Poetry Corner: Mama Bravo strikes again or how not to love Boeing Super Max!

Mama Bravo strikes again or how not to love Boeing Super Max Laughing gaily they take their seatsout of the hostile freeze into the cheap tequila and sun of Mexicothe plane hurtles down the runwaypassengers waiting for those free holiday cocktails BUTLURCHsnap, crackle and poplike steel rice Krispies No time for screamsWhat’s left of theContinue reading “Poetry Corner: Mama Bravo strikes again or how not to love Boeing Super Max!”

Poetry Corner: “Dedication to a bus driver that will never know”

A dedication to a bus driver that will never know blank paper makes as much senseas the music of turnstilesconstant inflow and outflow eddies of confusionfail to distract the frustrationand the odious comfort of mesmerized pacingbrings little solace asinsanity clasps the narrow ledgeof its opposite sistermasses of flesh ooze their wayto compartmentalized hopelessnessa man makesContinue reading “Poetry Corner: “Dedication to a bus driver that will never know””

Poetry Corner: “The Great Canadian Roast Turkey Manslaughter”

The great Canadian roast turkey manslaughter 58% of Canadians admitted in a recent poll they left their bubble in 2020 to other homes for a roast turkey Christmas feastOver 20 Canadian politicians warmed their toes on foreign beachesThis is not what public health officials preache Hospitals are burstingRefrigerated tractor trailers and getting readyWasn’t your friendContinue reading “Poetry Corner: “The Great Canadian Roast Turkey Manslaughter””

Poetry Corner: “South African Roasted Pigeon Droppings”

South African Roasted Pigeon Droppings Time said they were greatNewsweek claimed them a delightRolling Stone wrote they were outtasightPlayboy advised them as an aphrodisiac at nightYour neighbour could get you 10% off on a wholesale dealGood Housekeeping rendered them their sealNational Geographic showed tribesmen scraping them off the rocksClearasil used them an ingredient in aContinue reading “Poetry Corner: “South African Roasted Pigeon Droppings””

Life at Up Up and Away Investment Management International: Chapter 33 we don’t ever expect you to return

Chapter 33 We don’t ever expect you to return I heard from Stella Asterisk one of my colleagues at Up Up and Away Toronto, that after a year away on disability she and Sally Self never expected me to return. Loose lips sink ships! Boy I thought, what would happen if I did return! InterestingContinue reading “Life at Up Up and Away Investment Management International: Chapter 33 we don’t ever expect you to return”

Poetry Corner: “Good Shot”

Good shot Writhing in miseryaNiagara Falls of blooda companion of the dead fall leavessupplanting cellophaned beeffor 3.2 families the busy executives of deathblind to the forces of naturePlace carcasses on top of carsand parade homewardsto continue the sameon Monday morning Robert K. Stephen