Leon Rhymes
Terrible Parables & Other Words of Wisdumb
"Sometimes I do a lot of nothing
when there is nothing left to do,
and then I do a little something
as I write these poems for you."
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Something For Nothing
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"Fair weather'd birds
of a Feather we made Love:
We dance we slept
tho that is not what I am thinking of..."
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"Thinking of you I am speaking in Tongues:
Would it embarrass you if I asked to honour you
with my lips?"
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Say nice things about you?
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"The air we breath. The water we drink.
The food we eat. The more we think."
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about Life:
and how we can make it better for others...
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"Give Presence: Generosity Grows Rich."
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"Please listen
so I may hear the echo
of my own words."
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"Every man deserves a house
with a fireplace and a bed,
but most of all a downy soft pillow
upon which to lay his weary head."
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"The closer I get to happiness
the sadder I am to see sorrow
left behind."
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"It only hurts to apologize
if you don't feel the pain
of sorrow."
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"Be aware of wool in cheap clothing."
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"Sometimes no conversation
is better than none at all."
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"The man who travels cross-country
in a caravan of One,
is always alone in unfamiliar places...
where he is no longer a general
to anyone in particular."
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"We cling to our possessions
like cloth clings to the clown,
who drenched himself
with designer holy water
just to bring the entire house
down."
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"How we move across the desert
in gowns of gabardine,
showing off our ignorance
so willing to be seen."
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"Is a dumb blonde valedictorian a foxymoron?"
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"She would go all the way for a bowl of spaghetti,
so her friends called her a pasta-tute."
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Monica Brewinsky:
"The reason she gave may sound silly,
but she unzipped his trousers just to free Willy?"

"If she were a bird,
she damn-sure would not be a swallow!"
--Love Hillary
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"Simple cunt
shall not sit
on elaborate
Thrones."
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Now where was I?
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Oh yeah...
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"The unidentified flying object
of bovine origination,
left mysterious crap circles
in the fertile field
of the friendly farmer's
disbelief."
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"We live in a World
where bullshit is no longer
and endanger'd feces."
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O.J. Symptoms:
"Sometimes you lie
when you don't give information,
at others you do when you do.
I despise the Kings & Queens of lily white lies
desguised as lawyers and other liars
(including politicians & advertisers)
behind stripes at the Zoo."
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"Afterall,
a Zeba is naught but a striped ass
--isn't he?"
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To be continued...