“We’ll bring it up later,” We said about our underwears Then we left the pile of’em On the bottom of the stairs, And on the step above’em Rolled neatly into pairs We left a dozen socks And three brushes for our hairs. On the 4th step from the bottom My stack of comics went Right below my sister’s piggybank Chock full of Lincoln cents. A tennis racket and mobile device Were on the next step up. Three picture frames followed, two candelabra, Then one antique porcelain tea cup. Mom don’t love when we put stuff there We don’t get what’s the matter Though to climb up the steps The way that they is We sure could use a ladder.
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JOHNNY CORKFORBRAINS in HERE’S THE THING
IN THE MOVIE
In the movie near the start
We will make a scene
In which the family of the heroine
Is plain unfair and mean.
And in the movie when his bosses
Tell him flat out, “NO!”
On a lonely late night lakeshore stroll
We’ll have the hero go.
In the movie just as the
Cool kids have it figured out
We’ll have mystery baggage surface
And stir up all new doubt.
Then near the movie’s core
For the wise friend it’s a must
To advise something akin to,
“It’s apples to apples, crust to crust.”
In the movie “In the movie…”
The magic spell will be
For which the final battle’s fought,
Evil and Good, between.
Because whatever happens
A dose of “In the movie…”
Can turn any situation
Useful, funny, sad, or groovy.
TWO ROADS
A bridge, a bricklayer
A vision, a skill
When talent won’t reach
Get there with will.
See it, do it, every day
Fashion a road over the fray:
Imagine the span, lay down the stone,
Create a destiny all your own.
Tweed Typewriter 