CHAPTER 1
DIVORCE AND KIDS
Go to page 128, number 13 (application).
Winds of discourse, fierce and strong, feelings deep. ... financial
issues, maybe adultery, no ring to keep.
Mom and dad emotionally distant, problems steep. ... children
deeply distressed, lives in a heap.
Priorities in disarray, family value lost, time to weep. ... their love
collapsed, not so neat.
Core of the dilemma, never discussed, married to a creep. ...
understanding and team work, never a peep.
Small fights allowed to linger, communications stalled, marriage
asleep. ... thirty percent of marriages end in divorce, lover's leap.
Child obligations flounder, family unit in need of upkeep....
depression, panic attacks, anger, parents sow and children reap.
Marry later in life, know who you are, no small feat. ... identify what
each partner expects, nothing is cheap.
Extended family, friends and kids, wander blindly like sheep•. ...
divorce destroys lives, destiny's cruel sweep.
ABOUT SOMETHING
Go to page 142, number 17 (interpretation).
Values and morals consistently groomed. ... establish I am about
something.
Maturity and intelligence. ... has my development jumping.
Work ethic and punctuality. ... ticket to success surely punching.
Confidence and sincerity. ... honesty comfortably fronting.
Team player with grit. ... my mentors are instructing.
Consistent but flexible. ... symphony of accountability sweetly
conducting.
Reputation for excellence. ... always constructing.
Ambition to be real. ... my conscience steady tugging.
ANGER
Go to page 130, number 1, (evaluation)
Emotions rage, poised to fight. ... passion on fire, the soul does boil.
Caution and sanity, abandoned reason. ... sense of being, a state of roil.
Constraints flung aside, in heated displeasure. ... enough to make a
rattlesnake coil.
A deafening response, to an attack unprovoked. ... this is reality,
there is no foil.
A change of mind, impossible to happen. ... stern and immobile, like
a stoic gargoyle.
Consequences of an action, too late to change. ... rules of the game,
written by Hoyle.
The penalty for retribution, not a factor. ... defense attorney, might
forever toil.
Violence so fiery, protects the ego. ... to one's self, must remain loyal.
That horrific moment, an explosion of anger. ... king of violence,
devastation so royal.
Dissipation of passion, a refocused reality. ... if only this moment
could be buried, beneath the soil.
ARLINGTON
Go to page 134, number 5 (creativity).
Identity eroded. ... over time.
A vigilant God knows. ... these ashes are mine.
In Arlington there burns. ... an eternal flame.
What could have been. ... who is to blame?
A wife and children. ... for eternity denied.
Service to country. ... strangely belied.
Freedom and Democracy . ... hauntingly rings loud.
Willingly gave his life. ... truly proud.
History shouts solemnly. ... more will join.
Who and when. ... a flip of the coin.
My reward . ... the free will care.
The robe of America. ... I proudly wear.
GROWING UP
Go to page 128, number 14, (application).
Baby girl, baby boy, parent's delight, fruit of the gene. ... a tiny hand
wrapped around my finger, life's cuisine.
First foot step, terrible twos, kindergarten, convene. ... homework,
friendships, pajama parties, living like a king and queen.
Junior high, puppy love, clothes that are really keen. ... pimples,
acne, hormones, plight of a teen.
Sports, band, soccer and the school play, hanging out in the
canteen. ... drivers license, senior prom, part-time job, raking in the
green.
Getting grounded, secondary sex characteristics, drinking
caffeine. ... body image, peer pressure, childhood we wean.
Evolving masterpiece, human miracle, not foreseen. ... going steady,
sexual temptations, a multitude of experiences to glean
Connected to the multitudes and the world, through life careen....
realize you are the writer and the novel, a lifelong lien.
Embrace the good times, know yourself, manage the bad, some
days will be lean. ... stay open to the magic of new discoveries, learn
to listen, bake the bean.
FANTASIES
Go to page 142, number 16 (interpretation).\
Never a need to self disclose, no lie to weave. ... indulge your
fantasies, whatever you conceive.
The mind visualizes the dubious what you have up your sleeve. ... a
castle in the air, pretend to be naive.
Maybe a dream, charade or pretense, give reality the heave. ... erotic
fantasy, maybe sexual, about a guy named Steve.
Fictitious scenes and incredible shams, actuality does thieve....
retreat to a secret world, like the Bible's Adam and Eve.
Series of cerebral images, ask sanity for a reprieve. ... ninety five
percent of all men and women, a fantasy achieve.
Mental fabrication, of a desirable situation, a joy to receive. ... unlikely
to materialize, no need to grieve.
Men fantasize what they would like to do with a woman, a fun time
to achieve. ... women fantasize what they want from a man, as they
perceive.
Never fear your clandestine dreams, do not yourself deceive. ... take
delight and pleasure in make believe, fabrication is not something
about which to peeve.
A SPIRIT PASSED BY
Go to page 133, number 2 (creativity).
A spirit passed by. ... a macabre being I have truly seen.
This has happened many times... what do they mean?
Whimsie smoky clouds of linen and dust. ... have you felt this form
of creation?
Riding the rails of invasion. ... from some alien station.
Do they change appearance. ... a disguise to hide?
Their presence is real. ... with no heart, soul or blood inside.
Wonder where it was going. ... or from whence it came. Truly
metaphysical. ... defying a logical name.
When the spirit passed me by. ... did it notice I was there?
Did it want to engage or harm me. ... or doesn't it really care? Is this
spirit the touch of death. ... l truly felt its touch today.
Its' eerie presence unnerving. ... what does it eat, where does it stay?
Are the dead coming back to life. ... reviled by death's scene?
A spirit passed by going somewhere. ... a ghoulish fiend.
BIG MAN ON CAMPUS
Go to page 119, number 15, (analysis).
Students know him, he's the one, believe. ... big man on campus,
mayor's son, Steve.
Successful, popular, a hunk, suitable for Eve. ... fascination,
infatuation, craving, lust conceive.
Important, handsome, sexy, life's fabric weave. ... cool daddy, playa,
boss, royalty retrieve.
Time passes, change happens, celebrity fades, admirers grieve....
quarterback, cool, the king, to him cleave.
Figment of adolescence, temporary, head honcho, others perceive....
where did he come from, alien template, time to leave.
Teen girls obsessed, adoring, crazed, helplessly naive. ... passing
fancy, puppy love, infatuation, no...
