Why the lack of dirges And not headstones You can't credit urges Nor rampant cellphones Blame the composers Wait, could be equal Where also performers Are dead to a sequel Young creative beasts Often do not last To partake in feasts Of their snipped off lyric past So most died Outside of their time To allow the tide Erasure of rhyme
Author: T.M. Shorewick
I Left the Cloister
I left the cloister Not wanting to leave But death hid as a foister Sneaking up my sleeve Too many years later A stranger told me That he would cater A spiritual spree In that place Up near the Bronx I couldn't face The presence of skunks I considered the unicorn And that unique goblet Unable to scorn Nor even be upset For the cloister knows Life’s succession As future grows Through individual recession Now I return Late at night While candles burn In my blind spot light sight
When Lightning Bugs You
The birds have retired Even jets not by altitude Choking atmosphere they both inspired Their chirpy booming breath conclude It darkens With every breath Many a gold dot hearkens Airy depth Maybe resurrection Crosses you mind Temporal deflection Of the predictable kind There are no attacks No predators No doctrinal retracts Just Illuminati ambassadors Going on dates Where love becomes violent And sealing their fates Hence the birds are silent
Not Old nor Young
Not old Nor young Story yet told Road to Death Surprises so Spell check Hackneyed What the heck Loose composers Tickling ivory Lose trousers
Maybe it was Deer
Maybe it was deer Or a fox I'm not certain The last time Perhaps a rock Plants received A nod eternal So I stood Not among the tall wood But short greens For each I prayed Easily stunned That my attempt Was a sneeze Echoing in the trees For plants Could care less Of an attempt to bless Their dominance Accept acceptance
I Can’t Believe
I can't believe Tricks running Down my sleeve Headed up Horny pup Go retrieve Be cunning Then relieve Then the rug Existing still No drug Might erase The deface The tug of a slug Whose will Conquers inner space
Schmutzie Polka Hop
Schmutzie Polka Hop An Austrian doo wop Or a euro hip hop When did it stop? On the Heights One of many nights Ere native sights Considered blights But it is Google Heights not oogle Dog poodle Whom to canoodle? It’s now a spay The cellar a way To play With the next fray
Kid’s Got the Action
He’ll make you socially skid No not flip your lid He’s too culturally intrepid To follow any old line insipid His eyes Seek no video reprise His walks random devise Always an expected surprise And he is brave Every culture and knave To unenslave That’s what we all might crave Follow his walks Drop your buds when he talks Reality he honestly hawks Citizens don't be dorks
Zen What?

Some Saint
A saint told me to leave What’s up your sleeve I won't grieve Because you can't believe Well, he said that At least it’s what I concluded at The end of his conversat Ion the charged lion Broke by his scion Went to try on New rationalization The saint was wrong I sung his song Applauded by the throng Who all along Wanted to relieve What they perceive On Christmas eve The tale they'll weave