February 2021 – Page 13 – Flippant, Comic, and Serious

How To Get Up Close Without Being Noticed

They say to get up closeThat if you imitateThey’ll never see you comingUntil it is too late…… Don MatthewsJanuary 2021

Why Are They There?

We are a three-cat familyAbove us (proud) on highWhy are they there above us?We really don’t know why Priscilla assures me they are not her friends…. Don MatthewsFebruary 2021

Oh Dear What a Shame

Went to bang a nail in wallTo hang a picture frameNot expecting this to happenOh dear what a shame…….. More like shit, what will my husband say?… Don MatthewsFebruary 2021

A doctor dunny’s being madeThe seat tells your blood pressureIt also measures heartbeat, pulseWhile you sit there at leisure The bowl will also analyseYour urine, stool as wellReport results right back to youIf doctor needed, tell The Wellness Toilet will notbe available for some time Don MatthewsFebruary 2021 https://au.pcmag.com/health-fitness/84805/totos-wellness-toilet-will-analyze-your-poop

FCS Daily Music Video – ‘Poetry Man’ Phoebe Snow

Phoebe Snow (born Phoebe Ann Laub; July 17, 1950 – April 26, 2011) was an American singer-songwriter and guitarist, known for her hit 1975 songs “Poetry Man” She was described as a “contralto grounded in a bluesy growl and capable of sweeping over four octavesShe suffered a cerebral hemorrhage on January 19, 2010, and slipped into a coma, enduring bouts of blood clots, pneumonia and congestive heartContinue reading “FCS Daily Music Video – ‘Poetry Man’ Phoebe Snow”

This Is Not Priscilla

This is not Priscilla(Angel in the sky)Radiating ChristmastideSuspended, hanging high…… Thought this was Priscilla didn’t you?….. She’s not religious….. She might be silly but she’s not stupid…… Don MatthewsJanuary 2021

Get Out My Way Cat

I want to go upstairs, butPriscilla’s in the wayCome on cat, move your bodyMove, do what say……. grrrrrrr… meow ….get lost Ralph Don MatthewsFebruary 2021

Cilla Practises Her Leaping Skills

Cilla wants to try a leapReach the other sideNeeds a bit more practice thoughGap’s a bit too wide…… Don MatthewsFebruary 2021

This Poet

This poet that I know ofHe writes so differentlyNot the normal bland stuffThe stuff you often see Often plain and simpleHe can be complex tooA mix of pathos/humourPut on screen to view He taught me how to rhyme like thisWhen all is said and doneBut most of all he taught meThe art of having funContinue reading “This Poet”

FCS Daily Music Video – ‘Penicillin Blues’ Stone the Crows (1973)

Stone the Crows was a blues-rock band formed in Glasgow in late 1969. The band was formed after Maggie Bell was introduced to Les Harvey by his elder brother Alex Harvey. After playing together in the Kinning Park Ramblers, their next band Power was renamed Stone the Crows (after a British/Australian English exclamation of surpriseContinue reading “FCS Daily Music Video – ‘Penicillin Blues’ Stone the Crows (1973)”