tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79970368502187147892024-09-10T11:55:26.425-05:00Baloo Northhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08337903342374855259noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7997036850218714789.post-84223852784416236132009-02-19T11:39:00.013-06:002009-02-20T04:26:36.946-06:00The tear appears<br /><br />it is wet<br /><br />thank God<br /><br />he hasn't seen it<br /><br />yet<br /><br />"Daddy what you thinkin'?"<br /><br />"Oh, nothing son" - as I hang up the phone - almost undone<br /><br /><br />His observation<br /><br />so<br /><br />right<br /><br />so<br /><br />true<br /><br />proves<br /><br />he is the perfect one.<br /><br /><br />"Daddy, did you hear what I said?"<br /><br />"Yes, boy - I did.<br />Yes, it's very sad -<br />my friend is dead."<br /><br />"But Daddy, ... he wasn't old.<br />He was just like you.<br />He smoked and drank<br />and all that too ...<br />Hey Daddy?<br />Daddy?<br />Could your heart stop too?"Baloo Northhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08337903342374855259noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7997036850218714789.post-2481351827679004122009-02-16T23:06:00.000-06:002009-02-16T23:26:01.473-06:00To render<br /><br />a voice true<br /><br />the one<br /><br />that really<br /><br />speaks<br /><br />of<br /><br />and<br /><br />for<br /><br />you<br /><br />- impossible?<br /><br /><br /><br />Mayhaps -<br /><br />mayhaps not?Baloo Northhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08337903342374855259noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7997036850218714789.post-21146012587941107472009-02-10T03:06:00.000-06:002009-02-10T03:27:06.957-06:00Hey Weather Jester!<br />Predictable and cold, is the way it should be.<br /><br />Snow and wind, that's all for me.<br /><br />Predictable cold where you gone?<br />Gods are doing us both a wrong.<br /><br />Weather Jester what you up to now?<br />With this rain, noon and night?<br />My umbrella's packed away ... outta sight<br /><br />Is this a cruel joke to make me laugh?<br />Or is it just another climactic gaffe?<br /><br />Weather Jester, please fill me in;<br />As unseasonable rain is such a sin.<br />Wet and dank I know not what to do with rain ... in February ...<br />that makes me blue.Baloo Northhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08337903342374855259noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7997036850218714789.post-50814617103975663722009-01-26T15:14:00.000-06:002009-01-26T15:26:32.911-06:00Oh, Sickly Child could not you see<br />The bucket I placed by my knee<br /><br />Oh, Sickly Child as I held your head<br />Did you have to turn it towards your bed<br /><br />That first upchuck was big - God knows -<br />Hitting your pillows, blankets<br />and then your toes<br /><br />But Sickly Child did you have to then<br />Turn back to me and do it again?<br /><br />Oh, Sickly Child could you not see the bucket by my knee?Baloo Northhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08337903342374855259noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7997036850218714789.post-78181190977890534312009-01-19T02:00:00.000-06:002009-01-19T02:36:03.344-06:00Merciful sleep, where are you?<br />Busy again?<br />I suppose.<br />Merciful sleep, come to me, before I must repose?<br /><br />Now we both know you`ve been untrue,<br />Bedding others and leaving me alone.<br />Merciful sleep, I need a rest that is deep<br />Please call and tell me you'll be here soon.<br /><br />Merciful sleep, come tuck me in, ...<br /><br />I've been waiting my whole life!Baloo Northhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08337903342374855259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7997036850218714789.post-13583760578275812932009-01-12T16:33:00.000-06:002009-01-12T19:46:38.905-06:00Whipping wind-chill I welcome thee?<br />Ball-numbing cold is all for me.<br /><br />Biting bastard, freeze my cheek,<br />Frozen snot, I will leak.<br />Watery eyes, frozen now,<br />No big deal, ahead I plow.<br /><br />Don't mind you much,<br />You're not so tough,<br />Least you're not sucking blood &amp; stuff.<br /><br />Whipping wind-chill I embrace.<br />Better than a 'squito on my face.<br /><br />Come summer, when bugs are out,<br />I'll long for thee<br />I'll miss your frigid apogee.<br /><br />Whipping wind-chill thanks a lot,<br />I do so much like licking my frozen snot!Baloo Northhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08337903342374855259noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7997036850218714789.post-7578351491075285972009-01-05T01:31:00.000-06:002009-01-12T18:17:00.045-06:00<p style="text-align: justify;font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Morning to moonlight you rule my mind’s eye…<br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Morning to moonlight you are with me…</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Morning to moonlight and all points in between,<br /></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:130%;">You are what I sense, you are what dream</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Sleepless eve,<br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Restless night,<br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Raining morn’<br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Or snowy white</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span><span style="font-size:130%;">…</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:130%;">I want you always,<br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Night, morning &amp; noon.<br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Not your body,<br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Not your sex, </span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Just your love &amp; whatever you bless me with next.</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:130%;">My soft sacred soul, no words will do… </span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:130%;">I can only hope it is enough<br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:130%;">That I love you.</span></p>Baloo Northhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08337903342374855259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7997036850218714789.post-71591543624454527742009-01-03T15:17:00.000-06:002009-01-03T15:23:43.733-06:00Transit driver must you be so mean?<br />I didn't know an extra nickle is now routine.