Archive for October, 2024

Crescent moons and show tunes and monarch butterflies

October 26, 2024





I like rainy days and Ibsen plays and lonesome lullabies
Long walks and funny talks and folks that don't tell lies

I like hound dogs and yule logs and films that make me cry
Crescent moons and show tunes and monarch butterflies

I like sunsets and Mookie Betts and Rome before the fall
Short naps and ginger snaps and pickup basketball

I like hay bales and mountain trails and comfy old shoes
Warm smiles and sundials and women just like you

I got nothing planned
So take my hand
And let's talk about you
Maybe, you and me
Can find something to do


by Richard W. Bray

Yucky Yucky Yucky You

October 18, 2024


Ewww!

Yucky
Yucky
Yucky
You!

Stomped
On
My
Heart
And
Made
Me
Blue

Yucky
Yucky
Yucky
You!

Ewww!

How
Come
You'll
Never
Be
True?

Yucky
Yucky
Yucky
You!

Ewww!

Every
Thing
I
See
And
Do

Makes
Me
Think
Of
Yucky
You

Yucky
Yucky
Yucky
You!

Ewww!

Napoleon
At
Water
Loo

A
Torn
And
Stinky
Old
Shoe

A
Pile
Of
Poo
Locked
In
The
Loo

Are
Glad
They
Never
Met
You

Ewww!

Yucky
Yucky
Yucky
You!

I'd
Rather
Eat
A
Cork
Screw

Than
Be
With
Yucky
Yucky
You

Ewww!

Yucky
Yucky
Yucky
You!

by Richard W. Bray

Social Persistence

October 4, 2024


There's a cop
He grew up in a boys home
He never wants to see
Anybody get hurt
Every day
There's a drop of corruption
Makes it harder and harder
To go back to work

Hay maestra
She's got a big drafty classroom
With torn up old books
And thirty bags of need
Every day
She comes back for more
She tries and she triumphs
And she teaches kids to read

There's a staffer
At a place full of kids
They overwhelm and devour
And energize
Every day
The music and the laughter
Fill and empty her heart
And brighten up her eyes

by Richard W. Bray




Wash it by hand and hang it up to dry

October 1, 2024

Wash it by hand
And hang it up to dry
Life is too precious
To spin yourself dry

Walk downtown
To the paper store
You can ask your grandpa
What paper is for

A tiny little phone
Can suck you down to hell
People tear you apart
Like they're ringing a bell

The sun gives us warmth
And energy
It's a beautiful day
Go climb a tree

by Richard W. Bray