"Snickers"

Hungry? Why wait?
Chocolate won't waste
Might go to your waist

Advertising is genius
Packed with peanuts
Quick way to protein us

Calories are king-sized
Due in part to caramelized
Nonetheless, it satisfies

You're not you, man,
When you're hungry for nougat
Share one (with Ted Nugent?)

Candy-licious, a name it needs
How about a Martian steed?
(Gives a flippant, hidden laugh) Indeed

"Death-defying"

Life is a tightrope act
And we were suckered
Into using unicycles

No training
No balance
Can't ride
Can't walk
No balance
Will certainly fall

The crowd cheers,
Or maybe jeers?
They can't catch you

Clowns point and wave
All a joke
They'll not even try to save

So very glad the Ringmaster
Foresaw this deadly disaster
I'm not the least afraid,
(It's really His display)
And I can even sing,
For God gave me wings

"Orthotomato"

A sharp tool is best
to avoid bruising the flesh
and preserve the seeds inside

Enjoy the taste—take a bite,
squeeze the juice
of this awesome fruit

Pungent at first, but not too strong
Just don't get the word wrong

"Coffee And Women"

Hot and steaming
Sweet and creamy

Bitter and cold
Or black and bold

Instant and crude
Or carefully brewed

Good one's worth waiting for
A treasure from the Lord

"A Request Sandwich"

Make your desires known
Some get it done with one
Others require two
  slices of please

"May I" on the side
Fill it with what you want
but always, always garnish
  with a sprig of thanks

"32"

The old can get away with crazy,
The young, with being lazy,
And here I am, stuck in the middle,
Thinking of what's amazing

"Die, Mysterious"

I received today a gift
Thoughtful student
Purchased it with thrift

Addendum to my collection
Many ‘hedrons
For randomized selection

A spin like gimbals
Yields one of ten
Markedly peculiar symbols

Asked around but no one knows
“Maybe Hebrew?” says one
“Certainly not Egypt’s hieros”

Hours of searching low to high
Finally! Conundrum solved—
Numbers from the land of Thai

"Epic Thistle"

Fell, O bee leavers,

Stine wheeze eat tings trait
Cheese is slurred, lettuce top the eight
Olive Arty references
Olive Arty nom in a shuns

No one, duh, know won want stew joy
Wee! Are shelves doughnut a greed?
Dew wee fall! Oh, Doc Trinn, soft mint
Order weird dove-cod: rice the slurred

Bad ties come, you can fish, Lee
Rink, stance: tie the plea
Half wee! Eva’s top two bee leave
Hat wee! Ken word’s hip inn you knitting

Aching dome've arts
Whit cheesy sat this tart
Top Ted, I’ve hide
Lettuce wok tug ether
And an and hand sighed buy sighed

Sun-seared Lee,

A. Kristy Ann

"Be Afraid"

Be afraid.
I shall not
sleep well tonight,
for I will
remember
my sins from today
and
the wrath of God:
He consumes
my every thought.
Is
Jesus
truly
my savior?
Is
He?
Yes!
He
is
my savior!
Truly,
Jesus
is
my every thought.
He consumes
the wrath of God
and
my sins from today.
Remember!
For I will
sleep well tonight.
I shall not
be afraid!

"Equivocation"

I was holey
He is holy
Now I'm wholly

His

"Esau"

The hairier of the pair
Was selected to be heir
He had the right of birth
But his mind was e'er on the earth
Thus, he was quickly and easily duped
For naught but a single cup of fresh-made soup

"These Intercessors Three"

Patties, Kay
Patties, Kay
Pray for me

For fruitful growth
and to be made free

Say it
Pray it
Stand in the gap

Praying up to Heaven
for ev'rybody

---

adapted from "Pat-a-Cake"
Traditional, ca.1698
Public domain

"Broken But Not Forgotten"

The shelf was bumped
I fell to the floor
A vessel broken
A clay pot shattered
Pieces, pieces
Pieces scattered

Time moved on
Cobwebs spun
A vessel forgotten
A clay pot shattered
Pieces, pieces
Pieces scattered

The potter entered
Inventory taken
A vessel found
A clay pot shattered
Pieces, pieces
Pieces scattered

The broom met floor
Dust and webs removed
A vessel collected
A clay pot shattered
Pieces, pieces
Pieces gathered

Carefully inspected
All shards accounted
A vessel redone
Clay pot watered
Pieces, pieces
Pieces soldered

The wheel turned
The fire burned
A vessel remade
Clay pot adorned
Peace is, peace is
Peace is restored