Stupified
the dumbing of America
has it spread so far and wide?
I am watching very carefully
to make sure it stays inside
I'd like to help the states as well
but first I'm observing here
to ensure that this pungent poison
doesn't seep up here and sear
our culture with chronic idiocy
replacing our leaders with rumps
they're bad enough already
they make me want to jump
so this disease must be conquered
we have to figure a way
to inform all the clueless nitwits
that the end is arriving on a tray
resplendent with sweets and treats
blinding us with verbiage of strength
but we have to say to all
it's harmful BS of mind-numbing length
so let us join our hands
and build a human wall
that fights off this bitter pill
and unstupifies us all
DeaBeePea 2-3-17
Tick(s)
Such a marvelous service
Though tasty for birds
They are transmitters of ill
In mountainous herds
Rickets and fever
Typhus and Lyme
and meningoencephalitis
ne’er spelled on a dime
venomous and paralyzing
feeding on blood
either soft or hard
but both bite with a thud
they’re rather ugly
in their pear-shaped blob
eight-legged monsters
an hypostome throb
DeaBeePea 2-1-17
Tick 2
I’ll give you a tick
for your effort so sincere
although the accuracy
is neither there nor here
you’re not that smart
you need all you can get
so I’ll give you credit
though most things you forget
it might make you like me
which is a part of my plan
a condescending salute
from a desperate man
DeaBeePea 2-1-17
Playing 'Possum
yes indeed
I am so shy
curling up
with a silent reply
she is such a tiger
that flaming smile
and stripes of tease
that caress me a while
but I fail to grab
this loving chance
as a quiver in nervous
failing to enhance
my life is talk
I'm such a joker
with funny lines
and flirting poker
but after all
is said and done
I can only play possum
missing the fun
DeaBeePea 1-31-17
This is a modification of the lyrics of the Beatle's song HELP! to better correlate with my present feelings.
Help!
When I was younger, so much younger than today
I needed people's help in many ways
But now these days are gone, and I'm much more self-assured
Now I find I've changed my mind, I've opened up the doors
And now my life has changed in oh so many ways
My independence seems to glitter in the haze
it's so seldom that I feel so insecure
and it's so nice just to want you as I've never done before
I'll help you if you want
I do appreciate bein' 'round
I'll try to help you get your feet back on the ground
Yes, I do appreciate you bein' 'round
DeaBeePea 1-30-17
This is What I Am
Waking to the questions and the fears
Ready to spill my guts to listening peers
Wondering if our world will ever be
Peaceful
Spending a lot of time, ignoring my call
Because I just can’t take it all
We’re all just fighting for our lives
Surviving
Realizing, how little I really know
And wondering, what I have to show
I guess, I just have to stop
Worrying
I'm just a dreamer, but it’s a beautiful place
I'm just a dreamer, roaming in empty space
I think about love, and all it seems to be
And wonder what it really is to me
But it never stops it’s song
Hypnotic
I seem to be the same, that little boy
Filling my head with anxious joy
Using my tears as a weapon
Nervous
I still want a present for my birthday
But it really doesn’t matter
As my needs and wants scatter
Oblivion
I'm just a dreamer, it takes me far away
I’m just a dreamer, closing in on my mind astray
Looking to the sky for help
Thinking of this hopeless yelp
Asking if there is any hope for us
At all
So I find a place of comfort
And that is something I guess
Though, it’s not enough to self-impress
Restless
There is a story as I contemplate
The difference between me and you
Maybe just the choices in our view
Happiness
I'm just a dreamer, something I’ll always do
I'm just a dreamer, finding a place between night and day
I’m just a dreamer, not wanting to wake
To the questions and fears
DeaBeePea 2-15-17
Bemusement
what is more
bemusing
than love
it comes at you
ablaze
seemingly from above
it stops you
halt!
I am spellbound
nothing else matters
shake
my senses to be found
I am enthralled by the sound
soft
a kiss so breezy and light
but a tempest it can become
throbbing
a beautiful and painful delight
but lost in this cloud I remain
celebrating
this ever-conquering space
a magic that I hope
remains
forever in my concupiscent grace
DeaBeePea 2-14-17
Garbage Storm
the wind and the rain
and piles of crap
is blowing our way
most by a sap
this smelly stuff
hitting our face
making us blind
in its ignorant disgrace
and as far as recycling
that would be bad
we want to burn it all
not leaving a tad
so we must be presidential
and take command
and get rid of this garbage
and bring in a new brand
DeaBeePea 2-13-17
How the heck should I know...
