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tinkering time
in the shop with hardware and bits of wood
can make almost any man feel useful, good
a screwdriver, a drill, some papered sand
away from day-to-day, simply out of demand
just tinkering around with piddling things
the easy satisfaction messin' 'round brings
no major renovation, or building earthworks
just little improvements, near anonymous perks
unsqueaking a hinge, maybe unstick a drawer
fittingly better is what tinkering's for
whether it's the thing of attention being repaired
or the man doing the labor, it's hard to declare
so too, it can be with words on page or a screen
to ensure understanding, say exactly what you mean
a glued letter, word oiled, or nailing a phrase
brings the writer satisfaction of all he surveys
so I continue to tinker a little bit more
on a few couplet lines, with no guarantor
that I'll illicit from you, oh diligent reader
understanding or joy, from this rambling meter
but that is a small sideline to most our tinkers
it's time tinkering matters to meandering thinkers
© agoodguy2have 2011-05-23
can make almost any man feel useful, good
a screwdriver, a drill, some papered sand
away from day-to-day, simply out of demand
just tinkering around with piddling things
the easy satisfaction messin' 'round brings
no major renovation, or building earthworks
just little improvements, near anonymous perks
unsqueaking a hinge, maybe unstick a drawer
fittingly better is what tinkering's for
whether it's the thing of attention being repaired
or the man doing the labor, it's hard to declare
so too, it can be with words on page or a screen
to ensure understanding, say exactly what you mean
a glued letter, word oiled, or nailing a phrase
brings the writer satisfaction of all he surveys
so I continue to tinker a little bit more
on a few couplet lines, with no guarantor
that I'll illicit from you, oh diligent reader
understanding or joy, from this rambling meter
but that is a small sideline to most our tinkers
it's time tinkering matters to meandering thinkers
© agoodguy2have 2011-05-23
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Posted: May 2011
Post Commentand the words live on
luxuriating on the bright lit screen
see what write was wrought upon
for us to ponder points of plenty
words of wisdom from worlds beyond
all those thoughts from savage minds
enlightened visionaries, weird lines
of love and death and more love
to grip around my waist or throat
feel words breathing hard, panting
as they crawl up the leg, imploring
and incessantly slip into outer ear
to shout into tunneled mind
you feel my pain, depression, it says
as i walk into battle or cold river
drowning in human feelings too heavy
to flight the air of day's hope
did the dogs write the words down
and chimps peck at the typewriters
while parrots chirp cawed letters
telling the history of being human
no, it was the humanity in each of us
that took the time to scratch and peck
the farmyard of life, rich-scented
with desire to explain ourselves, us
indebted, we begrudgingly acknowledge
we couldn't have said it any better
though most cases can't be said at all
yet writers write and singers sing
always efforted, affronted, afflicted
with the need to explain what it is
to explain how we got here as if we
weren't even riding the same road
thumbs out, thumbs up! well done
you chronicler of timelined humanity
read your thoughts now to me aloud
sing your songs of woe and praise
© agoodguy2have 2010-12-17
see what write was wrought upon
for us to ponder points of plenty
words of wisdom from worlds beyond
all those thoughts from savage minds
enlightened visionaries, weird lines
of love and death and more love
to grip around my waist or throat
feel words breathing hard, panting
as they crawl up the leg, imploring
and incessantly slip into outer ear
to shout into tunneled mind
you feel my pain, depression, it says
as i walk into battle or cold river
drowning in human feelings too heavy
to flight the air of day's hope
did the dogs write the words down
and chimps peck at the typewriters
while parrots chirp cawed letters
telling the history of being human
no, it was the humanity in each of us
that took the time to scratch and peck
the farmyard of life, rich-scented
with desire to explain ourselves, us
indebted, we begrudgingly acknowledge
we couldn't have said it any better
though most cases can't be said at all
yet writers write and singers sing
always efforted, affronted, afflicted
with the need to explain what it is
to explain how we got here as if we
weren't even riding the same road
thumbs out, thumbs up! well done
you chronicler of timelined humanity
read your thoughts now to me aloud
sing your songs of woe and praise
© agoodguy2have 2010-12-17
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Posted: Dec 2010
About this poem:
think i'll file under work, though it hardly seems like it.
What is writing?
What is writing?
A series of coor
dinated muscle move
ments and electric im
pulses acting through mere
utensil comprised of but
wood, plastics, staining
a sheet of average
lined paper. A graphic
representation and
replication of vibra
tions of larnyx from
air forced through
then received in pho
nemes by the ear. Yet
what magic in use
unconsciously that makes
each sentence so unique.
