Animal ' Quackers! ' Poem by Long Tooth
Animal ' Quackers! '
There are people I think who consider me friend,
But I don't know for sure that they're right,
I may walk like a duck, even quack like a duck,
But I doubt that that means we won't fight.
I bought animal crackers in box as a child,
But you can't purchase friendship that way,
I've found friendship is messy, can even be wild,
Ideology even holds sway.
So then how do you know if somebody's your friend?
ALL ARE BROTHERS if you honor Christ!
It's an unlikely outcome if you're slave to trend
That views friendship as way overpriced.
I think friendship means man must be Christian at heart,
God CAN'T care if he 'knows' Christ or not,
Loving God and such man simply can't be apart,
If not true, then God's just tommyrot.
In this spirit let us love Republican queens,
Although Satan's grabbed them by their crotch,
For they seem to believe that end justifies means,
And take pride in each body, each notch!
Or let human race die but creation survive,
Man unworthy of Science or Grace?
Tooth and claw of the dinosaurs once again thrive,
And humanity's sin thus erase!
Long Tooth
February 23,2017
Okay, Long Tooth. You have some explaining to do. Really. I'm not sure what you are trying to say in this poem. I 'sort of' get the first 2 stanzas. Friendship can't be bought as easily as animal crackers. But then you talk about fighting. Okay, so you'd fight those who claim to be your friends? Well, that does happen, on occasion. Let's move on...... Stanza 3 - oh no, what is god doing here? He always seems to make an appearance when we are talking. This is a private party! ! Ha I guess YOU invited him. 4th stanza - okay, this is balderdash. Don't tell me that only those who are “Christian at heart” can be good friends. What about those who’ve never heard of Christ? Or those who don't believe he was the son of god (like me) ? Christ may have lived - there's a lot written about him. But I believe he was just a man - perhaps even delusional (if he really thought himself to be the son of god) . Now if you mean only people who are good at heart (like Christ supposedly was) can be a good friend, maybe that's okay to say. 5th stanza: Love Republican queens? What does that mean? Are you referring to Trump's wife? Is she a queen? (Not in my book!) And the last stanza: HELP! Let humanity die? Let the dinosaurs replace us? Humanity has its flaws, but we are glorious beings, flaws aside. Look all we have accomplished? It's mind-boggling. I don't like man's greed, hatred, prejudice, bigotry, eagerness to kill a fellow human being, etc. But this is part of our nature. These are not sins - these are human traits. Sin is a religious term. It's a man-made thing that could only have meaning to a man-made being - god. And why would a god create beings with flaws that he knew would offend him? This makes no sense. If there is a creator, he knew what he was creating, and he accepts it. I don't believe in sin, just things that we do that hurt each other that are wrong. We need laws and punishment to curb these wrongdoings so we can have some semblance of order and harmony in our lives, in our community, in our world. Well, time to take a breath, before this comes to fisticuffs. How about all these archaic terms we are throwing out there - your tommyrot, my balderdash, and fisticuffs! ! Who says old people don't know how to have fun? ? Lora
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Loving God and such man simply can't be apart, ................do you 'want' as in front of such? ? ? let me know. if so, i'll change it in Section C of my/our Feb.2017 showcase for PH poets, on my PH site, in my list of poems. thanks. i think Long Tooth would fill the role of Alley Oop (see below) , a cartoon character. yes, let dinosaurs return, but i want to see one before i am 'gone'. Alley Oop, the strip's title character, was a sturdy citizen in the prehistoric kingdom of Moo. He rode his pet dinosaur Dinny, carried a stone war hammer, and wore nothing but a fur loincloth. He would rather fight dinosaurs in the jungle than deal with his fellow countrymen in Moo's capital and sole cave-town. Despite these exotic settings, the stories were often satires of American suburban life. thanks. bri :) p.s. a bonus for me! a huge comment by Lora! she could be speaking for me at times. yes, we old PEOPLE do have something to contribute, if only fun for someone else. but let people NOT feel this is a good reason we should all keep getting even OLDER! ! HA HA!
Maybe Loving God and such man simply can't be apart? This is meant to imply that a truly LOVING GOD and a A MAN WHO HAS GOD IN HIS HEART are already soul mates even if the same man has never heard of Jesus Christ In my opinion. Any one who says different is a Baby Christian who has never eaten meat in their life (for positive) Ha! Yes I too always liked Alley Oop and Pogo as well We have met the enemy and he is us! Do you think he forgot to capitalize US?