WHICH EPIC ARE WE IN?
The good people fighting the Dark Forces of Evil
the Mahabharata the epic Indian story
did not end clearly with glory
2 branches of the same family
fighting and killing to decide who should rule
Maybe the presidential candidates trying to fool
different voters about who is the best guy
Maybe its about who can tell the biggest lie.
Does this remind you of Harry Potter
where magicians are playing at Got ya!
Or is this more like Starwars and Yoda
with his student Luke Skywalker
Taking on Darth Veda, the evil one
who reminds me of Sauron
ultimately not taking over the world
because Frodo fights against the force
with Gandalf’s help, he stays the course.
So the dilemma in America today
Is that we are seeing this play
Each tribe has a different idea
of who is good and who is evil
It makes me really want to flee
to my friends in England across the sea
But they too are in the middle of a mess
created by their Prime Minister Boris
So I am staying to support Harry Potter
against the one I think of as the Rotter.
REFOCUS ON PEACE
The political rhetoric is blazing hot
This is the time to stay steady and cool.
Not to get tied up in an angry knot
Diving instead into the peacefulness pool
we have a free ticket to ride
to that special place inside
The space between the breaths
The stillness and steadiness
of the heart.
Sometimes as I close my eyes
in the silence I feel my breathe
I hear gentle pounding of my heart
sending blood pulsing through vessels
I feel the movement.
Then I remember the translucent frog
Sticking on the window pane
its suckers on each tiny finger
looking into our room at night,
seeing its whole body pulsing too.
That same life force shared.
the frog and I
The beginning of a new musical.
TWEET TWEET
Tweet Tweet . . . Tweet Tweet
guess who?
could it be the one out of reach
the smoke alarm up over 30 feet
It is the lower one — that’s grace
now that battery I can replace
But I hear . . chirp chirp - how bold!
Of course it is nearly 6 years old
Its 5 year warranty is over
It has reached the end of its term.
Change to new technology
now with a 10 year warranty
instructions are incomplete
so again its Tweet tweet
support with a French accent
provides the secret code
and once again its silent
GOOD NEWS
There might be life on Venus’s moon
Phosgene put scientists in a swoon
Its really smelly like a fart
but at least its a good start
©MartinStrasmore2020
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