A polar bear can run up to speeds of 24.8 miles an hour.
That is what my friend Alexa told me. Who would think
a polar bear could run that fast? You can ride your auto beside
its running form, just make sure that your speed never drifts
below 24.8 miles an hour. 25, just to be on the safe side.
By the way, Alexa is not really my friend. She is more like
a computer that looks like a can of soup at a funeral.
with no identified source or says who
the aarp cards have expiration dates
but birth certificates don’t have any
so live each day as if it were your first
be playful, excited, try the impossible
there never are any dress rehearsals
nothing really counts, no final scores
UFO stranded
nothing wrong with the spaceship
lost the keys again
landing UFO
earthlings are surprised they had
no concept of clothes
two recent reports
UFO sightings rising
drone sales increasing
landing UFO
destination the South Pole
looking for ice cubes
landing UFO
is only a half-inch wide
eaten by small bird
landing UFO
occupant’s shade of purple
not the color green
I’m more than the sum of my parts
And I have so many many parts
Stationary, moving or out of order
Some parts wore out over time
Some ground to a complete halt
Some replacements are available
Some require the operating room
Some are in the cosmetics aisle
A few respond to undergarments
My wit, humor, vulnerability abide
Way past the usual warranty date
Outlasting the telomeres’ usual fate
Not a function of metabolic tests
Invisible on x-rays and on scans
Whether in working order or not
I’m so grateful for what I’ve got
What rimes with squirrels
How about boys and girls with curls
Then what rimes with chocolates
Try some pebbles and some rock-lets
OK, find one for peanut butter fudge
Get me some now or I won’t budge
The thing about riming
Just like rock climbing
You need perfect timing
If you rime elephant, orange or purple
You could get stuck if you’re not careful?
What if no one ever reads this
Unlike a falling tree in the forest
Not reading makes no a sound
My self has made an investment
What if this stuff gets plagiarized
My vanity suffers from such fraud
Let us not bring up posthumous
Covered by humus, I’d not know
I’m heartened by my own reading
I already read this more than once
I had nearly nothing to do
And so much time to do it
Rearranged each room for Arc Digest
Every drawer is now clean and redone
All of my socks and my jockey shorts
Passionately ironed and neatly arranged
Shined shoes put back alphabetically
Clothes closets emptied and rehung
Total grooming plus daily mani/pedis
Ordering food online a daily highlight
Meals planned for the next six months
Rewatched past seasons of everything
E-mailed annoyingly and repeatedly
I wearily got up the very next day
And started the list all over again
hey mirror clean up your act
I know what i really look like
and it surely ain’t dorian grey
all those sags and wrinkles
you gotta make ’em go away
yo mister smarty phone
you’d better smarten up
I know I got way more hair
than you’re now showing
so fix it if you really care
say mirror and camera listen up
and stop messing everything up
my left side ends up on the right
a similar fate’s waiting for my right
showing pure inversion perversion
if you can’t reflect a better version
I may never look your way again
I will always think that
You lifted my hat
Pink sequined hat
my name on it sat
It is a fact
I cannot prove that
You stole my hat
You were too quick
to notice it gone
I will always think
that it was a con
when you said
where is your hat
you knew exactly
where it was
in fact hidden
in your pocket
to be exact
I will always believe
You are a thief
Your stole my dear hat
my pink sequinned hat
cannot prove that
instinct smells a rat
I will always think that
You ripped off my hat
Give it back
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