"My wife's old man was a guy named Pan,
He had goat feet and he carried a gun.
And though he was the clod that made her,
I never could love that grisly Satyr."
"What keeps time without making sense
Reminds our life, of the present tense,
Distracts the mind from flows of fear,
From deep inside, our eyes might tear."
"The Clown, the Chief, and some of their pals,
Rode to Laredo to pick up some gals.
But when they got there Laredo was closed,
A war had started, and no one had clothes."
"If the gals in the room liked the guys we'll assume,
Why bunch up in packs with the men to their backs?"
"One fine gentleman demonstrated,
to some lady friends, then all went native."
"I saw my King down in the town,
I set off to make my plea.
If Queen then puts the drawbridge down,
Will I hang if she takes me?"
"You’ll visit the palace and greet all their souls,
You’ll give love to the lovers, and top up their bowls."
"I want to go a-birding
I’ll hunt for the Great Toucan
In Mexico I’ll be calling,
Through Jungles of Yucatan."
"Les gens pensent, 'Ils sont mieux!
On veut danser avec les deux!"
"Some say love's an emotion,
Others say love's in the head.
Some complain love’s a commotion,
And maintain we should keep it in bed."
"In old Mexico, I shared love with a girl,
in an ruin called Casa Moreños,
Her old family home, of aristocrats gone,
they served me some Chile rellenos."
"If Arabia's faithful meditated,
Would Palestine get liberated?
The showers of time spill over to rhyme,
Like a pot fired twice is bound to be nice
"A Buddhist from Iran who followed the Koran,
Said "Violence forget.it! I'm sitting cross legged!"
"A Boddhisatva sat in lotus,
At his altar Zen he showed us."
"Three beauties of that continent,
made moody by our sentiments."
"A Shaman, a Cook, and a Clown
Looked for women in a faraway town.
Lacking the knack they took none to the sack,
And went home after getting turned down."
"When they open up this old clay box,
They'll find inside some poems that shock.
Then I learned my family above,
Put deep inside my memories of love."
"It's never quite dark enough to make love in a parking lot!"
"A Shaman hunter, while walking in the snow,
Came across two women, whom he liked but did not know.
The erotic gals were naked, but weren't all shivering cold,
'They might be curanderas, why else would they be so bold?' "
"Wearing headdresses, of fur and feather,
Some dutiful Shamans, got together.
They met two sorceresses from a foreign tribe,
And tried to forget their Shamanic vibe."
"High in a palace in old Indonesia,
There once was a Queen who practiced amnesia,
She gave up all knowledge in exchange for her vows,
To meditate on the Buddha without wearing clothes."
"Liquid lines in fires of chance,
Make flesh shine, and appear to dance."
"After the ball she put in her mask,
With beaked noses, of lovers past."
"Give up old morays, but when push comes to shove,
Make some bold forays into temples of love."
"Three storybook critters put on clothes,
And headed to the city, . . .
. . . for what reason? Who knows?"
"What keeps time without making sense
Reminds our life, of the present tense,
Distracts the mind from flows of fear,
From deep inside, our eyes may tear."
"Drops that fall are driven by sun,
Watery thoughts may merge into one."
