Don't Be Dumb

© 2014 by P Michael Biggs

Don’t be dumb

Be careful chewing gum

What would you become

If you were dumb

Would you have a purple thumb

Would you drink pond scum

Would you live in a steel drum

And drink bay rum

What would you stay away from

If you were dumb

When Men Stand Up

© 2014 by P Michael Biggs

When men stand up what happens

Things change

Wrongs are righted

Concepts rearrange

When men stand up

Balance is resumed

Things add up

Bad ides get pruned

When men stand up

To all life’s ills

Mankind moves up

And improves his skills

Hope

© 2014 by P Michael Biggs

I believe in hope

It helps me cope

I’m not a dope

Because I hope

I believe

In what I conceive

I don’t deceive

So you can believe

Hope is good

Hope you should

And if you could

Hope in Robin Hood

He’s a good guy

He will never lie

He hits the bull’s eye

When his arrows fly

Do you have hope

When you walk a tight rope

Have you learned to cope

You can when you have hope

The Price Is Right

© 2014 by P Michael Biggs

The Price Is Right

Gives me delight

At first sight

It was in black and white

I’ve never seen it on at night

They never offer a chicken fight

I’ve never seen a shining white knight

When I watch the Price is Right

Some people are right

Without stage fright

They jump around when they are right

When they are on The Price Is Right

Don’t be uptight

If you’re not right

When you have the invite

To the Price is Right

Hats

© 2014 by P Michael Biggs

I wear hats and that’s a fact

I’m a cool cat when I wear my hats

My hat’s not cheap or made of rat

That’s all to know about my hats

Some people say my hats looks cool

I watch them drool and drool and drool

Don’t grab my hats, that would be cruel

Or I’ll recite the golden rule

We sometimes learn about Istanbul

When I wear my hats to school

I never go in the swimming pool

I sit on a stool and look cool

In my hats not made of rat

(Drawings by Josh Fridenmaker)

Feet

© 2014 by P Michael Biggs

What do you think of feet

Do you find them pretty and neat

Do you treat your feet like a piece of meat

Do you cover your feet with a sheet

I don’t ever want to mistreat my feet

Sometimes they take me down main street

When I want to treat my feet

I feed them wheat, and a soft treat

Sometimes my feet help me retreat

And when I do I go to my suite

I’ll prop my feet on a window seat

And eat some sweets and suck on a beet

(Artwork by Josh Fridenmaker, my grandson)

I Love You

© 2014 by P Michael Biggs

I love you my true blue

Do you have a clue

I’d stand in a cue

Just to see you

My true blue you

I don’t care what you do

If you stew or spew or rhue

My love is true

It’s in full view

For I only only love you

Even if you accrue

A million or two

Or row a canoe

Or wear dark blue

I’ll drink your home brew

I’ll clean your gym shoe

I’ll buy you shampoo

And get a tattoo

For I truly truly love you

Bobby Joe Dug a Hole

Bobby Joe dug a hole

It was large as holes go

And then he fell in

Again and again

Want to know what happened then

Eventually he climbed out

And he did shout

He was mad about that

And he began to pout

Want to know what he shouted out

My darned big hole

Nearly swallowed my soul

It was not my goal

To dig so low

But now that I’m out

I’ll try not to pout

I’ll have to think about

How this came about

Beyond any doubt

Kids in a Tub

© 2014 by P Michael Biggs

 

Kids in a tub

They rub and scrub

They squeak and squawk

They laugh and talk

They splash and play

It makes their day

And if they come clean

They will glow and gleam

That’s what kids in a tub do