Mixed Lot of Random Thoughts
"RoadRage"
"Split Second,"Here's a definition
recently I've seen,
that leaves me feeling just abit
forlorn.
"The time it takes in traffic,
when the lower light turns Green,
to when the guy behind you blasts his horn".
My reaction to this act is not to be obscene,
I simply put my car in LOW,
and then depart the scene.
This form of retribution really
fills me with elation.
For I have made my comment
on another man's frustration.
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"The Mall"
I like going to the mall,
the air -conditioning's free,
and supermarket shopping
has a strange appeal to me.
Variety's the spice of life
so every week I go,to K-mart
Crazy Clarke's ,and Coles.
We even have Bi-Lo.
With presentation,layout and
decor,
I have no squabble,
but
why do supermarket trolley
wheels all have to wobble?
The Parking is quite adequate
enough for one and all.
And they're the reasons
I believe
in shopping at the mall.
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"Train Trial"
I took a train the other day,
my car refused to start.
I bought my platform ticket
and then waited to depart.
My personal space felt threatened
with so many in my zone,
for I was more accustomed
to being on my own.
The carriage was quite crowded.
Seemed each person had a cough.
With jerky stops & starts
my
equilibrium was off.
The smell was most unplesant.
The graffiti looked quite drab.
And should this happen one more
time
I vow "I'll catch a cab".
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"Bust"
We have a local bus-stop
that is just across the street.
and sometimes I take one
into the city.
It saves me paying parking fees
that cost an arm & leg
and floral suburb streets
are
rather pretty.
A meter space is hard to trace
It's difficult to pick it.
and traffic wardens love to lurk
to issue you a ticket.
The bus fare is most reasonable
(especially pension rate),
but bus times are erratic
and occasionally run late.
If the bus gets crowded
then you sometimes have to stand
and eating food and smoking are
the two things that are banned.
But with the air-conditioning
You'll really think you've scored.
"Dont make a fuss-Get on a bus"
Your comfort is assured.
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"Handy Andy"
My local hardware guy's a beaut,
and I hold him in awe
He always "comes up trumps,"
no matter what i ask him for.
A tiny bulb (a pilot light)
that shines within my fridge.
3 planks of wood so that I could
complete the garden bridge.
Two toilet washers for the
cistern,special ones at that,
and even kitty litter that I
needed for the cat.
It's getting far more crowded
when i step into his store
for many say" This is the way,
to what we're looking for".
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"Twelve + 1"
"Triskaidekaphobia"
A fear that people have
about the number we
all call "thirteen".
It's a superstition and
it indicates bad luck,
occuring when it comes
upon the seen.
Some hotels dont list it
when you reserve a room,
and gamblers detest it
saying it amounts to doom.
it's ominous beginnings
are said to be the time
when "Jesus' and the twelve
apostles,
all sat down to dine.
Walking under ladders
and seeing
black cats too.
This only seems to matter
if it's pertinent to you.
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"Fugue"
I finish off my evening work
and then right after that.
I look for relaxation so
I go onto the "Chat"
I'm sitting and I'm noticing
a nodding of my head.
I think I'd probably be better
going off to bed.
My chin is resting on my chest,
I've felt like this before.
The heavy breathing earlier
has now become a snore.
Some people claim I'm in a "Fugue"
but this I cannot see
because my "Honda Civic"
is the only car for me.
Regardless of who first said "Fugue"
I'll claim it for my own,
and then incorporate it
when I'm working on a poem.
Unusual words intrigue me
and so I always seek
to "Have a ball', with one I call
"The best word of the week".
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"Pandermonium"
Pandermonium appears when
logic leaves the scene,
and anarchy results until
authority is seen.
I love to work with words
they give the "Harmony I seek.
so it's a bit ironic I chose
this one for the week.
I thought it meant a bear's piano
now I know it's din, confusion, and
a little bit of chaos thrown in.
The Dictionary is a fertile source
of lengthy words.
But using a Thesaurus
is best left to the Nerds .
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"Diary"
I keep a running "Diary",
and
remember every day
to enter information on
what things have come my way.
I record appointments and
the times that they are made.
And reocurring dates on which
utilities are paid.
These constitute reminders
that help in every way.
as long as I recall
"Where did I put that book today?"
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"De-ja Vu."
Because I've lived so many days,
and all these things I do.
it's not unnatural I suppose
to suffer "De-ja Vu".
The phone rings, and I know my
daughter Jan just wants to chat.
I pick up-it's her-and I think
"How did I know that?"
I greet a stranger in the street
and feel "Now, I am sure "
that on some past occasion
we have both met up before.
I think "I'll turn this corner,
and then a bus I'll spy,
I turn, and then I see
a double decker passing by.
You say "It's all coincidence
your talking through you hat.'
I just smile, and then reply
"I knew that you'd say that".
Poems Printed with permission of author