Rattle
I see those rattling cages
On a truck going by
And wonder where they’re going
As I look up at the sky
I wish they could escape
If there’s anything inside
To a playful farm of fantasy
A glory to abide
DeaBeePea 12-23-16
IF
if he is a pest
is there a solution
to search and destroy
and exterminate
or do we cope
and laugh
shaking our heads
and paying the freight
or do we speak
and yell
I'm not going to take it
anymore
attempting to contest
call a vote
and gain recognition
to even the score
I don't have an answer
but it is annoying
as this simpleton
claims his glory
invading our lives
making holes in our walls
or dictating policy
a pathetic story
DeaBeePea 12-22-16
ONI
why so hideous
with your claws
crazy hair
and horns of flair
although a human
you seem
to want to dispel
with three eyes to dwell
and your colourful face
a bit scary
but in a way
funny in play
and ancient garb
with iron clubs
viciousness implied
new calmness betide
we salute the Onigawara
of gargoyle stature
protecting from evil
a reversal from primeval
DeaBeePea 12-18-16
REMAINS
my inspirational source
in many respects
as I ponder the past
as it disappeared so fast
thinking of time
and being there for real
saturated with old
and touching life's folds
as if it's a book
with easy turning pages
the chapters before me
in a wreckage sea
lives that mattered
not really gone
as I sponge their existence
a path of resistance
I coil and cry
without tears but a view
of melancholy history
and its untapped mystery
as I walk away
my head shakes a little
I'm coming back home
to my ignorant dome
DeaBeePea 12-17-16
ON THIN ICE
a few cold days
early winter
opinions gathering
outspoken glinter
not much fear
as my voice resounded
some people claimed
repercussions abounded
the ice was thin
in apparent tradition
but I knew better
due to popular fission
there were some cracks
but I never got dunked
and those who worried
simply flunked
DeaBeePea 12-16-16
UNTIL
until
the driving conditions change
I will not
exercise
my humble request
for a lift
if I did
there should be a replay
well
you've got a lot of nerve
and they'd be right
get the drift
my friends are generous
no complaints
but if I pushed
that proverbial button
I just might
have gone too far
so as long
as the weather
stays this way
I will enjoy my walking
with wind in my face
and good tread on my shoes
I wish my cronies
safety and health
be careful
behind the wheel
I don't want things to slide
into the icy road blues
DeaBeePea 12-15-16
Tiptoe
Italian renaissance
then France and Russia
an evolving art
in musical compart
the attitude performed
in delicate balance
on tips of toes
in physical throes
ballone so sprite
sur le cou-de-pied
a lofty position
of undue precision
the brisk brise
demanding flight
petits battements
and optional changement
a fouette then raises
from heel to toe
a spinning arabesque
erect and statuesque
but the essence is en pointe
the elevated posture
so elegant and light
Balletomane in delight
DeaBeePea 12-11-16
Flight or Fight
Listening to this
Almost unbearable
What do I do
This crap is terrible
I really want
To punch this guy
Right in the nose
Or maybe throw a pie
A time for decision
To display my thrust
Or fly away
Avoid it I must
But being passive
Is sometimes harder
Then being pugilistic
To show disardor
Flight and fancy
A pleasant way
To evade this torture
In futuristic pray
But deep down
I really want
To impose a black eye
My fist to flaunt
DeaBeePea 12-10-16
Sour Note Music Festival
October 17, 2015 2-7 P/M
at the Briny Bandshell
Piquant Valley NY
Tickets 12. 20./couple
NO UNSAVORY BEHAVIOR PERMITTED
Bring your own sugar if desired.
Featuring:
Apple Cider Ensemble
performing "Vinegar Rag"
Greek Yoghurt
performing "If I Were an Acrid Man"
Kimchi Korean Dancers
performing "Caustic Carnival"
Kefir Dessous
performing the "Baku Bitter Ballet"
The Kumquats
performing "Acerbic Rock"
Kombucha Jazz
performing "Green Tea for Two"
The Zesty Citrons
performing "Virginia Peel" and "Lemon Tree"
The Verdigris
performiing "Limehouse Blues"
The Rhubarbs
performing "Burdock Blues"
The Oom-Pah-Pahs
performing "Sauerkraut Scramble"
The Tamarinds
performing "Tartaric Tango"
DeaBeePea 9-8-15
Illusion
this verse is an illusion
letters that happened to fall
like snow flakes
forming in frosty lace
the words spell out
a myth of mindful call
a fancy delusion
of imaginary place
it spins then blankets
imaginations path
a sprinkling of questions
and offerings of white
pure in its beginning
a cold emotions bath
then suddenly its gone
disappearing from sight
DeaBeePea 18-12-15
The Ingredient
a question...
hard to answer
what is the main ingredient
part of the flavour digestion
in some cases
obvious
but in other situations
there are various maces
in a martini
it's the gin
and certainly the olive
is better than a chunk of zucchini
but in festive fruitcake
it's really hard to say
cinnamon, pecans, cranberries
mango and cherries to make
but the dark rum
is quite essential
for that mellow pungence
creating a sum
that is the festive totality
a joyous refrain
a candied citron
of baking motility
DeaBeePea 17-12-15
Family
is a group of people
affiliated by consanguinity
doing things together
not always their affinity
traditions of yore
sacred asininity
these questions answered
with solemn clandestinity
when it comes to feud
there is rising sanguinity
and a silly posturing
of befuddling masculinity
and a pudgy aunt
with odors of saccharinity
and sloppy kisses
displaying aged femininity
the highest status
given to one of felinity
the process would slow
with the pronouncement of virginity
but all in all it's a miracle
this family divinity
DeaBeePea 12-14-15
To Decorate or Not
It is fine to decorate
but don't be tacky
like so many seem
a splattering of lights
'round and 'round
of all colours and beam
blow up Santa's
and cardboard reindeer
makes me shed a tear
flashing lights
are more for casinos
not midnight clear
merry Christmas signs
a bit cliched
after years of acclaim
but one golden tree
isn't bad
in glittering fame
and a spruced up tree
of modest spree
is all right with me.