I'm getting fed up
with all these questions
how do you do this
and how do you do that
just because I'm brilliant
and full of bright ideas
doesn't mean I have all the answers
so stop being such a gnat
DeaBeePea 2-13-17
Summoning
I feel I'm always summoning
and what it actually is
is a multi-talented "god"
to call when I'm aplod
solving all my problems
with the wave of a magic wand
allowing me to sleep one more hour
clearing up all my sour
but what I've learned is startling
this "spirit" that I call
is really just another version, you see
of the person I call me
DeaBeePea 2-12-17
Like Moe
the night did come
after much aplomb
the moptops from Britain
as we all got to sittin'
my mom and my sister
their faces did glister
but to me and my dad
the excitement was tad
and when the screen said
that John had wed
I laughed in tow
one down, three to go
but all I remember thinking
with my eyes in curious blinking
was that their hair looked like Moe's
of the three stooges show
DeaBeePea 2-9-17
Chasing Shadows
I have done this
as an exercise in patience
seeing how long
I could go
before I dehisce
one of the concerns
was the light conditions
as they changed
throughout
causing me to discern
with another sense
one the nature of six
creating a new belief
within
assisting confusion dense
I started climbing walls
going crazy was I
and hanging from the ceiling
hurdling
but I didn't have the balls
to attack the shadows with wrath
'cause I thought I'd hurt myself
and the silhouettes were haunting
fear
of a bloody aftermath
DeaBeePea 2-10-17
Thumbs Up!
Approval
does it mean anything
my thumb in the air
in it's "right on" blare
Encouraging
yes, I think it's cool
simple and "feel good"
just like it should
Affection
this might be interpreted
so beware of receiver
who could be a "you" believer
Movies
yes, the ultimate score
getting this nod
like standing applaud
Siskel and Ebert
changed the way
with their ups and downs
and working man's crown
Spontaneous
an essential element
erasing the convention
of superior intention
Affirmative
so I raise my pollex
I'm a positive thinker
in my forward tinker
Beholding
Here's looking at you kid
of so little blah
my appendage à toi
DeaBeePea 2-17-17
Defunct
why defunct?
mismanaged
unpopular
or cursed
perceived as antiquated
gradual demise
competition
no longer pursed
but when we look
back in time
we like what we see
and feel bad
it should still be here
after all
it represents us
and what we had
so now we see
that nostalgia sells
even if it's tainted
with abstract notions
and it seems that service
has lost its value
we must reconsider
our marketing potions
truth and need
what a concept that is!
quality and fair price
with a little show biz!
DeaBeePea 2-16-17
Brandenburg
Period
as my sentence lingers
I wonder where
that period will be
as I watch my rollicking fingers
is it mere fatigue
or a confident conclusion
that brings me to a pause
that creates intrigue
a stop that symbolizes
the birth of a new idea
as the imagination bleeds
for soul felt prizes
but please beware
that the end has no dot
only the river of thought
that we cautiously share
that once-a-month poem
that implies all the rest
sparking our awareness
that takes us back home
DeaBeePea 3-8-17
Focal Point
I hate to say it
but the focal point
of my chaotic world
is me
I know myself
and continue to learn
and seem to be most successful
at sea
riding the waves
and balancing my courage
setting oars aside
to see
the changing horizon
and the colours of water
that suggest the transparency
of glee
but this confusion
allows the ride to be long
with no finish in sight
a modest fee
every moment is worth it
because enthusiasm grows
and I can pass it on
a smiling key
undefined as it is
happiness is a pot of hope
a social nucleus
my climbing tree
DeaBeePea 3-7-17
Paranoia 1
It was intentional!
coincidences never happen
someone is out to get me
with accusations that I'm irrational
and saying I have a complex
regarding persecution
is as ridiculous as can be
I'm only slightly convex
this plot to destroy me
is not my minds figment
it's a genuine conspiracy
to end this thing called DeaBeePea
Paranoia 2
why should I write this poem
about paranoia
it will be rejected
and will likely just annoy-ya
Paranoia 3
the reason to write a poem
about paranoia
is to put oneself in trancelike
hyponoia
and to think about giant trees
like the sequoia
and plants of foreign lands
like the metasequoia
DeaBeePea 3-6-17
Family
what a mess
this project was
bringing three into the world
knowing nothing but a guess
the love was eternal
the exercise was a fair
a circus and a wonder-world
inspired by the vernal
creativity and madness
seemed to be the spokes
that held together the wheel
that avoided all the sadness
but, there was no denial
everything came up front
the emotions spread like wildfire
and eroded us like a file
my strength evaded me
and my responsibilities ran
I only wanted survival
to catch a taste of glee
but this escape proved to be fruitless
as I lost awareness of me
and I wandered all around
my life becoming routeless
but time has offered patience
and breath still offers hope
love has proven its faith
injecting the hands of ebullience
forgiveness, not what matters
that's an awful lot to ask
but encouragement and belief
yes, that's our family platter
DeaBeePea 3-6-17
Furnace 5DP 3498745
the furnace sang
the reason so clear
it was a Singer model
with a voice so dear
don't be mistaken
sewing is not its strong
but it still can sing
bob bob bobbin along...
and its threads of music
are rather loud
and sometimes snap
if the belt is bowed
and it has no fashion sense
it's just a hunk of metal
that purrs when it's tuned
but roars when it's not fettle
but if the neighbourhood
has an old bunch of these
man, you've got quite a choir
that just might displease
but the harmony has potential
with all the different ducts
and I would be a centrifugal fan
even if the chorus sucks
DeaBeePea 3-5-17