Monday, November 9, 2020
They Call Her Blessed
“They Call Her Blessed by Maisie Aletha Smikle
Car smashed
Home snatched
Grocery eaten
Clothes taken
Undefended
Uncontended
Offended
Assaulted
Respected
Envied
Educated
Loved
Arrested
Suffered
Bled
Died
Lived
Played
Studied
Understood
Trampled
Alienated
Suffocated
Toxicated
Invisible
Conspicuous
Talented
Favored”
― Maisie Aletha Smikle
Friday, November 6, 2020
Sad Savages
“Sad Savages by Maisie Aletha Smikle
Savages make selfish deals
They claim what they steal
Pay a penny for steel
And feast at every meal
The more they have
The more they brag
They slaughtered the hogs
And took their sheltered sty
Let the hogs live in the sky
My oh my
For indeed it is hog heaven
We have plundered till the clock struck eleven
Celebrate we must on the eleventh of the eleven
Every year till half past seven
For we have chased elephants from their habitat
Where they once freely roam is now our home
Savages fortify barricades and borders
Wishing the world would stop turning and refrain from gathering
Afraid that what goes around
Will some day rotate back around to them
Savages spy from the steeple
Looking lurking and listening always suspecting
For they have observed
To expect what they served
Never at ease are the savages
Always jumpy anticipating the worst for others
And the best for themselves
Pointing always away from themselves”
― Maisie Aletha Smikle
Wednesday, November 4, 2020
Sunday, November 1, 2020
John
“John by Maisie Aletha Smikle
John the baptizer
Son of Liza
Ate no appetizer
And had nothing with fertilizer
Chosen to lead
He took heed
Filled with glory
He told the story
To get a flannel
They disrobe a camel
John wore it's skin
To keep warm within
While they lavish in castles
And ate lambs laced with honey
John lived among bristles
Eating locusts glazed with honey
John had no land
Nor a band
He kept no herd
Nor flocks of bird
Called he was indeed
None could do his deed
And keep up to speed
Paving the way to lead
John had no money
But he had honey
John used a staff
And kept no arms
God's enemies hated John
He threatened their insidious wrong
John called out the wretched
For light to expose their throng
Indeed none could do the deed of John
Who took martyrdom
For the Kingdom
Then ascended for his mission on earth was done”
― Maisie Aletha Smikle
People
“People by Maisie Aletha Smikle
Annatto top
Rust top
Cotton top
Butter top
Night top
Tight curls
Loose curls
No curls
Tail length
Ear length
Lambs’ wool
Goat strands
Cotton ball
Fur ball
Spongy tall
Donkey eyes
Monkey eyes
Triangle nose
Square nose
Pear nose
Fat lip
Flat lip
Colorful tone
Colorless tone
People atone down to the bone”
― Maisie Aletha Smikle
Wednesday, October 28, 2020
Dashing
“Dashing by Maisie Aletha Smikle
On my farm
I keep a firearm
The deer I charm
And then disarm
To feed my family venison
And stay away from medicine
Sheep so sweet
We love to eat
Young lambs we chop
To get lamb chops
Pigs in wigs
Dished their wigs to do a jig
Pigs skinny dip
Floated and strip
So turkey chicken and rabbit
May be covered with bacon strips
Cows roaming in the valleys
Cats left in the Alleys
Bring the cows
It's time to chow
Beef for steak
Make no mistake
Mince it grind it chop it
We must have it
We plant dashene
To cook and steam
To feed the animals so they keep lean
Fit and ready to consume
Eat we must
Or we'd be dust
Knead the dough for the pie crust
Get the pan it will not rust
We will dine
Without wine
We will roast eat then toast
Thanking God that He is our Host”
https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/10529338― Maisie Aletha Smikle
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