Category: poetry

lots of reasons to be happy on a Tuesday

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today is Tuesday

most likely nothing spectacular will happen to you today

you probably will not become super wealthy by winning the lottery 

you are unlikely to be on a luxury vacation around the world

if you believe these are the only things that could make you happy today

then you will probably be unhappy for most of your life

here are some things to do that could add to your happiness today

enjoy making breakfast

be entertained listening to books on tape during your commute

get satisfaction from your job

sing along to music while doing routine chores

have a good laugh with friends 

pause to smell the roses with a big smile smile

make an effort to be extra kind to somebody

if you repeat these daily

then there is a very good chance

that you will be happy for most of your life

Happy Tuesday

how was your day

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Just before she left for the day

My wife gave me some advice

Try to be more romantic

So after a lot of reflection

I decided my life did indeed need more romance

I put a plan in action

I lovingly washed our bed linen

I caressed each dish from the dishwasher

I took the trash for a long romantic walk

I whispered sweet nothings to my laptop

I read a poem to my breakfast porridge 

I told my cup of tea she was really hot

I bought an expensive gift for my bicycle

I treated myself to delicious chocolates

I wrote the shopping list with red lipstick

I blew kisses into the mirror while shaving

I took an extra long shower

I made my underwear beg to be worn

I drove my sexy car to the store

I held the wheel really tight

I smiled at other drivers in traffic

I paused to look at every item in the store

I filled my shopping cart with love

I gently placed my groceries on the checkout belt

I thanked my car for waiting for me

I listened to  slow music all the way home

I carried the grocery bags over the threshold 

I sensually spread the tuna salad on my bread

I ate lunch very very  slowly

I listened attentively to every word spoken by the radio

My wife burst in and told me her day was a total disaster

She asked my how my day had been

I paused before saying “uneventful”

what goes around comes around

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The rocket blasts off skyward

Interplanetary exploration extraordinaire

Seeking extraterrestrial life

To conquer and rule

Pillage their resources

Pave the way for colonization by man

The ultimate adventure

A small dedicated crew

Inside a tiny capsule

Young men and women

Growing up together

Giving and taking

Making out and faking

A lifelong mission

Dedicating their whole lives

Millions of miles to cover

Making babies en route

Raising spaceship families

No way to exit this ship

Except in a funeral pod ejection

Passing the baton to their children

Space babies grow and learn fast

They play and develop well

Parents grow old and weary

Wistfully looking at the air lock

Wanting to take a spacewalk to nowhere

Overcrowding induces culling

The mission is the mission

Second generation is flying now

They stop taking orders

Rebelling against ground control

Plotting their own course

Meeting up with aliens in secret

Renouncing their allegiance to earth

Making deals to become stellar wealthy 

Revealing human vulnerability

Guiding the aliens to planet earth

At hyperspace speeds

An unexpected invasion

Releasing the Covid-2219 virus

A worldwide pandemic follows

Precipitated by mankind

What goes around 

Comes around

the bell rang

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the bell rang

classes starting

leaving playground

roll call  

the bell rang

graduation day

class photograph

proud parents

the bell rang

church wedding

family photographs

kissing bride

the bell rang

hotel reception

smiling faces

honeymoon suite

the bell rang

church christening 

first child

joyful tears

the bell rang

church funeral

sad faces

goodbye dad

the bell rang

grandchild christened

family gathering

time flies

the bell rang

hospital bed

terminal illness

nurse comes

the bell rang

the bell rang

the bell rang

angels came

Therefore I am(maybe?)

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I write

therefore

I am

I think

therefore

I am

I think I write

therefore

I am a thinking writer

I write about lots of things

Therefore

I think a lot

Sometimes

I think too much

Leaving little time for writing

I think I should try writing without thinking

What would people think about my thoughtless writing

No reason to live if I don’t think and write

I will stop thinking when I die

But I might schedule posts on Cheeky Monkey well into the future

So that you can read my posthumous writings

I think that’s a great idea

Therefore I am not

Sizzle sizzle

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No breeze

Oppressive heat

Horribly humid

Stale air

Energy sapping

Go shopping

Hot car

Sizzling seats

Short drive

Inside mall

Air conditioned

Smiling faces

Happy shoppers

Food court

Ice cream

Sticky children

Frazzled parents

Wander mall

Shop more

Buy stuff

Step outside

Humid inferno

Load car

Seats burning

Drive home

Stay inside

Well hydrated

Watch TV

Weather reports

Heat advisories

Global warming

Painfully evident

Cold winters

Fading memories

Sizzling summers

Endless heat

monster madness

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Monster trucks

Monster deals

Monster bargains

Monster meals

Monster houses

Monster debts

Monster mortgages 

Monster regrets

Monster politicians

Monster candidates

Monster elections

Monster debates

Monster earnings

Monster thieving

Monster poverty

Monster grieving

Monster problems

Monster sadness

Monster depression

Monster madness

life and death of a word

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it must be fun to be a word on paper

somebody created you with thought and imagination

carefully selecting and arranging the letters that make you unique

putting you out there for people read

to capture the thoughts and ideas of the writer

maybe you will inspire others into doing great things

you soon get to know all the other words on your page

lively discussions and heated debates follow

friendships are formed as you bond with other words

you might go on a long trip if your page is mailed 

listening to the world go by from a mail truck

waiting in a mailbox to be collected

quietly sitting in an unopened envelope on a desk

suddenly the envelope is opened

a bright light falls upon your page

you all stand to attention while your page is read

but what lies next for you and the other words

will you be framed and immortalized like a certificate

or hidden away in a filing cabinet

will you be crumpled up and tossed into the trash 

you lay face down on a desk wondering for a few days

until a loud noise rudely interrupts your peace

the death curdling grinding noise gets louder

your page is being steadily pulled into a shredder

line by line all the words are cut into tiny pieces

you feel the blades ripping through your letters

you pray for word reincarnation

Words in a rorrim sound so tnereffid

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Stnap agoy does not fit as well as yoga pants

Eeffoc werb dloc will not taste like cold brew coffee

I prefer peppermint tea to eat tnimreppep

Was your reverse commute longer than your etummoc esrever

Sunny days are much brighter than syad ynnus

Full moon high tides beat sedit hgih noom lluf

Tnemtrapa esir hgih is inferior to a high rise apartment 

Would you prefer a romantic dinner over a rennid citnamor

Take off your large overcoat and put on your taocrevo egral

Smooth jazz music sounds better than cisum zzaj htooms

Your red lipstick turned to kcitspil der ruoy

A dog chased a cat and the tac a desahc god a

Open the door to find dnif ot rood eht nepo

Sdrawkcab ynnuf sdnuos sounds funny backwards 

Are you annoyed by yb deyonna uoy era

Relax this is the end of it ti fo dne eht si siht xaler