opinions; plums & onions

c.f. ekot — Wed, 20 Nov 2024 14:32:54 GMT

i’m not here anymore. not physically. i’m zoomin’ around in the other dimensions. i left my body behind.

but i also left something for you.

this is my legacy. the words i put down on paper over the course of my seventy-five years.

subscription proceeds go to support my family, who i left with nothing. i left them only my words, which for me was everything.

untitled no. 10

c.f. ekot — Sat, 10 Sep 2022 18:19:00 GMT

it’s time to take your life in hand

before your glass runs out of sand

i don’t see the truth on either side

so, in the middle i still hide

it’s all set up to test our mettle

marking time ‘til tests are through

grading each for final tally

totaling which way is next

and we each suffer ‘til we realize

that the fight is just for fun…

it doesn’t matter what the dista…

untitled no. 9

c.f. ekot — Fri, 09 Sep 2022 17:19:00 GMT

where does all this garbage go

that i put on the street?

and when it’s gone, why does the air

still smell so doggone sweet?

there must be some magician man

that disappears our trash

for, where else would we put so big

a heaping, smelly stash?

i’m sure it’s not the ocean blue

that takes what we don’t use

we wouldn’t be so dumb to light

that dangerous a fuse

it’s foo…

untitled no. 8

c.f. ekot — Thu, 08 Sep 2022 18:17:00 GMT

what in my wondering abandon appears

but everything needed sustaining me here

let’s hear it for the working class who go to work each day

it’s only ‘cause of fools like them, you rich ones get to play

you can build your mirage and pretend to be tough

but the true-strong can fathom it’s only a bluff

for a bluff is a bluff and a threat is a threat

the difference…

untitled no. 7

c.f. ekot — Wed, 07 Sep 2022 18:14:00 GMT

where now, old son, next place to wander

wondering what new tunes to sing

sung in memory of our passing

torches on to new rewards?

remember how our faith was promised

and the truth of its confirm?

oh, for love and life to ponder

here on earth where heaven’s found

finding just the answers needed

to the questions deep inside

loving life and all we wish for

wanting j…

untitled no. 6

c.f. ekot — Tue, 06 Sep 2022 18:12:00 GMT

here i sit in hopes of forming

new horizons meant to stave

flowing of this life i’m living

leading me to where i am

all i need are new thought choices

choosing better than before

how i pray that i’ll be wise

than the past i clearly see

who could wish much more of making

recipes from past mistakes

only finding what i’m fearing

never ends until i’m dead

and death, w…

untitled no. 5

c.f. ekot — Mon, 05 Sep 2022 18:07:00 GMT

money, oh, money, controlling our race

the dollar sign’s written on everyone’s face

each song played has its own story

told in poem’s rephrasing grace

holding each to its own candle

shedding light throughout the land

be careful if you happen onto

unexpected fortune, fair

if left unmanaged it will vanish

‘fore the dew dries morning sun

one chair sits empty, ever s…

untitled no. 4

c.f. ekot — Sun, 04 Sep 2022 18:04:00 GMT

far off the sandy shore, but i don’t have to look

fish a-wigglin’ on my line, stove a-gonna cook

laughin’ at you everyone, answerin’ your phones

skeleton in your closet a-rattlin’ ‘is bones

i’ll meet you in that great beyond when this life is done

you can tell me ‘bout your toils, i’ll tell you ‘bout my fun

untitled no. 3

c.f. ekot — Sat, 03 Sep 2022 18:01:00 GMT

barely birds have tamed my hand

and me a minstrel, sure

lay down to legions lost in air

not fair but blessed, all

sing down, sing down

yeah, fare thee well

you know where bound, i am

untitled no. 2

c.f. ekot — Fri, 02 Sep 2022 17:59:00 GMT

hearts are for harvest

heads will be hung

bells are for ringing

and mine has been rung

untitled no. 1

c.f. ekot — Thu, 01 Sep 2022 17:54:00 GMT

you want to say something the world will repeat

some n’er before uttered syllables sweet

some little something that’s never been heard

provoking a thought that has never occurred