September 28, 2008 – 9:48 am
It’s the world’s largest and heaviest living bird,
a strange looking winged creature that can’t fly,
and to say it’s handsome would be totally absurd.
Native to Africa’s savannahs and deserts hot and dry,
the ostrich is social, preferring to live in a herd.
And though it’s true they’ll never take to the sky,
among fowls on the ground their speed’s the last word.
The ostrich is built for running, with legs powerful and long
and, for added velocity, only two toes on each hoof belong.
They sprint in short bursts at over forty miles per hour
and can easily maintain long distances at thirty-one,
for running ability, the ostrich has maximum bird power.
But if they can’t fly, why don’t their wings total none?
They flaunt them proudly for courtship to empower,
to impress the desirable mate their fowl heart has won.
And wings help with balance, as up to nine feet ostriches tower
while zipping along the desert with ten to sixteen foot strides,
wings aiding them to stay upright, instead of falling on their sides.
September 21, 2008 – 5:44 pm
To say money’s important we all readily agree,
trying to live without any won’t bring any glee.
It’s nice to eat and have a roof over your head,
decent clothes to wear, not a fig leaf instead,
and none of these things are even close to free.
It’s more than just the essential things we crave,
our materialism is inborn from birth to the grave.
Our money flows freely to buy what we want,
like a wide screen TV or shiny gold jewelry to flaunt,
or perhaps that new car that’s been all the rave.
But things that truly matter in life money can’t buy,
even for those with bank accounts high as the sky.
Genuine love and friendship keep happiness strong,
including a family that loves you even when you’re wrong.
True love and friends make you rich, and money need not apply.
September 12, 2008 – 3:10 pm
Not long after the end of WWII, several British pilots, veterans
of the war, gathered together to create a new airline, planning
to provide service between England and South America with
previously untapped passenger and trade routes. The original
name of their transatlantic venture, British Latin American
Airlines, was changed to British South American Airlines,
commonly referred to as BSAA before the first operational
flight left London’s Heathrow Airport in March, 1946.
Primarily operating aircraft manufactured by Avro, the BSAA
offered flights to Bermuda, the West Indies, and the western
coast of South America. A bit short of two years after
the BSAA first took to the air, an Avro Tudor IV they had
named “Star Tiger”, departed London on January 30, 1948,
enroute to Bermuda.
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September 8, 2008 – 7:55 pm
We went to a movie with hopes to be scared,
and we’ll leave disappointed if we laugh instead.
But tonight the fear in us both is equally shared,
as we mutually squeeze hands till knuckles are red,
and join in with the audience with shrieks of dread.
“Run, girl, run!” I scream loudly, “He’s right behind you!”
as if for that moment no one else knew.
The deranged, crazed freak lifts his hacksaw in air,
smeared already with blood of one who didn’t take heed,
and the entire theater joins with us in harmonious blare.
” Run, run, he’s behind that tree!” my wife’s desperate plead
seems to sail above the others, their screaming exceed.
I glance at her sideways with a weird sheepest grin,
to show my pleasurable take of this frightening spin.
September 4, 2008 – 9:20 am
At times there are persons in the news, of both gender,
everyday people we feel we know without knowing,
in our newscast while a name pretender,
dominating our attention in every media going,
our appetite to learn about “whoever” constantly growing.
We want to know who they are, but most never will.
The best we can do is perhaps learn their home town
and whether male or female is an easier quest to fulfill.
But about identities forever sealed we shouldn’t frown,
there are solid reasons for their true names not to spill.
In fact, sometimes the true identity is not even known,
as may be the case of a hospital patient or a deceased.
And of course the real names are never to be shown
when the law has legal reasons for them to not be released,
a reasonable damper to somewhat temper the media feast.
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