take the wheel and steer
What am I doing here and now
As we look for milk in the modern day cow
And I wish I had a lover to which I could sing
Where love can overcome even death's sting
Where we choose between the scorpion and the wasp
Knowing not just what is worse....










Blue Moods And States
3-12-10


And still I seek the meaning of the Purple Haze
To gain motivation
Of what it is to change my ways
As in time I learn to deal with blue moods and states
Where I read of the seven things that God hates
And some will shave their eyebrows and eye lashes
As such is enough to bring on chills and hot and cold flashes
And I'm going to get a sunburn
Because I am pale white
So I break out the sunscreen
To know I'm in for a fight
So I pray for a miracle
To get my place back in order....








Chrome Yoke
3-12-10


Here and now
The game is the teacher
Yet to milk the cow
Where entertainment is carried out by the preacher
So I gaze at my crucifix hanging over my chest
To see equal my views of the east and the west
Here and now the book I read is the Way
To know that we need to work if we want to play
But I have no idea
And I haven't seen anything yet
As I look back on things that anyone would regret...










In The Middle Of A T.V. Dinner
3-12-10


My elder cat uses my dictionary for a pillow
As intellectual pursuits will be as my weeping willow
In the middle of a T.V. dinner
Not as thankful as I can be therefore a sinner
Trying to write my rhyme but still not satisfied
Can't get wise before my time
where I laughed in places where I should have cried
So now I partake in spaghetti and meatballs
With good and bad memories of Niagra Falls....