Dog Gone You…Darling…

Darling, must you always end

our evening with a pipe.

…and smoke up the room ….. thought 

the scent of my perfume

was enough to keep you collared……..and content….

bkm  2010

Counter Balance

Starbuck’s used to be automated,

automatic

and cost a dime…. 

Times change, dimes change,

keeping it all balanced 

is up to Bernanke…   

    

bkm 2010

Bedtime

Do be a peach

and scoot your butt over-

I do not mind sharing my bed,

but  I do need leg room —- maybe that is

why I prefer sleeping alone, I mean living alone

bkm 2010

New Bedding

I am tired of washing sheets,

just pull them up and tuck them in, besides

the detergent is toxic, full of polluting fillers

coking our rivers – tonight (should you return) 

 – we will lie  again on new bedding —-

feeling good –

about our contribution to the blue planet

bkmackenzie – 2010

Good Dog

 

My mother said,

“You need two manuals when you marry,

one on how to keep house, the other to train

your man on how to sit and stay.”

bkm

P.S. Time Travel

 

funny, I can no longer

laugh at the clock like you do, Darling

the ball began years ago 

but I just started dancing,

 

I must either make that

glass slipper fit or accept that

for this Cinderella

its pumpkin time -

 

Damn, that fairy godmother - 

 

bkm  2009

P.S. Broom Closet

 

I bought a new broom

because my old one would

not come out of the closet —

 

This one unlike the old

spreads things all over to be stepped on -

Causing me to come behind

and mop up the mess

I got myself into –

 

bkm 2009

P.S. Magic Touch

 

Dance with me Darling,

make me feel like Ginger Rogers, make

me love the evening, the music and you -

 

For life stops only for a moment

that Magic Moment - 

when eyes first meet

in love -

 

Dance with me —

My Darling -

 

bkm 2009

P.S. Dior and Dynamite

 

the room echoed with

silent laughter ,  a common thread

of Dior and Dynamite drew them together

love and lover -

 

unsympathetic he moved towards

the bar with a couple o f exposed rocks

“another shot of scotch,”  he said, “no,

make that a double.”

 

 

bkm  2009

P.S. Tap Dancing

 

I have left strict orders not be be distrubed

when I am sleeping -

 

For I dance in my dreams –

There I wear red shoes as bright as cherries

a blue dress and sing

“There is no place like home” 

 

Reality TV is too much for me-

 

bkm   2009