Knock, Knock; No Ones' There
Knock, Knock;
"No One's Here"
I hear voice
so you must be near
"No one is here,
stop knocking for me"
"And if you continue,
I'll kill you with glee"
I must just ask
what is it I did
I am here selling roses
and am taking any bid
"You have my relative
that can poison me"
"A mere smell of the flower
makes me visible you see"
I don't understand
you are very confusing
and if you weren't scaring me
it might be amusing
"Just get away
before your imposition"
"Makes me angry
and spray my ammunition"
Who are you I demand?
as the flower-girl gains courage
I don't like being threeatened
with the meaness you encourage
"I am the ghost flower
the Indian Pipe"
"Monotropa uniflora
visibility my gripe"
DeaBeePea 9-15-15
Uh-oh
somedays I awaken
to my daily plan
in late afternoon
my habits mistaken
silly preoccupations
thoughts of nations
seniors issues
and culinary sensations
facebook ramblings
and reunion promotion
writing a novel
and other commotion
because it is sunny
a bike ride to falls
and visiting cafe
and library halls
a kind of dizziness
pondering nothing
unconscious enjoyment
and personal business
but UH-OH I say
I forgot the challenge!
the misfits in anticipation
of my clever provocation
9-9-15 DeaBeePea
Failure
a long, long list
trinkets of years
partially forgotten
but present in tears
and yet I laugh
when thoughts go deep
they were not so bad
in playful steep
soaking in anger
that occurred so quick
but mellowed in sequence
with paths of trick
they smudge with all
the strange and curious
items of decision
that haunted my incision
into a special future
so ill defined
the end result, written
a poetic find
success is the same
because it does not exist
except in the amazement
of life's persist
DeaBeePea 9-8-15
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
Wait for Me
sometimes not invited
but standing near the crowd
so a pleading "wait for me"
in assumption of right to be
nothing much said
everyone went along
it seemed to be okay
to be a part of throng
I guess I yapped too much
they needed a break from me
so they tried to quickly escape
before my presence to be
but after all is said and done
they were my friends of sorts
we didn't analyse things that much
most problems time aborts
despite my chronic failing
I think I contributed my way
as each and every one of us
was special in their day
patience was our healer
accepting our differences delay
as we learned to tolerate and thank
each friend along the way
DeaBeePea 9-6-15
OLIVE
a spiritual being
knarled and wise
resistant and strong
a Mediterranean song
of lilacs and jasmine
a gondola lullaby
the feathery flowers
from racemes of bower
the dancing leaves
of silvery green
pointing to Noah
in a waters careen
ripening shades
from verdigris to sorrel
with acid and lye
fermenting in cry
seeping in patience
a Picholine cure
Martinis companion
in junipers lure
tossed in delight
a fruitful sight
a medley of beryl
a glistening rite
on Italian tart
the perfect friend
allium cepas part
with rolliche piquant
the nose so happy
in the peppery prance
the announcement of joy
olive's magical trance
DeaBeePea 9-4-15
OLIVE OYL
surprising, a flapper
akin to twenties
hair rolled in bun
Harold Hamgravy's fun
a lounge lizard was he
borrower of funds
attracted to women
wealthy and prettee
anger madness she suffered
lunaphobia it's called
faking disorder
for attention buffererd
committed to him
until the sailor arrived
Popeye and pipe
but not love at first sight
a song he denoted
declaring his macho
then eating his spinach
until muscles bloated
Take your hooks offa me
or I'll lay ya in a scupper
Olive Oyl declared
in contrary glee
Popeye was sarcastic
sneered at long feet
measurements amused
fifty-seven... complete!
nineteen, nineteen, nineteen...
becoming fickle
being wooed in a pickle
angry over most things
until raptured by Bluto
blaming Popeye
for Bluto's pranks
naive and suppressed
by her beau's unblessed
the baby named Swee'Pea
babysitter in need
claiming her importance
despite her insucceed
son or adopted
cousin or nephew?
we really don't know
correctness to sew
looking back now
violent and cruel
but we laughed at the nonense
for Saturday's fuel
DeaBeePea 9-4-15
Mother of Pearl
her name is Pearl
she is somewhat rural
old-fashioned and quaint
reputation ne'er taint
Sunday school marm
of quiet charm
hair in a bun
puritanical fun
honest and kind
but strict and abiding
enforcing the rules
with clear cut confiding
but her motivation
is clearly delined
it's the matriarchial existance
of her mother persistent
craggy and sharp
biting and cold
with a hidden heart
that asserts so bold
but somewhere deep down
she is gold and nacreous
naming her daughter
as a jewel and crown
The Mother of Pearl
as legend tells
iridescent and pure
unbending and sure
DeaBeePea 9-5-15
SLOW
I go at one speed
it's slow
a ponderous dreaming realm
of "know"
but it is disguised
by a cyclone
of furious chaos
neglecting grindstone
accomplishment not recorded
but subtly noted
as a moralistic summary
as devoted
some will say
the race is lost
but frankly I say
I'm not in one, no cost
life is no contest
but a moral conquest
doing what is right
in conscious test
so as I crawl
in baby steps
I feel reborn each day
with special effects
DeaBeePea 11-24-15
Toy Testers
those magic cylinders
making everything go
alkaline endurance
of electrolyte assurance
laughing and giggling
at each others pranks
and at the toys
of so many ploys
dolls that cry
and say I love you
cars that race
on a spaghettie like trace
copters that land
on villages of rescue
and drumming ducks
that waddle amuck
lights on trees
and miniature towns
santa's hats
and angel crowns
the charger works
overtime at Christmas
delaying their death
at a time of blissmas
negative to positive
the basic understanding
creating a circuit
with yellow-red stranding
the girls persist
till New Year's clearance
many toys busted
but Dawn and Rita are trusted
DeaBeePea 11-23-15
One by One
Ninga dinwa
Zobon, zobona
strength in numbers
no holding back
the sick won't succeed
seeing darkness in black
Ninga dinwa
Zobon, zobona
a choir of angels
the drums beat slowly
they will win
not fearing the unholy
Ninga dinwa
Zobon, zobona
they know who they are
in tribal pride
with the roar of lions
kings by their side
Ninga dinwa
Zobon, zobona
victory in spirit
wearing beads in faith
the power of the earth
saving them from wraith
Ninga dinwa
Zobon, zobona
DeaBeePea 11-22-15
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
In Between OR "My Hero Is a Sandwich"
the VIP
I wave in glee+
so long I say
on your way
a superstar
maybe, but not to par
conceited and rich
and friends you ditch
some say immortal
but I look out the portal
and see a magnate
who is really stagnate
or the big gun
with nowhere to run
a conqueror
an emperor
or numero uno
a big whig with kudo
BUT....I like the big cheese
he is my hero
or my big torpedo
a cuban sandwich
and hoagie "delich"
greats buns
and saucy puns
open sesame
I decree
and lots of mayo
to go!!
DBP 8-29-14
Hope
seing the flame aflicker
gives me hope
in quiet whicker
the other pale but eager
as it crys
in flame so meager
To struggle with courage
is a lesson to see
as I learn to encourage
the yellow estate
laced in suns fabric
feeling the breezes fate
the fire so sheltered
in the caged mind, so wheltered
DBP 8-27-14
