The Porch Swing

The Porch Swing

Gaze at the porch swing

A rustic old thing

I rest in the seat

Elevate my feet

I become sedate

All my troubles wait

Nothing else matters

Rain when it patters

Is like a sing song

Nothing can go wrong

Warm breeze on my face

Far from the rat race

A glass of red wine

With dinner, I dine

Life is attitude

For final prelude

Who Will You Elect?

Rising Cost of Gas Ballard

 (sing to Beverly Hillbillies Ballard)

Hark and hear my story ‘bout the bad economy,

President Obama says, “I have a remedy.”

I got it all covered and don’t you fret it,

Vote me back in office; to you I’ll be indebted.

Emperor, Mogul, Governor

We’re out one day filling up the tank,

Uprising prices are draining the bank.

Next think you know our credit card is spent;

Need to sell the luxury ride, even with the dent.

426, Big Block, Super Bee

Put it in the paper, sold our pleasure ride,

Buyer got a deal, we said good bye to pride.

What can you do but take it all in stride?

Y’all come out and vote now,

And be sure not to hide.

It’s the cost of gas increasing now,

Ethanol is what they call it
Corn, Petroleum

Y’all come vote now, ya he’ar?

Myrtle the Turtle

There is a turtle

Her name is Myrtle

She makes the dogs bark

Long after it gets dark

I’m thinking about soup

But it might taste like poop

I moved Myrtle once today

But she came back to play

Don’t know why she’s hanging ‘round

In the big doggy playground

I’m gonna get a great big pot

And heat the water up wicked hot

I’ll pretend that it’s a lobster

I can kill just like a mobster

TCO will ask, “What’s to eat?”

I’ll respond, “A special treat.”

Potatoes, carrots and Guinness Brew

Homemade dumplings with turtle stew.

YUM YUM!

Washed Clean

Wash me clean

So I can glean

The life I knew

Is all but through

I’ve been saved

Though misbehaved

My sin’s forgiven

So now I’m living

My life in Christ

Without a heist

Saved by grace

Unveil my face

Lived in the dark

And fed the shark

It’s all gone now

I’ll tell you how

Ask Jesus in

And He’ll begin

To change your heart

Right from the start

It’s all a new

I don’t imbue

God is my Savior

The One I favor

He’s my redeemer

Please don’t blasphemer

I still fight with sin

Though I’m forgiven

My ride to the sky

I’ll kiss you good bye

I’ll meet you there

Don’t have to care

About the ways

Of all these days

The world went mad

It’s all we had

Live for the moment

Fight the opponent

Leave it all behind

In heaven we’ll find

No more tears

No more fears

It will be

You will see

Now be enticed

God’s Paradise

© Barbie 2012

Ode to The Blind Dog

At the kennel we shopped for a kitten;

Travelling across the damn, through the fog,

A canine in our lives was not fitting;

We came home that day with a little dog.

Runt of the litter and born without eyes,

A sightless dog won’t produce any coins.

Saved him from the cruel coldblooded demise;

We felt sorry for him down in our loins.

Brought puppy home to our humble abode

He ran into this and ran into that,

The journey had started down a long road;

What he could use was a doggy hard hat.

Makes no difference that this dog is blind

Finding his way with his keen sense of smell

Toss a ball up in the air; it he’ll find,

When matters aren’t right, he’s the first to tell

Handicap doggy makes us more aware

Of how much we love our Little Big Bear.

Curse of the Dragonfly

I remember when I was a little girl
The wrinkle between my eyebrows curled
 
When I slipped and said a bad word
It was the very first time I’d heard
 
About the Dragon Fly’s terrible curse
When you’re young there’s nothing worse
 
“Watch your mouth the Dragon Fly will loom,
And zip your lips up; gloom and doom!”
 
My granny told me when I was young
Thought she was just spoiling my fun.
 
Then one day out on the lake
I was fishing with my friend Jake
 
He hooked his bobber up in a tree
And yelled at it explicitly
 
I told him of the Dragon Fly
But he said it was all a lie
 
Suddenly out of the sky it came
And zipped his lips, forever maimed

Crackerberries Kitchen

Breakfast and then some is served right up hot
Join me in cooking; we'll chat and whatnot.

Sausage gravy on top of a biscuit,
Cooked smooth without lumps, I’m sure to whisk it.
 
A side of grits with shredded cheddar cheese;
two poached eggs on toast will surly please.
 
Fresh squeezed orange juice and a plate full of fruit;
piping hot coffee fills the mug up, to boot.
 
Come into my kitchen and pull up a chair,
No clothes do I wear so please try not to stare.
 
I’ll cook you a meal that sure to satisfy,
when lunch rolls around the chicken I’ll fry.
 
Oven hot cornbread and fresh collard greens,
Black-eyed peas and your choice of lima beans
 
Sweet tea and lemonade in a tall glass
Or Vodka spritzer garnished with sassafras.
 
Come into my kitchen and sit right down,
I’ll fix up some lunch I won’t make you frown.
 
Maybe you’d prefer something less filling,
Look, in the fridge, “Oh my!” its pie, chilling.
 
A lemon meringue or maybe key lime;
and strawberry shortcake if you have time.

A hot cup of tea with sugar cookies
Whatever you want, all kinds of goodies.
 
It doesn’t matter in my kitchen you see,
everyone is welcome to come visit me.

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