More Selections From
Oil Can Pencilry
Flipping through the pages,
A Disneyworld of drawings,
Rod found Odd, Roddity saw Oddity,
--An Ottity in ParkerLand.
This boy: This dog:
I saw a ragged blessing
Quick-doodled in a quirky moment.
Saw, and knew--or--hoped and dreamed,
This golden-curtain: Wonder.
The BOY:
No worries, hair in face,
Schlumpy, bug-toed, never ruffled,
Gesturing to the good, the upward,
Things bathed in sunshine.
The DOG:
A blob on spindle legs, a row of piano-teeth,
Ever-worried, not wagging, no, trembling,
Not sure to move a paw or blink an eye,
Looking up, to his taller friend, who smiles.
The HAND:
In stroke and swipe,
In tones sub-pink, crayonish,
Dog grows a smile, too.
So maybe, I have... in-vision, or
Tell-future spectacles,
Seeing the speck,
Envisioning the speck-tacular.
For now, some hundreds days later,
The Boy, The Plus, The Dog,
Now invited to a green yard of
Countries, Peoples, Children,
Where laughter in all languages is the same.
And I wonder if the One
Who puts the dream of a tree in an acorn,
Planned cartoons from childhood ages,
Built a castle from a dog-house (in stages),
From a warm afternoon when young and old ages
Dipping in DrawingBook,
Went flipping through the pages.
That Was Quick
Here's the problem.
I'm getting older, turning into a
A. Wizard
B. Blizzard
C. Gizzard
D. Lizard.
And so, I choose:
A Wizard.
Problem solved.
DESSERT AND A BANJO
Bill is a banjo,
Dollie a creamy dessert.
Bill, Vaudeville Bill
knows the soft-shoe popcorn
straw-hat shuffle-dance,
pops one-liners, then slows the pace
juggling soft-diamonds
of wisdom and memory.
Dollie, a quiet queen,
hears the banjo strum,
moves in the kitchen
preparing quaint family dinners,
emerges with a
creamy blessing dessert,
in the music
of hearts by
the fireplace.
SLEEP WARS
Through the night
Pesterings, Questionings,
How compare? Snag or Snare?
Future fair? Safety scare?
He lives there? She goes where?
Tugged and Tossed with
Crumpled hair, Crushing care...
Then, oh then: Light's brilliant flare!
"Trust in the LORD with all your heart,
Lean not on your own understanding.
In all your ways acknowledge Him
And He shall direct your paths."
(Proverbs 3:5,6)
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