CURB ALL APPLAUSE, if you will

NO HAIL TO THE HAIL!

                                                      -- poem by L.P.-G.

Good riddance

'Hale and hearty'

For what you

Brought to bay

You just pretended

'Lack of harm',

Yet HAIL

Arrived today!

Those tiny pebbles

Ran their course

While clustered in a bunch...

The words of Eliot's poem

Ring true; ... (that is),

April's a very

Cruel month !!

WISCONSIN CONSERVATIVES MADE A CRUEL VOTING DECISION...WHY?

...because they're cruel!!!

Definition of cru·el

/ˈkro͞o(ə)l/

adjective

1.   willfully causing pain or suffering to others, or simply feeling no concern about it.

SYNONYMS

brutal

savage

inhuman

barbaric

barbarous

brutish

bloodthirsty

murderous

homicidal

cutthroat

vicious

ferocious

fierce

wicked

evil

fiendish

devilish

diabolical

heinous

abominable

monstrous

atrocious

vile

hideous

ghastly

nasty

spiteful

mean

callous

sadistic

ruthless

merciless

unmerciful

pitiless

unsparing

unrelenting

remorseless

uncaring

unsympathetic

uncharitable

heartless

stony-hearted

hard-hearted

cold-hearted

cold-blooded

bloodless

unfeeling

unemotional

unkind

inhumane

severe

harsh

stern

inclement

flinty

draconian

beastly

dastardly

sanguinary

Donald Trump

AND, WHAT IS THE OPPOSITE OF CRUELTY? SEE BELOW:

RAIN LOVES APRIL, and vice versa

April Rain Song

- Poem by Langston Hughes

Let the rain kiss you
Let the rain beat upon your head with silver liquid drops
Let the rain sing you a lullaby...

The rain makes still pools on the sidewalk
The rain makes running pools in the gutter
The rain plays a little sleep song on our roof at night
(And, I love the rain).

"FOOL ME NEVER" will always stay best!

FOOLS

They'll 'always be with us',

Much like the poor;

Born of imprudence

And con-man's liqueur.

They think themselves 'wise',

Yet the angels know better;

Tread, as they do, from

These idiots' fetters.

Today is THEIR day,

Say both mountains and moors;

Though, lacking in brains,

[Is 'no sense', de rigueur???]

 Poem written by L.P.-G.

THIS PENULTIMATE 'LAST DAY'

This penultimate 'last day' of March:
Yet, warmth is only sanctioned

in the southern climes;

...Which seems such a shame

To those captured by fate

in the truncated, unfortunate north.

Godspeed to April's charms;

A fourth month of wildly fickle

Earth-tones, blooms, and

Cherry blossoms...

I very squarely commend

The eastern red-bud,

The woodland streams and dizzying

Array of yellow daffodils.

And, never prone to reticence

(When praise for the small tokens

Of Ostara merit a certain generosity),

Idleness of heart is most unwelcome.

Thus, put on your very finest

vernal dress and verdant gloves, April;
I'll bring the candles, you bring the book:

Simply open it to better days ahead!

Poem written by L.P.-G.