Seagull

The Seagull squawked and squealed
for food.

I tossed him a Banana peel.

He strutted off without it.

How rude.

Crows

Why the crows crow at 3am

Baffles me.

Do you not tire,

Perched on your wire?

Can you not sleep,

Above some other street?

Every night I wake,

You rage as if in great debate.

Bleary eyed, I lay still,

Staring at my window sill.

A drunk man wails on the curb,

Calling out to the dirty birds.

Then, the ruckus has past!

Finally, a little rest at last!

Eyes closed, inches from sleep...

BEEP. BEEP. BEEP. BEEP.

Time...to start...the week.

Saxophone Teacher

The Saxophone teacher,
had a braid to his knees,

He loved Coltrane and Parker,
and played them with ease.

Wednesdays at two, he would
scat: doop dappity doo.

Then he stopped teaching,
practice, his pupil would not do.

To Parker and Coltrane,
the grown pupil now listens with joy.

Delights never had,
when a lazy little boy.

Just an hour a day, just
won't you practice please?

Used to plead the Saxophone teacher,
who had a braid to his knees.

Math

Algebra, Geometry, Pre-Calc,
some Trig.

Then Calculus, AP, if
you're feeling big.

P.E.M.D.A.S to proofs to
integrate what?

When I go to college,
Math is getting cut.

Freckles and Sass

The boy with freckles,
taunts and heckles,
stands and disrupts class.

Not long it will be,
before we grow up to see,
that he is simply a jackass.

Infinite Loop

Around this track,
why am I running
on such a sweltering noon?

My head is boiling,
and lungs deflating,
like a punctured balloon.

The pack left me
many meters behind
seven laps ago,

and the coach is screaming
out directions that
no one seems to know.

I wonder, who cares of
medals, adulation,
and talent that I do lack.

Again it comes, the
nausea, cramps and vomit,
I must hold back!

But, wait, not far!
Ahead, the finish line,
approaches steady and fast.

Across it I stride,
Someone else still behind?!
The first time I'm not last!

A Brown Cocker Spaniel

To the brown cocker spaniel
who left his excrement,
on the lawn:

Do be assured,
it is not gone.

Please do return,
remove it, and be lost -

Or through your owner's window,
it certainly will be tossed.

Hello Charlene

Hello Charlene.
Hello Billy.
How are you today, Charlene?
I'm fine, really.

Charlene may I kiss you?
No.
Charlene may I miss you?
No.

Goodbye Charlene.
Get lost Billy.
I love you Charlene?
Don't be silly.

Screen Screen Screen

Screen screen screen,
How you glow and glare.
Screen screen screen,
How you taunt and dare.

Shall I guzzle more news?
A clip of a ferret in ballet shoes.
Test my IQ with methods suspect?
Worry all afternoon the results correct.

Maybe some gossip will suffice?
The rich and famous also give in to vice!
Or shall I read of gadgets galore?
Fie dry politics! Technology never bores!

Screen screen screen,
From you so much I glean.
Screen screen screen,
To you I kneel, my Queen.

Bubba and Bogs

Mother called,
And then she bawled -
Dear God why did he die!

He was only five!
Had yet to thrive!
Then, she hung up the phone.

Father called,
Less enthralled,
Mother surely lied.

The cat was three,
Mangy, with epilepsy,
Then he hung up the phone.

Sister called,
Confused by all,
What's this about a dead cat?

Mom and Dad have two dogs,
Named Bubba and Bogs,
And then she hung up the phone.