Month: October 2019

Just one day a week?

The earth is inherited by the meek.

Just one day a week?

Don’t forget to turn the other cheek.

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Just one day for God?

Remember he rules with an iron rod.

Just one day for God?

Put on the whole armor of God.

Just one death for all.

It was required after the fall.

Just one death for all.

Only God could save us all.

Decision time is here.

What is it that you fear?

Decision time is here.

The simple choice has been made clear.

Praise the Lord!!

The soul train is here, get on board.

Praise the Lord!!

He will give us our just reward.

—————————R. W. Johnson—–(2019)

             

I was eating Chinese food while out the other day.

The food is very good here, by the way.

A restaurant in a semi mall, a shopping center.

People were shopping, getting ready for winter.

Several people were having lunch there too.

As they left no one came in. Why? I haven’t a clue.

Soon, I was the last customer there.

I looked out. There were no people anywhere.

There were cars in the parking lot.

This seems rather strange, I thought.

I finished up and asked the waiter;

“Where is everyone?” He shrugged. “See you later.”

I got up to go, but stopped at the door.

A person just left a nearby store.

As he stepped off the curb he disappeared.

I mean he just vanished. It was real weird.

I went back into the restaurant then.

I said: “Did you see what happened just then?”

The waiter said :”Yes.” His eyes were big.

It is a good thing he wasn’t wearing a wig.

“What the hell just happened?” I asked.

“I don’t know” “Not sure I should ask.”

He was scared and so was I.

Other employees were informed. What a surprise.

They were almost petrified with fear.

I said “We need to get out of here.”

“No, we don’t know what is going on.”

“Do you think it’s an apocalypse? Day Of The Dawn?”

“Now do you really think that is what is going on?”

“An alien invasion then. Or, mass hallucinations.”

“I’ll say this. You’re making quite a creation.”

“There is no explanation that will do right now.”

“But, we have to find the answer somehow.”

Just then a customer walked in & said “Hello.”

“What’s going on out there? Do you know?”

“What are you talking about?”

I told him & he said “You don’t have to shout.”

“I think you all should go back to bed.”

“Either that, or you are all out of your head.”

With that he went out the door.

We watched him, our faces a horror.

He stepped off the curb & walked to his car.

He drove away leaving us all with a mental scar.

Things were back to normal again.

No one mentioned a thing about ‘then’.

It never occurred again, as far as we know.

But, the waiters get nervous when business is slow.

————————————————R.W. Johnson—–(2019)

                     

What is meant by a diamond in the rough?

The answer to this one can be pretty tough.

Are they referring to a person’s religious  state?

Or, maybe a person’s developing social fate?

Possibly an uncut diamond still in the rough.

Basically, anyone or anything changed enough.

When completed, are you a bright shining star?

Or, are you just someone who has gone too far?

A diamond in the rough should indicate good.

If cut and fashioned in the manner it should.

Such crude comparisons may go too far.

Maybe the person is better off right where they are?

It seems to be a judgmental conclusion.

Which may sometimes cause confusion.

A diamond in the rough to one person’s eye

may be a plank in the eye to another, like a sty.

Do not judge unless you be judged.

Your name could end up being mud.

So much for philosophy  today.

I will save the rest for another day.

——————————————–R.W. Johnson—–(2019)

            

There is little that is more upsetting

than rolling power outages, I’m betting.

The power company turns all off.

‘Fire danger’ is the talk.

Cut the power to prevent forest fires.

Is this true, or are they liars?

Well, it is happening. Like it or not.

But, if your bill is less, it will be a shock.

Generators are selling like no tomorrow.

An all electric house will bring sorrow.

Back to the stone age with the flip of a switch.

I wonder what Edison would have thought of this?

I suppose it is better than a fire storm.

Whole towns burned down with no time to warn.

The power company should clear around the lines.

If they refuse, then bring on the fines.

It is amazing how dependent we are.

I suppose it is nice we have come this far.

But, with no power, life really sucks.

Give us the power back—-we’ll pay the bucks.

———————————————–R.W. Johnson—–(2019)

               

               

Man, the thought really blew my mind.

When I heard about the monster at the end of time.

Then I realized I didn’t have to worry.

It was a millennia from now, no way to hurry.

What the heck is this monster anyway?

Something really scary to keep you away?

But, you can’t stay away, cause you can’t stop time.

Time passing by is no friend of mine.

You see, we all get old and eventually die.

Is this the monster we will meet by and by?

No, this was explained as at the very end of time.

How does time end? What theory falls in line?

Time ceases when there is no one or thing to track it?

Or, maybe we traverse it by means of our future wit.?

Maybe it is a continuous loop.

Eventually you’re back where you started. Is that the scoop?

Then, how can there be a monster then?

For that to happen doesn’t time have to end?

For a monster to exist when there is no time

would mean it is omnipresent all the time.

So, the monster is actually here now.

Wait a minute, this is giving me a cow.

Think about it folks. Come up with an answer.

I think we all deserve another chance here.

———————————————————R.W. Johnson—–(2019)

        

I went to the show the other night.

I was expecting quite a scare.

A horror flick to get you uptight.

I hope I can keep clean underwear.

Before the movie started there was a fight.

Two jerks wrestling between the rows.

Both cussing & kicking & trying to strike.

Why they were fighting?  Nobody knows.

People nearby threw drinks & popcorn on them.

Yelling for them to “Knock it off!!”

Ushers broke it up so neither could win.

People yelled: “Throw them off the loft!!”

Things settled down and previews started.

Future horror flicks coming soon.

A scene with them blessing the dearly departed.

Then switched to some gory looking goon.

“This is sick!” my date said to me.

“I thought this is what you wanted to see?”

“The fight was better than this to see.”

I said: “Be right back. I gotta pee.”

I hoped when I got back she had settled down.

She still seemed pretty uptight to me.

On the screen was a scary clown.

She said sarcastically: “Did you enjoy your pee?”

So went a night that was a total horror.

It was worse in the seats than on the screen.

She said I should have been the one on the floor.

Fighting like hell and making a scene.

Needless to say, it was our first & last date.

She didn’t want to ever see me again.

My mom asked me why I was home so late.

I said: “Horror movies are no friend.”

———————————————-R.W. Johnson—–(2019)