Poems Are Made

By Fools Like Me

six songs/poems, 2014 - 2022

Lily Anne's Clock or How Time Was Born for my daughter, Lily Anne ____________________ Lily Anne Locke, she had a clock; All it could do was tick and tock. It ticked and tocked in the broad daylight; It tocked and ticked through the darkest night. It tocked and ticked for a year and a day; Friends and family moved far away; And though the seeds of time were sown, Lily Anne's clock stood all alone. It ticked and tocked its primordial song, Keeping time that was neither right nor wrong. From Lily Anne's clock the stars were torn; And that's how the world and time were born.	Hurricane Sally   adapted from Long Tall Sally as sung by Little Richard ____________________ Hurricane Sally, She move so slow; Let me tell you somethin' Ya sure oughta know. Her wind will blow; And her water'll flow; And her storm surge grow; Oh baby, Yeah-eh-eh-es baby, Whoo-ou-ou-ou baby, She sure gonna get ya tonight. ____________________ Hurricane Sally came ashore in Alabama on 16 Sept. 2020 as a slow moving category 2 hurricane. Sally was responsible for 5 deaths and $8.5 billion of damage.
Suggested Theme Song for COVID-19 Vaccination Campaign   sung to the tune of Cod Liver Oil as performed by The Dubliners ____________________ Dr. Anthony Fauci, now don't be so mean; Please give me a shot of your powerful vaccine They call it pandemic; it's the worst we have seen; And I don't want to catch any COVID-19.	Stormy and Donald Stormy Daniels and Donald Trump, One day she spanked him on the rump. He tried to run; she grabbed a broom, And chased him all around the room. She cornered him; but he did not linger; He might as well have used his finger. Tiny, withered, bent and small, 90 seconds, and that was all. A great mistake! (She wasn't just hintin'.) I'd have had more fun with big Bill Clinton.
Extinction Some men who lived on Earth planet, Said, “All of Earth's bounty, I want it.” So each built an army Said, “No one can harm me.” Then they mined and they drilled And they fracked and they spilled. They bombed and they shot, Burned a whole awful lot. With heads in the sand They laid waste to the land. They poisoned the water As each thought he ought to. And with nothing to drink, As you folks all might think, The whole human race went extinct.	Jinping and Joe Jinping and Joe Went out in a boat; They promised to keep The whole world afloat. They started to quarrel To fight and to shout, The boat tipped over And dumped them both out.