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To Represent Autun in the Estates-General of 1789

by | Sep 16, 2019 | Ta

   To Represent Autun in the Estates-General             of 1789 The disappointed prelate whipped up wine Selections and the best cuisine to set Before the people of Autun to dine On at the bishop’s table.   Out to get The power he wanted, he put suavest cloths...

I Want to Go to Sleep, but Poems…

by | Sep 16, 2019 | PO, TR

I Want to Go to Sleep, but Poems… I want to go to sleep, but poems keep On brushing with their wings against my eye. I want to take a fatal nap, but sleep Is flicked away by angel pinions high Above such cowardly retreat.  Feather Upon feather brushes up against...

Wonky Shoulder Christ

by | Sep 16, 2019 | AE, AR, ES, JE, OI, PA

Wonky Shoulder Christ Perhaps the reason why the painting makes Christ’s shoulder look deformed is not because The artist, Rubens, wants to show God aches For human suffering he’s caused with flaws In his creation.  Why this wonky joint Was perpetrated on...

The Tortured Mouse

by | Sep 15, 2019 | CA

The Tortured Mouse The tortured mouse lies curled along the tiles. It did not know that it would be laid out In state on beige linoleum.  The wiles Of feline hunting placed her little snout Against my floor.  She never knew that claw And tooth would pierce her life...