Writing puts down the
words we all speak
so meaning we may
later seek.
A series of coor
dinated muscle move
ments and electric im
pulses acting through mere
utensil comprised of but
wood, plastics, staining
a sheet of average
lined paper. A graphic
representation and
replication of vibra
tions of larnyx from
air forced through
then received in pho
nemes by the ear. Yet
what magic in use
unconsciously that makes
each sentence so unique.
Writing puts down the
words we all speak
so meaning we may
later seek.
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Posted: May 2010
About this poem:
I just decided to be a smartass one day and wrote about writing. Like metacognition for the written language.
Milk
It is on it's way
Way cheaper milk coming from Canada
We won't have to pay those sky high prices Wisconsin dairy farmers want
Anything to save a buck or two
Or even three
So what price we will pay for our cheap milk?
The dairy industry is the backbone of many communities in Wisconsin
If they can't sell their milk anymore then all that money will stop flowing
Flowing into restaurants, Catholic schools, businesses of all sorts
It's just another story from our friends who brought us NAFTA
Bush wrote it up and Clinton passed it
Perot tried to stop it
He said you will hear a giant sucking sound going south
Well, it looks like there is going to be another giant sucking sound
This one will be going north!
To Canada!
Way cheaper milk coming from Canada
We won't have to pay those sky high prices Wisconsin dairy farmers want
Anything to save a buck or two
Or even three
So what price we will pay for our cheap milk?
The dairy industry is the backbone of many communities in Wisconsin
If they can't sell their milk anymore then all that money will stop flowing
Flowing into restaurants, Catholic schools, businesses of all sorts
It's just another story from our friends who brought us NAFTA
Bush wrote it up and Clinton passed it
Perot tried to stop it
He said you will hear a giant sucking sound going south
Well, it looks like there is going to be another giant sucking sound
This one will be going north!
To Canada!
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Posted: Apr 2017
About this poem:
I am really dreading all this crap with hard working people getting the shaft again and again and again. I've done some farm work in my past. These people really work their butts off to keep us all well fed.shred
shredded note
shredded chord
shredded strings
the guitar lord
shredded fret
shredded finger
shredded blues
high note linger
guitar wails
drums pound on
horns blasting
a brassy song
sweatin' lights
a Hammond whirl
melodic flights
the winds unfurl
base vibes low
threshold near
feel wave now
audible to ear
shredded tune
shredded times
soulful blue moon
the bloody lines
the decibels wall
a loud surround
singer above all
a wailing sound
keys hammered
piano harps on
audience clamors
to sway til dawn
a lasting noise
'til reach the end
loud cheers of joy
band starts again
© agoodguy2have 2010-10-19
(guitar_playing_technique)
shredded chord
shredded strings
the guitar lord
shredded fret
shredded finger
shredded blues
high note linger
guitar wails
drums pound on
horns blasting
a brassy song
sweatin' lights
a Hammond whirl
melodic flights
the winds unfurl
base vibes low
threshold near
feel wave now
audible to ear
shredded tune
shredded times
soulful blue moon
the bloody lines
the decibels wall
a loud surround
singer above all
a wailing sound
keys hammered
piano harps on
audience clamors
to sway til dawn
a lasting noise
'til reach the end
loud cheers of joy
band starts again
© agoodguy2have 2010-10-19
(guitar_playing_technique)
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Posted: Oct 2010
About this poem:
think i'll file it under work...of art, been to a few eh Hedi? ;-)Employee List Updated on January 12, 2018
Here is a list of employees where I work
1989 - 5
1990 - 5
1991 - 2
1992 - 1
1993 - 6
1994 - 7
1995 - 2
1996 - 4
1997 - 8
1998 - 9
1999 - 10
2000 - 6
2001 - 1
2002 - 4
2003 - 4
2004 - 10
2005 - 5
2006 - 18
2007 - 54
2008 - 16
2011 - 8
2012 - 8
2013 - 34
2014 - 43
2015 - 43
2016 - 26
2017 - 48
1989 - 5
1990 - 5
1991 - 2
1992 - 1
1993 - 6
1994 - 7
1995 - 2
1996 - 4
1997 - 8
1998 - 9
1999 - 10
2000 - 6
2001 - 1
2002 - 4
2003 - 4
2004 - 10
2005 - 5
2006 - 18
2007 - 54
2008 - 16
2011 - 8
2012 - 8
2013 - 34
2014 - 43
2015 - 43
2016 - 26
2017 - 48
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Posted: Jan 2018
About this poem:
We have about 427 employees and around 50 temporary employees, so almost 500 people that work here. The temp pay when I started in 2007 was 10.50, then when I came back in 2013 it was 9.50. Now it is 13 for temps.The visions.
