A Penny for My Thoughts?

Highly overpriced.

My brain cells may not follow the norm

When they’re active and gather a quorum

Thoughts may find their ways

Through the cerebral maze

Their various blunders to perform.

Expectations are often harsh critics.  How much Practice does it take to make Perfect?  I certainly don’t know.

Practice is an unpleasant chore

My mistakes are too hard to ignore

I don’t like what I hear

But they won’t disappear

Unless I endure them some more.

You can check out the results of infrequent practice and even modest expectations at:

www.youtube.com/channel/UCCRDcBOsFHPLm_Va_dxpPdA

I, Alone - a campaign song

NameTags - a song about school reunions 2 versions, one with the lyrics printed, one live

State of Confusion = describing the consequences of growing up in Summit, NJ

Rainbow Blues - what it’s like to be an underachiever in a very successful class

50 Ways to conquer Stage Fright - a live performance by a very shy performer 

 Fake Tears

The last couple of months have been a blur.

I was recently decataracted

But sadly both eyes have reacted

To all the drops they prescribed

For healing my eyes

And my vision was badly impacted.

My vision is improving.  Although I’m mainlining artificial tears, often a veil descends and blurs everything.  Ironic isn’t it, when there is so much in the news to weep about, I need Fake Tears.

The doctor says not to despair

Such reactions are not very rare

The tear film will return

To eliminate the blurrin’

And the cornea will soon self repair.

Oh, It’s Lying Time Again 

This week Trump boasted of lying to Justin Trudeau about U.S. Canada trade.  After more than a year of denying any Russian influence on the 2016 election, the Trump administration invoked sanctions on Russia for their disinformation campaign.  Trump doesn’t like to lose, and when he realized his lying wasn’t as effective as the Russians, it was time for retribution.

Trump craves fortune and fame

And will lie to promote the Trump name

But the Russian operation

Of disinformation

Put Donald’s weak efforts to shame.

  

Trump got caught, but really it wasn’t Donald’s fault.  Why didn’t those high IQ advisors warn him that the good looking, nice guy (lightweight) Canadian premier might have done his homework?  Somebody should get fired.   Except in Trumpworld Trump’s brilliant improvisation becomes the truth.

Who’d imagine that Justin Trudeau

Would know about US trade flow

And doubt the belief 

Of our Liar-in-Chief?

How was poor Donald to know?

Shambolism

A friend pointed out the the word shambolic - legitimized by the NY Times among others - is the adjectification of the noun shambles.  So in addition to nouning and verbing we need to track adjectifying and adverbing.  So today i’m working on adjectification.

The White House operation’s shambolic

The state of the staff is scrambolic

They support and rationalize

Ad hoc policies and lies

Of a boss who is highly gambolic.

Enough already!  Literally, adjectivally, symbolically and politically.

Trump will stumble and fumble and bumble

He’s a bully who wants others to rumble

Mueller, I hope

Can Rope the big Dope

And bring him down with a tumble.