<br /><br />Know your pissed about all this snow.<br />It's now $2.30?<br />Sorry, didn't know.<br />No reason to be snarky;<br />Here's a dime<br />By the way...<br />Why are you never on time?Baloo Northhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08337903342374855259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7997036850218714789.post-63169948402428316272009-01-01T23:56:00.000-06:002009-01-02T00:30:46.718-06:00A different pace<br />In this different place<br />Gimli, Manitoba.<br /><br />Marriage of lake and land<br />Of woods and sand<br />History's on display<br /><br />Abandoned farms mixed with plush abodes<br />A place where new buildings meet the old<br /><br />Not quite north,<br />Not really urban<br />It's not all rural<br />But definitely not suburban<br /><br />A bit surreal<br />There's a different feel<br />At the Viking on this night<br /><br />Surrounded by kin<br />In-laws all, some short, some tall<br />They're glad we made it in<br /><br />"Happy New Year!' they say<br />Without reserve and<br />Without delay<br />"Glad you're here to tonight"<br /><br />A pleasant eve<br />A good reprieve<br />Thank you, Gimli for this night.Baloo Northhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08337903342374855259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7997036850218714789.post-91623814884124099752008-12-26T07:53:00.000-06:002008-12-26T11:59:33.290-06:00<span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Good riddance hoopla, </span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Good riddance hype, </span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Good riddance consumerist tripe.</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br />Goodbye Santa, </span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Goodbye Elves, </span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Goodbye faux happy selves.<br /><br />Orgy of avarice,<br />Orgy of greed,<br />Little thought to real need.<br /><br />Xmas over,<br />Not a day too soon<br />Bloated tired,<br />I'm a buffoon.<br /><br />I partook,<br />I indulged,<br />I bellied up,<br />Answered the call,<br />Yet with no thought of the Christ-child at all...<br />shame on me.<br /><br /></span></span>Baloo Northhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08337903342374855259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7997036850218714789.post-75020009955408987602008-12-25T00:03:00.000-06:002008-12-25T00:30:08.279-06:00Lay thee before Christ, you killers of the meek; tell him you are innocent.<br />Lay thee before Buddha, you bombers of markets, tell him you are innocent.<br />Lay thee before Allah, you raper's of women, tell him you are innocent.<br /><br />.... there are no innocents in Hell!<br /><br />Merry Christmas to everyone else!Baloo Northhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08337903342374855259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7997036850218714789.post-78469294676115038852008-12-23T01:35:00.000-06:002008-12-23T10:56:59.010-06:00Mike and Pam,<br />Senators now;<br />All I can say is 'holy cow'!<br /><br />Apocalypse near?<br />Must be<br />Whose next?<br />Rex Murphy???Baloo Northhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08337903342374855259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7997036850218714789.post-27874340083533196782008-12-19T10:48:00.000-06:002008-12-21T00:47:09.040-06:00So Big Three, what will be when you get your cash?<br />More crappy guzzlers?Baloo Northhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08337903342374855259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7997036850218714789.post-71262505073505681012008-12-18T01:17:00.000-06:002008-12-18T16:16:00.833-06:00When your prostate's a peach<br />you'll miss a good piss<br />Ebb and flow every day<br />Relief,<br />rare and prized,<br />stays away<br /><br />Who ever thought it would come to this?<br />Me ever dreaming, longing, ...<br />praying for a piss!Baloo Northhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08337903342374855259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7997036850218714789.post-34693688853856146742008-12-13T19:10:00.000-06:002008-12-14T13:56:04.875-06:00Wal-Mart Wanda's,<br />Wal-Mart Wayne's,<br />Waddling up &amp; down narrow lanes<br />Stopping here and looking there<br />Shopping in their underwear<br /><br />Big-box aisle's are all blocked up<br />It's nothing but a trap!<br />Move faster, outta my way<br />I need my Christmas crap!Baloo Northhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08337903342374855259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7997036850218714789.post-49620821945590173882008-12-12T18:13:00.000-06:002008-12-12T18:14:35.050-06:00Chinese Food, Chinese Food,<br />When I order<br />Must you be so rude.Baloo Northhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08337903342374855259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7997036850218714789.post-59459736146182854122008-12-12T00:47:00.000-06:002008-12-12T00:48:50.956-06:00Evening brew where are you?<br />Hiding in the fridge?<br />Come out to play lest I stay ...<br />sober.Baloo Northhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08337903342374855259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7997036850218714789.post-48217507874941025642008-12-09T13:37:00.000-06:002008-12-10T22:30:27.234-06:00Vitamin D...<br />Don't tell me I'm being undone<br />for lack Sun ...<br />I feel fine.Baloo Northhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08337903342374855259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7997036850218714789.post-5808723698197168432008-12-09T00:08:00.000-06:002008-12-09T00:09:40.219-06:00Morning bliss<br />is a glorious piss...<br /><br />in a snowbank!Baloo Northhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08337903342374855259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7997036850218714789.post-37191402650480467282008-12-07T08:11:00.001-06:002008-12-07T08:20:08.433-06:00Far North can you wait?<br />City life means I will be late...Baloo Northhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08337903342374855259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7997036850218714789.post-46620164334388314252008-12-06T20:36:00.000-06:002008-12-06T20:38:04.176-06:00Tired of south<br />Tired of city<br />Tired of landscape with faux pity<br /><br />Far North Here I ComeBaloo Northhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08337903342374855259noreply@blogger.com0