I looked to the distant vision we concieved, I have delighted in all we feed.! whence we threw our lives too dust, I created a sword for you to thrust. a heart i seached for thee to feel. whence my emotions you do steal. I care not for thee today,or of yesteryear, you name i dare to mutter clear. It took a life to pass before we ever believed, "visions we dare but see ,never share or for that concieve...!
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Posted: Oct 2009
About this poem:
It was thinking about the faces on web,faces,faces...!A to Z of a Day
Awakening at the break of dawn
Breathe in and taste the early morn
Coming to terms with what lies ahead
Desperately wanting to stay in bed
Enjoying that coffee the rich full roast
Forgetting to check and burning the toast
Getting in the shower, feeling the soothe
Having a shave until your chin is all smooth
Into your clothes so fresh do they feel
Jacket zipped up to keep out the chill
Kicking through leaves whilst walking to work
Living close by is one major perk
Making your way through the firms parking lot
Needing a coffee that you pour from the pot
Opening E-mails and checking the mail
Phoning a client trying to make a sell
Quickly finishing up it’s time you were gone
Reaching your home put the heating on
Shower again then cooking a meal
Tasty nutritious now you’ve had your fill
Unwinding your tension and wanting to slouch
Vacating the kitchen to lie on the couch
Watching TV and you’re starting to yawn
X-rated movie it’s only soft porn
Yawning and stretching as you get into bed
Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Breathe in and taste the early morn
Coming to terms with what lies ahead
Desperately wanting to stay in bed
Enjoying that coffee the rich full roast
Forgetting to check and burning the toast
Getting in the shower, feeling the soothe
Having a shave until your chin is all smooth
Into your clothes so fresh do they feel
Jacket zipped up to keep out the chill
Kicking through leaves whilst walking to work
Living close by is one major perk
Making your way through the firms parking lot
Needing a coffee that you pour from the pot
Opening E-mails and checking the mail
Phoning a client trying to make a sell
Quickly finishing up it’s time you were gone
Reaching your home put the heating on
Shower again then cooking a meal
Tasty nutritious now you’ve had your fill
Unwinding your tension and wanting to slouch
Vacating the kitchen to lie on the couch
Watching TV and you’re starting to yawn
X-rated movie it’s only soft porn
Yawning and stretching as you get into bed
Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
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Posted: Dec 2009
Post Comment
Come on let's play
Good bad day
Su'mm fe save
Su'mm av fe slay
Manifesting molding vibrations like clay
Flying higher goin deeper
Fe break make wake dem outa sleeper
Causing da earth to rebirth, rolling as da grim reaper
Maime n kill
Negative vibrations that do not conform to ma will
Ya can chill
But too much chilling ain't fulfilling The Most High promise of everyting
Sight without sound
Sky without ground
Flip da script
And turn this shit upside down
Envelopin through
World outside of this
On the inside of this
Bending perception n makin a hiss
Hiiiiiiiiissssssssssssssss
Hiiiiiiiiissssssssssssssss
Hiiiiiiiiissssssssssssssss
These fake snakes they bake cake to entice cos your energy they wanna take
I TOLD YOU A BILLION TIMES BEFORE you empower you, you are the key to unlock your own blowsback Divinity, still you a look pun me, we look yes, breathing peace Love n happiness as much more bliss I manifest, ya need some good milk inna ya breast, fe feed da poor n needy, hopeful or hopeless
Hiiiiiiiiissssssssssssssss
Hiiiiiiiiissssssssssssssss
God Goddess
Feel the heat burning
NRG twirling n churning
Turning you outa you
Creating a vibration which is true
To you
Somewhat old yet new
Beat ya til ya black n blue
Til your memory connects
Til your ego n pride respects
All that be
All that you see n don't see
All you can imagine or draw from your core
I'm gonna grind your
Grind ya face into the floor
Til you recognize
And real eyes
The obvious blatant open door
No need to reach or stretch
For a simple perception
Tweaked in another direction
To glow n flow without ego
To hell wid tomorrow
The time is NOW
1 o'clock NOW
2 o'clock NOW
3, 4 o'clock
It don't stop
And don't move
So how can it stop?
