Day: December 3, 2024

Uplift the dreams of each other
join your hearts with one another
be loving and strong — let truth stand

living life is ever daunting
at times — we are all found wanting
seek to forgive not to demand

come the ghost of doubt — insecure
terrifying being unsure
certain no one can understand

no need to fear you’re not alone
we all have secrets kept unknown
life’e an ocean — they’re grains of sand

find the special way you’re needed
hear their concerns — see they’re heeded
when they’re downcast extend your hand

veiled insincerity — be gone
real integrity — go beyond
proud to be we — woman and man

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rob kistner © 12/3/24

Poetry at: dVerse

Original digital surreal art: “Regal Rag Man” by: rob kistner © 11/28/24

 
Rags-ole-iron, he called out loudly
rags-ole-iron, he rolled down our road
collecting scraps of post World War II
gathered in a this’n’that recycled load

he had a slow n’steady way about him
from where he came — I never knew
he always seemed quite magical to me
a TV enchantment that had come true

he was such a mystery to this young boy
tattered mad-hatted wizard from the past
I’d hear his call echo between the houses
I’d rush to watch Freddie Freeloader pass

his wheels rumbled quietly on the pavement
his piled bounty clicked n’clacked n’clattered
he walked out of my TV then into my memory
somehow I felt Fred’s regal purpose mattered

time-to-time he still passes in that memory
rumbling down that misty street of long ago
was it Mr. Freeloader who shuffled on by me
a magical mystery only that young boy t’know

Red Skelton’s iconic 1952 B&W TV character, Freddie Freeloader

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rob kistner © 12/3/24

Poetry at: dVerse