A NAME DERIVED FROM JANUS

January

Again I reply to the triple winds
running chromatic fifths of derision
outside my window:
                       Play louder...                     You will not succeed. I am
bound more to my sentences
the more you batter at me
to follow you...

                                  And the wind,

as before, fingers perfectly

its derisive music.

William Carlos Williams, 1883 - 1963

TODAY IS 'ALWAYS' A HOLIDAY FOR US!!

...and many happy returns [throughout life] !!!

XOX,

Your loving family

Channeling G.M. Hopkins

Ode to an Early Snow

Autumn's caught,

"Bereaving"...

Early snow

'at work':

Un-leaving.

Sodden scenes

Exhale,

Grow older.

Sorrows sown

By time,

Wax bolder.

Covered leaves,

Spread thick and hurried;

Winter whispers:

Wild, un-worried.

Is this cycle

One you mourn for?

('Tis the fate

All souls were

Born for).

written by L.P.-G.

UTTER TOXICITY!

ONE REALLY TOXIC BREW...

     IT IS WHAT YOU MAKE OF IT!!!

Take one trenchant

Tongue of 'spin';

Fold it under,

Tuck it in...

Add to this

A plastic chin;

Now, I'd state

Our work begins!

Stir in squirrels' nests,

Satan's smirk;

A toothy  grin,

Rosacea's 'perk'.

Add some hair  grease,

Molt from coats;

Now this brew is

Primed to float!

Brassy- bubble,

Strained by Newt;

Huckabee-Sanders,

What a hoot!!

One bare chest

( The Russian kind);

Lends this soup

Such slippery slime.

Botox, fillers;

Wives, 1-2-3!!

Our toxic brew

Is ripe for fleas!

Eye of Mongol;

Eye of Hun (see below);

Oh!  I'd say

Our soup is done!!!

YUK !!!!!

But Jared added one more trick

to give this potion extra kick!

WORDS FROM A RAGING SPIRIT

The glory of justice and the majesty of law are created not just by the Constitution - nor by the courts - nor by the officers of the law - nor by the lawyers - but by the men and women who constitute our society - who are the protectors of the law as they are themselves protected by the law.

 Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope, and crossing each other from a million different centers of energy and daring, those ripples build a current that can sweep down the mightiest walls of oppression and resistance. 

Everything that makes man's life worthwhile - family, work, education, a place to rear one's children and a place to rest one's head - all this depends on the decisions of government; all can be swept away by a government which does not heed the demands of its people, and I mean all of its people.

... well said, Bobby Kennedy!