The infinite imaginary
Decoded in codes binary
This is not rocket science but primary
School
Is where we learnt these rules
But the ego did a great job turning most into fools
I said
I'm here to revive some dead
Bones
The moans n groans
Sucking em up lika leech
Every aspect I can reach
I'm not here to I teach
Nor preach
Simply spitting ma truth
Of what I do
How I do
By believing in me
You gotta believe inna you
Hiiiiiiiiissssssssssssssss
Reflections of me is all eye see
Your will my will
The will of The Most High
Will
Always & iN All ways will be
Evident
To represent n prezent iN our present
Aligned iN alignment
An appointed time for refinement
Awareness raising
Gazing not gazing
Praising not praising
Blossomed or caved iN
This journey for da brave
Unless ya comfortable with bein a slave
I don't mean system
I mean slave to your own way of thinkin
Do ya really listen
When conscience, Spirit speak
Are you humble n meek?
Or does the ego reach its peak?
Ok
Ok
All of you
And me we be
Relevant reflections
Ordained to proclaim The Most High n awesome perfection
The right the wrong
The short or long
All things n every1ne
Complimenting this All vibration
Win lose
Always choose
Smile
Bring joy n happiness
And manifest
That same vibration back to you ten times strong
Hiiiiiiiiissssssssssssssss
Su'mm fe save
Su'mm av fe slay
Manifesting molding vibrations like clay
Flying higher goin deeper
Fe break make wake dem outa sleeper
Causing da earth to rebirth, rolling as da grim reaper
Maime n kill
Negative vibrations that do not conform to ma will
Ya can chill
But too much chilling ain't fulfilling The Most High promise of everyting
Sight without sound
Sky without ground
Flip da script
And turn this shit upside down
Envelopin through
World outside of this
On the inside of this
Bending perception n makin a hiss
Hiiiiiiiiissssssssssssssss
Hiiiiiiiiissssssssssssssss
Hiiiiiiiiissssssssssssssss
These fake snakes they bake cake to entice cos your energy they wanna take
I TOLD YOU A BILLION TIMES BEFORE you empower you, you are the key to unlock your own blowsback Divinity, still you a look pun me, we look yes, breathing peace Love n happiness as much more bliss I manifest, ya need some good milk inna ya breast, fe feed da poor n needy, hopeful or hopeless
Hiiiiiiiiissssssssssssssss
Hiiiiiiiiissssssssssssssss
God Goddess
Feel the heat burning
NRG twirling n churning
Turning you outa you
Creating a vibration which is true
To you
Somewhat old yet new
Beat ya til ya black n blue
Til your memory connects
Til your ego n pride respects
All that be
All that you see n don't see
All you can imagine or draw from your core
I'm gonna grind your
Grind ya face into the floor
Til you recognize
And real eyes
The obvious blatant open door
No need to reach or stretch
For a simple perception
Tweaked in another direction
To glow n flow without ego
To hell wid tomorrow
The time is NOW
1 o'clock NOW
2 o'clock NOW
3, 4 o'clock
It don't stop
And don't move
So how can it stop?
The infinite imaginary
Decoded in codes binary
This is not rocket science but primary
School
Is where we learnt these rules
But the ego did a great job turning most into fools
I said
I'm here to revive some dead
Bones
The moans n groans
Sucking em up lika leech
Every aspect I can reach
I'm not here to I teach
Nor preach
Simply spitting ma truth
Of what I do
How I do
By believing in me
You gotta believe inna you
Hiiiiiiiiissssssssssssssss
Reflections of me is all eye see
Your will my will
The will of The Most High
Will
Always & iN All ways will be
Evident
To represent n prezent iN our present
Aligned iN alignment
An appointed time for refinement
Awareness raising
Gazing not gazing
Praising not praising
Blossomed or caved iN
This journey for da brave
Unless ya comfortable with bein a slave
I don't mean system
I mean slave to your own way of thinkin
Do ya really listen
When conscience, Spirit speak
Are you humble n meek?
Or does the ego reach its peak?
Ok
Ok
All of you
And me we be
Relevant reflections
Ordained to proclaim The Most High n awesome perfection
The right the wrong
The short or long
All things n every1ne
Complimenting this All vibration
Win lose
Always choose
Smile
Bring joy n happiness
And manifest
That same vibration back to you ten times strong
Hiiiiiiiiissssssssssssssss
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Posted: Sep 2017
Post Comment
Not Again
My heart is sad
so melancholy,
once again my
foolish folly.
I know that 1
does not make 2,
I wish there was
a me and you.
A cuddle and
my lips to kiss,
oh well I guess
I won't be missed.
so melancholy,
once again my
foolish folly.
I know that 1
does not make 2,
I wish there was
a me and you.
A cuddle and
my lips to kiss,
oh well I guess
I won't be missed.
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Posted: May 2011
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