Sweet and low

 I decided I should hate you

since I no longer get to hold and taste

you said you knew

I'd chew our love apart

I knew

you were never who

seemed so beautiful 

when you slept

who knew you dreamt

of some other day

when you knew

I'd hate you

for pretending to taste so good.

Bob Jenkens

"Sorry I'm Late"

 In the beginning of the covid Epidemic I joined an online writing group to help pass the time. The site administrator would release a title in the morning and participants had until 5 p.m. to write a short story, Paragraph or poem using said title.  Thus, my inspiration for "sorry I'm late". 

Sorry I'm late

It wasn't that long ago
I don't know why
I didn't start it right away
Are homes were lit by
Oil lamps
I've been working on it
In my head for years
But on paper
It just doesn't look the same
 I go to the ice box
To get something to eat
Why's it up to me?
To fix everything
The world's it's own place
Not so discrete
But people continue
To look the other way
Including myself
Let someone else
Be on the front page
The Lord works
In mysterious ways
I'm here
"Sorry I'm late"

Bob Jenkens

  My dad didn't go to culinary school. He used to make a mean hot dog omelet which I also felt compelled to write about. I submitted it to the 2020 pandemic lock down cookbook. I'm grateful my submission was accepted. They even gave me two pages for the recipe, a picture and the poem I wrote.   larry-clarks-famous-hot-dog-omelet.html   

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Jesus would be rolling in his grave

 

Jesus would be rolling in his grave.

 I wish I would have been there when Jesus was betrayed (by Judas)

Simon Peter's stroke would have meant "go" and the story would have changed.

The Holy Bible written a different way.

I know he ascended into Heaven and arose on the third day.

for if he didn't, Jesus would be rolling in his grave.

Why couldn't the disciples fight? 

It's what they've taken from us today.

In his name "in God we trust"

Justice or just us?

When Simon Peter dropped his sword

I would have gone to war for Jesus.

And we would have been eating kosher chicken.

for Not the last supper

Bob Jenkens

If it bleeds it leads

/Debriefed-at-pearly-gates  

as-we-prepare-to-celebrate-mystery-of Christ's Love.   

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It's March madness in the Ukraine!

 Its March madness in the Ukraine 

Everyone's bracket is breaking

Here comes a seventh seed 

to live and die for Democracy

Here comes the Ukraine

Tomorrow the courts will host

Duke and Maryland

the Supreme court will repeal Roe vs Wade

While NATO denies a no-fly zone 

It only counts as two coming from three-point land

Everyone's bracket is broken

Bob Jenkens

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Sunday, March 6, 2022 Is Ukraine the new middle east? My insight on today during a walk in the woods.

 If a bear shits in the woods

And no one is around to hear

Does it make a sound? across-seas-infamous-sadness.html

What kind of question is that?

Is the Ukraine the new middle East? the-russians-are-coming-russians-are.html

What's the difference?

if there's nobody listening

help humanity

there's a crisis happening 

Innocent people are in the middle of it

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