A Double Dose of the Short and Sweets

In Vino Veritas

In vino veritas,
But for you or for me?
A windy night together alone,
When all our seeds are sewn,
So que sera sera,
And whatever will be, will be.
In vino veritas,
Not for you,
But for me.

Malevolent Benevolence

My benevolence, I see,
Is sure to get the best of me,
And regardless of all that is right,
Even when it's in clear, plain sight,
It never is, but where it oughtn't to be.


Invino Veritas
2/22/13
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Blunderbuss

Blunderbuss

A blunderbuss as ever he shall be,
Forever aligned with his memory;
Chances squandered in mediocrity,
Complacent as ever in misery.

Yet the population garnered respect,
For the man incapable to reflect,
To pick and choose and even to dissect,
The situations for him to inject.

And, yet, they'll say he was so practical,
Consigned himself to the most probable,
Devoted to the most inscrutable,
Certainly, quite incontrovertible.

Stepping forward with the foot that was right,
Sure kept him safe from the bumps in the night,
Tossing the salt at the spirits in spite,
Gave peace of mind, radiance to light.

But in all his calculated measures,
Security allowed him some leisure,
As our blunderbuss counted his treasures,
The universe shrug'd and chiseled his ledger¹.


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 1. A  stone slab or block laid over a grave or tomb.

Invino Veritas
2/8/13
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Impala

Impala

Oh, but I was ugly,
But it had to be done,
It had gone on too, too long,
I had let it persist,
And it grew like a thorny vine,
Like a weed,
A dandelion in the garden,
I ignored it.
But then again,
It was just a taste,
A mere smidgeon,
A speckle on a robin's egg,
An egg in the basket,
Waiting to be cracked open,
And spread upon her head.

Upon her cross she crawled,
As she had done so many times before,
Glaring down upon me,
Her head cocked to the side,
Like the chicken that laid that egg.
No, she wasn't the martyr.
She was the self-appointed,
The messiah in her mind,
She was the hunter in the stars,
Brandishing her arrows,
And releasing them unto her prey.
But tonight,
I was the impala,
Changing direction with its heartbeat,
Drifting left,
Dodging right,
Jumping over reed,
Through valley and over stream,
Away from the snapping jaws,
Of the lioness and her pride.


 Invino Veritas
2/5/13

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Dichotomous Hippopotamus

Dichotomous Hippopotamus

The dichotomy inside of me,
Is, indubitably, old to me,
Alas, I intend to fare it well,
To drain its well,
To buy and sell,
Strip it of its hardened shell,
In order to quell the ringing bells,
Of antiquity that anchor me,
So unsuitably, bereft of me.

'Tis the general rule to ridicule,
Ordain them fool when the logic pools,
Alas, I intend to draw the line,
As once refined,
In ancient times,
By the minds that redefined,
At once aligned the greatest of minds,
From the mental spool of mental fuel,
To the vestibule of golden rule.

Margaret, I'm Done

Margaret, I'm Done


Margaret, I'm done,
I'll have no more fit,
It's time to reprieve,
And time to relieve,
I've no more to submit.
I have no occupation,
No energy nor care,
So, Margaret, I'm done,
For I must, now, remit.

Oh, Margaret, I'm done,
I've no passion for play,
My spirit now broken,
My eyes unspoken,
Passes no judgement today.
I have no indignation,
And bear no second glance,
So, Margaret, I'm done,
I've tucked it away.

Yes, Margaret, I'm done,
It was fine as New Year's snow,
It was never ostentatious,
Though you're flirtatious,
But now it's time to go.
So, lift your head,
And wear your smile,
But for Margaret -- not for me.
And conclude instead,
That all the while,
It was I who set you free.

Snakes On The Brain

Snakes On The Brain

I'm afraid, my dear, I have snakes within my brain,
Bees in my ears, my dear, and monkeys in my eyes,
Against my better judgment that I should refrain,
But there's a bat, my dear, in the belfry that cries,
There's a blue turnip in the spider web, my dear,
The pigs have landed and Lucifer bought a coat,
Alice¹ is in the garden with Dinah², I fear,
For which, my dear, there seems to be no antidote.
   And yet there's no alarm for which there's no excuse,
   There's no travesty upon which I must report,
   For the sky here is a gorgeous shade of fulvous³,
   And here, my dear, my neighbors are never obtuse,
   The moments are simply filled with snappy retort,
   And ev'rything int'resting isn't frivolous.
  
  
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1.  The main character in Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland.
2. Alice's cat in Alice in Wonderland.
3. A dull yellow-brown color.
  
  

Sloth: The Annotated Edition

Sloth

I'll make you an offer you can never refuse,
I'll remove the devoir¹ and desire to choose,
It's really quite simple to select the right door,
An offer that's certain to allure you for more.
The tocsin² is ringing; don't worry and don't fight,
For Pavlov³ was brilliant and Cannon⁴, too, had light,
But Milgram⁵ was special, and Janis⁶ would be brave⁷,
Just ponder the offer, and endorse⁸ it, my knave⁹.
   I'll appeal your senses, that moral rope you cling,
   But dawdle not, instead to contract¹⁰ you must spring,
   (I, also, can alleve¹¹ your burden of that thing.)
   No distress, no worries, no fever of your's grown,
   I'll protect you against the terror at home sown,
   So perpend¹² the offer, the favor yet not known.
  
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1. Duty.
2. Bell, alarm, object to be rung.
3. Ivan Petrovich Pavlov, Russian physiologist, 1904 Nobel Prize winner for his work
    on the physiology of digestion; made famous for discovering the condition reflex,and
    having a profound effect on the foundations of Psychology and Behavioral Science.
4. William Bradford Cannon, First to describe the fight or flight response.
5. Stanley Milgram, Yale Professor of Psychology noted for his research in the 1960's
    on a person's obedience to authority figures.
6. Irving Janis, Research Psychologist at Yale University from 1947 until 1985, noted
    for his research involving and describing the social psychology concept of
    Groupthink.
7. Archaic, Proud.
8. Doublespeak, Refers to both support and signing as in a letter or contract.
9. Archaic, Servant.
10. Doublespeak, Refers to both a legal agreement between parties and to acquire as
      in the catching of a contagion. (virus, bacteria, infection, etc.)
11. Relieve, alleviate.
12. Consider.


Invino Veritas
11/5/12
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