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CJ Sutherland May 21
Much to my chagrin
This is how a normal day begins

Just like a Mercurial Californian
Morning, noon and night
California girl’s foresight
Longing for weather just right

Too cold at night
Too warm by day
The weather needs to be
Just my way

As the days grow hot
We Dressing in layers
A feo pua
I’d rather not

Such the way of California play
Tank top light shorts, zip up hoodie
Bathing suit always underneath
As the weather increases
Articles of clothes releases

A bead of perspiration
Smudges artisan make up
Irritation Hours of conception
Many shade of perfection

Once translucent powder
Gets moist tacky
Splotched patches
Look, wacky

Protecting the complexion
Shadowing and contour deception
To get every color demure not bright
to make everything just right

Defeating the Sun continually heating
A neck cooler now, that’s cheating
The weather never used to be this way

A California day hazy in the morning
Without warning they begin
Santa Ana winds blowing, dies away
Ending in a perfectly comfortable sunny day

Now we contend with chem trails
Severe blankets of pollen
Covers everything Geez !  
Even my dog has allergies


Inspired songs;

1) Against the wind
Bob Seger and the bullet band1980

2) Dust in the wind
By Kansas 1978

3) Blowing in the wind
Bob Dylan 1962

4) Santa Ana winds 1980
By The Beach Boys
BOT Webster Word of the day challenge
5-21-25
Hapless
Having no luck
It is synonymous with unfortunate
5 – 20–2025 word chagrin
Refers to a feeling or frustration or an annoyance caused by failure or disappointment.
May 17 -2025
Mercurial
Is usually used to describe someone who’s mood changes quickly and unpredictably. It can also describe something that changes frequently such as weather or something that is lively and quick such as someone’s wit
MetaVerse Oct 2024
Frisbee flies
Like a UFO.

Blue skies.

A tic-tac-toe
Of them trails
Called chem trails.

Nanoaliens hatch.

A wonky throw—
He makes the catch!

I watch you
as you lick your fingers
and laugh at the funny man on your cellphone
while the clouds above your head
outside the taco bell are not real
while you breathe in the poisons you can't see

I watch you
as you dance in the fairytale of non disclosure
that the box displays
that the news portrays
the fictional truth
the yodeling boy in Walmart
captivates
while pleas from those who see the truth
fade like the voices of trees and bees
and empty seas

I watch you
as you shed tears for a dying love
but close your heart to a dying planet
the clock ticking
the hours wane

I watch you
picking out the last car you will own
working so hard to get that promotion
and you know you're so much better
as you ponder sugar substitues

through red and tired eyes
tears loaded with nano particles and other poisons
I watch you drown in your blindness
your sad brainwashed life
your own slow suicide

tonight, before you begin your final sleep
open your eyes just wide enough to see
you could have stopped this
feeling particularly dark today - I guess I'm just getting tired of internalizing

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