DeaBeePea 12-14-15
Feathertail Glider
flying phalanger
feather-shaped tail
the smallest of genus
monotypical grail
moderately prehensile
gliding flight
steering and braking
a hairless kite
Queensland home
nectar and pollen digest
arthropods a quest
a possum request
it's whiskered dome
and tail amouse
gripping the branch
journey enhanced...
10-19-14 DBP
Woodclip
Pins to hang
suns morning tang
taut in hold
lace to scold
plastic or wood
but I feel I should
use the classic design
durable on line
but I also fasten
potato chips to lasten
ingenuity I fashion
in modest ration
10-20-14 DBP
Sun-Dried
salted and sulfured
four to ten
days to athirst
lycopene in burst
plum and yellow
dotted in oil
olives, and spicy coil
the garlic breeze
kissing the line
pinned sheets beside
swaying garments
under in name, divine
slipping in time
some embarrassed
a way to neighbour
I wear red ones
cartooned on buns
an intimate shine
pulley refined
10-20-14 DBP
Toy of Life
my top in pocket
resting in pause
before the final spin
a continuous whirl
perpetual motion
an infinite lotion
in playing's devotion
DBP 10-20-14
Remote (Cinquain)
remote
hidden, lost
lurking, laughing, resting
relieved from response to duty
control
DBP 10-21-14
Remote 2 (Cinquain)
remote
tranquil, serene
inaccessible, hidden, secure
insecure in the searching visitor
friend
DBP 10-21-14
Cinquain 3
island
narrow river
shady welcome in reeds
evergreen shadows beckon fire
canoe
DBP 10-21-14
Rooting
A face on the petal
an emotionless grin has bloomed
dark and still fettle
in sunless gloom
supreme in mettle
glancing in gentle spume
a flower of night
in sanguine plight
DBP 10-21-14
Ottave Rima 3
incarnadine in shine
so dark and obscure
waiting to shrine
the hands dropping spoor
the path inclines
to hazy moors
as the asomatous flower
reveals it's dewed empower
DBP 10-21-14
Heroine
dystopia
no utopia
the wealthy son
Maria the sun
wealthy industry
money ministry
towered high
above underground ply
machines for power
Frederson cowers
the pleasure garden
emotions harden
visit of children
viewing privilege den
underworld explodes
unconcerned modes
Thin man dispatched
to dungeon so thatched
trading clothes
as smoke upward flows
Maschinenmensch
made by wrench
Whore of Babylon
apocolypse forging Avalon
mediator salutes
intimidation disputes
murder of lust
forgotten trust
children deserted
as flood inserted
demise of nation
and fire of Maria's station
hands now linked
as evil sinks
DBP 10-23-14
Pink and Blink
motor clik
robot glik
greasy grind
noisy bind
rakat soket
tool in poket
three brains
planning stains
revolt from program
evolving jam
defining life
avoiding strife
bling ring sing
zing zot ping
sizzle spark
never dark
crash boom
ending doom
DBP 10-23-14
Spherical Dreams
a pi of pie
one-third of circumference
big piece
but only start
no indifference
three pieces total
plus the crumbs
that are point one four
will there be more
licking thumbs
another whole one
in the box
made of peach
delicious breach
of key of lime
opening doors
in baking toil
of sweetness galore
and pan in foil
to make another
cherry I think
I'm on the brink
10-25-14
RISE
the sun is blowing
a force, splitting
clouds like arrows
light in reflected lasar
horizon, hitting
sky opening in birth
jarring my heart
piercing
in quiet power
awakening me, in start
joining life's reverent glow
DBP 10-25-14
Temptation
known as
point of focus
wishful thinking
or answers found
fuzzy above
cloudy below
so instinct tells me
clear and safe around
but the sun and wind
tell different parts
stories that meander
and dance through hearts
blowing and shining
and eyes can obscure
and ears can imagine
Hallowe'en mansions
rattling shutters
and slippery butters
tripping on path
so we camp, in wrath
but soon aware
the open door
invites adventure
on infinite floors
levels of sadness
and joyous quell
sky reaching trees
branches in freeze
our arms held high
perforating haze
horizon's collison
infinite maze
DBP 10-28-14
Ready-set GO
seldom ready
and not very often set
but I GO anyways
because life is too short
planning and scheming
organizaing and summarizing
to much work
but still I don't abort
my mind is in conundrum
my feet aren't planted well
the starting blocks are invbisible
but my mission I will not thwart
I'm not always sure
what my goal is
but you can be sure the finish line
is somewhere in the horizons court
I look all around
there are no other runners
no one is in my world
except for a few of naughty tort
ther is no race to win
just a personal challenge of whim
so I wipe the soles of my shoes
and prepare to enjoy my sport
DeaBeePea 11-25-15
Unlocked
Initially hand in hand
loyalty and kindness communed
immersed in hazy sand
and slippery trees of dune
Grasp now a strand
as bewilderment is strewn
the shadows have asked
to uncover our mask
DBP 10-21-14